KABA-HAT is an artist collective whose name plays on kabahat—meaning fault or misdemeanor—while also evoking kaba hat, the “coarse line” that interrupts smooth appearances. Formed as a small group of artists who gather to organize exhibitions and actions without galleries, curators, or intermediaries, KABA HAT adopts a deliberately unpolished and playful stance toward cultural production. Their practice often moves between satire and critique, exposing the absurdities of institutional power, urban transformation, and the art world’s self-seriousness. Rather than positioning themselves as representatives of a fixed aesthetic or ideology, they embrace the role of the “troublemaker” who questions frameworks, mocks hierarchies, and creates situations where meaning remains fluid, collective, and open to re-interpretation

*KABA-HAT is no longer active

More info:

https://kabahatdotcom.wordpress.com/category/kaba-hat-berlinde/. (Turkish)

Exhibitions & Performances & Editorial

2018

“No Sound from the Sea No Scent of Salt in the Air”, Exhibition & performance at W_lf_rt Project

Space /Residency, Rotterdam

2017

“Güneş Balçıkla Sıvanmaz”, Performance at 5533, Istanbul

“Kaba”, Editor at Orta Format online magazine, Issue 23, Istanbul

“Güneş Balçıkla Sıvanmaz”, Exhibition & performance at Tasarım Bakkalı (TAB), Istanbul

2014

“Grenzfährservice“, Research trip & residency at Pasaj Istanbul and solo exhibition with Kaba Hat,

Galerie im Turm, Berlin

2013

“Trümmer auf Trümmer”, Exhibition & Residency at Apartment Project, Berlin

“Tulumba”, Exhibition at Institut für Alles Mögliche, Berlin

“24 Hour holiday”, Performance at B-tour festival, Berlin

“İstismar Ekspresi”, Performace, Pazarpazarpazarıpazardapazarla Arka Oda, Istanbul

“KABA Concerts for crowd funding” at KABA palace, Istanbul

2012

“Burc Alaiye”, Exhibition & Residency at Sabiha Artist Residency - Alanya, Antalya

“Mesai Saatleri Dışında”, KABA HAT grup exhibition at İvedik OSB, Ankara