As part of his investigation into people's personal beliefs, Silvio Palladino presents "What Do You Live For?", a participatory installation and conversations, which will take place during the artist’s two-week residency in Istanbul.

Throughout our lives, we are linked to other human beings, yet we remain single individuals in the world. People constantly look for something to be part of as a response to their singularity. Thus, we have different gods in which some of us believe. We follow gods that cannot be seen or desires that cannot be fulfilled. We invest our energies in worshipping them, creating never-ending purposes for our lives. But this is probably our way of distracting ourselves from the terror of acknowledging our temporality and of protecting ourselves from the chaos caused by uncertainty. So what do people put in their long-distance? What do they choose to believe, to live for? During the opening, the public will be invited to share their own answers privately. At the end of the four days, the artist will present a video with a collection of interviews/dialogues collected, engaging people around the city of Istanbul.

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