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The film, presented in 2023 at the Berlinische Galerie within the context of the Hunted exhibition, investigates what motivates people to kill and what drives them to do so, simultaneously seeking to understand why the feeling of power has such grip on the human mind.

The German artist tackles such questions through 7 anonymous interviews with hunters about the act of killing, addressing the exercise of violence and the dynamics behind its legitimation.

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Nasan Tur (Offenbach, 1974) is a German artist who devotes his research to the socio-political conditions that characterize the times we live in, increasingly marked by conflict. His experimental pieces bring to light ideologies, social norms and behavioral codes, revealing new possibilities for individual action.

Nasan Tur participated at documenta14, at the 10. Istanbul Biennale and at the 6. Taipei Biennale and exhibited in numerous institutions like Palais de Tokyo, Centre Pompidou Paris, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin, Städel Museum Frankfurt, Maxxi Museum Rome. In 2012 he was awarded the Will Grohmann Prize of the Academy of Arts, Berlin and 2014 the Villa Massimo Prize of the Deutsche Akademie Rom.

Currently he holds a professorship a HBK-Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig.