THE CITY, 2023

“You won’t find a new country, won’t find another shore.
This city will always pursue you.
You will walk the same streets.”*

One of the consequences of the increasing anti-democratic practices and pressures in Turkey, especially in recent years, has been people who have had to leave the land they were born and raised. These individuals, whose lives have been shattered, were scattered to other cities and countries like particles losing their mass. Inviting the viewer to realize the sorrow, dilemma, and fear of those who feel compelled to leave while wanting to stay, this work embodied the harsh reality of displacement and the attempt to rebuild a new life, accompanied by the words of a poem** written about a century and a half ago.

*,** The City, Constantine Cavafy, 1894