ThreeSOME(L)
2020mixed-media
three concrete reliefs
each piece is approx 52X36X3cm
each piece is approx 52X36X3cm
used-towels & cement
ThreeSOME is an ongoing series of reliefs dealing with togetherness and loneliness in marginalized communities.
Each concrete piece in ThreeSOME(L) includes a used-towel collected from intimate queer gatherings during October Revolution.
How to sniff a dirty memory
2020video
duration is 5mins
resolution is 1080p
resolution is 1080p
single-channel video
i went to a hammam one day // i forgot i had a lover // i forgot how to be faithful // i walked a long narrow street downhill // i walked by antique shops, crowded cafes, hardware stores // i smelled coal // i remembered winter // i smelled the boiled corn // i remembered summer // i smelled the Bosphorus // the kebabs and the grilled fish // i walked down tiny wooden steps // i saw different men standing at the paydesks // they had big hands // small hands // hairy hands // and i took off my clothes // i remember they were staring // i put on a towel // ...
with special thanks to Khiem Chau
Hüzün is a tranny name
with Gani_meth2020
video
duration is 14min56sec
resolution is 1080p
resolution is 1080p
single-channel video
Hüzün is a Turkish word originating from Arabic. It barely describes a collective form of melancholia. Many novelists and translators claim it to be untranslatable. Turkish literary figures differentiate hüzün from melancholia with the emotion’s collective characteristics.
Hüzün is a tranny name is shot in collaboration with a Turkish trans-activist, sex-worker, artist and writer Gani_meth. The video tackles the mourning and melancholia in the queer community of Turkey while aiming to subvert the meaning of hüzün in a direction that reflects on the violence that the marginalized face every day.
The video is shot in parallel to an archival work around hüzün run in collaboration with Koc University’s Kuar Lab and curator Inez Piso.
with special thanks to Ozan Ünlükoç and dramaqueer.
ThreeSOME(M)
2020mixed-media
three concrete reliefs
each piece is approx 20X22X3cm
each piece is approx 20X22X3cm
used-towels & cement
ThreeSOME is an ongoing series of reliefs dealing with togetherness and loneliness in marginalized communities.
Each concrete piece in ThreeSOME(L) includes a used-towel collected from intimate queer gatherings during October Revolution.
soapPortraits
with Christian Sleiman2020
mixed-media
twelve objects
dimensions vary from 5X3X2cm to 10X3X2cm
dimensions vary from 5X3X2cm to 10X3X2cm
head-hair, chest-hair, beard,
used-underwear,socks,towels,
urine & soap
At a time that brings a global re-interpretation of the body and its care, [soap portraits] is an installation that views soap as a vibrant and intimate matter. The installation includes a series of object experiments, custom-made soap bars that include our own bodily residue and personal objects. These objects can be shown in functional or fictional bathroom settings.
