Questioning the colonial function of museums and the anthropocentric bias that lies behind them, Telhan’s work titled Yenikapı’s Museums comprised two alternative museums for Yenikapı/Langa, one of the most contentious urban sites in Istanbul where a material history of thousands of years is hidden beneath layers of asphalt and gravel: The Museum of Digestion was a public garden installation at Müze Gazhane where different aspects of Langa are spatialised, re-contextualised and ‘digested’ within the visitor’s body. The Museum of Exhalation, on the other hand, was a printed publication presented at the Reading Rooms of the biennial, featuring various residents of Langa – plants, ants, bones, stones – interviewing human researchers. Telhan invited a selection of artists and scientists to produce a new text for the book, which was printed in Turkish and distributed freely in the exhibition venues. The English version was published online, and it can be downloaded here.