Gülsuyu–Gülensu is a place with a rich history. It has a history of being a community of struggle, and a place full of present possibilities, treasures, individual and collective dreams. But what would we show in order to present this history to the people outside of Gülsuyu–Gülensu? To the other communities in Istanbul that don’t yet know about this rich history? To the people that see this place as a lost neighborhood, a neighborhood that is not worth telling about in the general story of the development of the city of Istanbul. But most important of all: how do we re-tell and re-enact the history to all the people living here, the residents; the old, the children, the women and men: the members of the community and the carriers of this history themselves? 
Cultural Agency has developed a Mobile Vitrine as a tool to trigger the gathering of a so far missing material collection of evidence of Gülsuyu/ Gülensu’s urbanisation process. The vitrine has been constructed as a plug-in frame, which can be curated by the institutions, associations and/or individuals of the neighbourhood in a rotating system. As a plug-in, the vitrine produces a series of inventorized items and photographs which eventually establishes a virtual collection of Gülsuyu–Gülensu.The habitants of Gülsuyu-Gülensu are invited to share their memories and objects that could tell the history of the neighborhood. Collection of the diaries, letters, posters, documents, photographs and other objects of interest will help to map and understand the shared experience of urbanization.
Mobile Vitrine I
Mobile Vitrine I
The first exhibition of the Mobile Vitrine took place between September 2-4, 2009 at the Dükkân. Further exhibitions follow in January 2010.
Mobile Vitrine II
Second exhibition of the Mobile Vitrine in Çorumlular Association between September 8-13, 2009.
Mobile Vitrine III
Gürcan Ozyigit (University of Sheffield) appropriated the Mobile Vitrine for a contour model of Gülsuyu and Gülensu. Residents were asked to use the model to generate highly personalized mappings of existing cultural infrastructure in the neighbourhoods. Two Questions were asked: 1. From where do you obtain your cultural needs? Magazines, books, DVDs etc. The second question was asked to people hanging around Heykel square, a public space close to Dükkân. 2. From which spot did you walk over here?
The results of the interviews were mapped on the model and publicly exhibited in the vitrine. 
Mobile Vitrine IV
The fourth exhibition of the Mobile Vitrine was made in Aydın Kebap House on 15th of January with objects collected from the restaurant staff. In the window there were objects such as a cup won in a football tournament, various photos and a gas lamp.
