As part of an Armenian Genocide Centennial outdoor commemoration in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, a public art ritual will be featured on April 24, ahead of the formal commemorative ceremony, reported Asbarez citing the Project 2015 and Anadolu Kultur.

Participants will festoon a “Wishing Tree” with strips of fabric, as homage to the victims and the survivors of the Armenian Genocide.

Each strip of fabric tied to this “wishing tree” will represent a victim of, or a witness to, the Armenian Genocide.

“After its inauguration in Taksim, we want our tree to have a life of its own and to travel to cities where there was an Armenian presence, as a symbol of remembrance and reunion,” said Osman Kavala of Anadolu Kultur, an Istanbul-based institution that fosters cultural and artistic exchange.

“The Wishing Tree” is designed for the occasion by Hale Tenger, a well-known contemporary artist from Turkey.