The 14th edition of the Taipei Biennial 2025, titled Whispers on the Horizon, brings together 54 artists from 35 cities worldwide. Curated by Sam Bardaouil and Till Fellrath, the exhibition features 33 newly commissioned works and site-specific installations that engage deeply with the museum’s unique architecture and context. The Taipei Biennial 2025 amplifies the voices of young and mid-career artists, with nearly half of the participants born after 1984.

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Hera Büyüktaşcıyan
Destroy Your House, Build Up A Boat, Save Life 

The title of Hera Büyüktaşcıyan’s work Destroy Your House, Build Up A Boat, Save Life refers to the Epic of Atrahasis, an ancient Mesopotamian story in which a man builds a boat to survive a flood.

The carpet—an object that can be rolled up and carried in times of displacement—becomes a symbol of home. In this work, Büyüktaşcıyan reflects on the 1955 pogrom in Istanbul, when mostly Greek communities were violently displaced. The work speaks of fragility and survival, the pain of leaving, and the quiet strength in what people carry—memory, comfort, and identity.

Büyüktaşcıyan’s practice explores how memory and identity are shaped by nature, architecture, archaeology, and invisibility.