Revolutionary Roads. Destination: Comradeship, with Ahmet Öğüt (2025) (EMPIRE LINES x Moderna galerija, Art on the Underground)

About this episode

Ahmet Öğüt explores themes of solidarity and cultural history through a train journey across significant regions and exhibitions.

In this episode, conceptual artist Ahmet Öğüt travels by train through Ottoman Turkey, the former Yugoslavia and Western Balkans, to the London Underground, navigating histories and contemporary expressions of solidarity via the 2025 programme, Revolutionary Roads. Destination: Comradeship. Revolutionary Roads. Destination: Comradeship was organised by the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana, the Museum of African Art in Belgrade, and the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro in Podgorica in August 2025. Ahmet Öğüt: Saved by the Whale's Tail, Saved by Art is at Stratford Station in London until December 2026, commissioned by Art on the Underground and New Contemporaries. Museum Yet to Be is at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro in Pogdorica until 15 March 2026. Translated into Socialism was at the Moderna galerija in Ljubljana until 8 February 2026. The East Remains Possible is at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje (MoCA – Skopje) until March 29, 2026. For more from Art on the Underground, listen to contemporary artist Barby Asante on her collective choral performance, Declaration of Independence (2023), at Stratford Station in London…

People in this episode

Guest: Ahmet Öğüt

Topics covered

• art
• solidarity
• history
• contemporary expressions
• cultural exchange
• train travel
• exhibitions

Keywords

• Ahmet Öğüt
• Revolutionary Roads
• solidarity
• art exhibitions
• cultural history
• train travel
• London Underground

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Moderna galerija, Museum of African Art, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro

Books & works: Saved by the Whale's Tail, Saved by Art, Museum Yet to Be, Translated into Socialism, The East Remains Possible, Declaration of Independence, Exile is a Hard Job

Places: London Underground, Ottoman Turkey, former Yugoslavia, Western Balkans, Stratford Station, Museum of Contemporary Art of Montenegro, Moderna galerija, Museum of Contemporary Art in Skopje, Ab-Anbar Gallery, London Gallery Weekend 2023

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