Photo Credit: Zeynep Fırat, SANATORIUM
Four Channel Sculptural Sound Installation, 06:43
Resin, LED light strip, metal chains, speakers
Collaborated for realizing the idea with the improvisational sound artist: Sumru Ağıryürüyen and composition artist: Ayberk Çanakcı with funding from Rotary Foundation.
Dear Bird, my second solo exhibition, was created for the Bebek Cistern in Istanbul. Once used to store water, the cavernous underground space carries a distinctive natural resonance. Three webs woven from aluminium chains filled the space, with an illuminated resin stomach suspended beneath them. The interconnected webs represent my grandmother, my mother and myself. Together, they trace the emotional patterns, expectations and traditions passed through the women in my family. A Turkish sound composition tells this intergenerational story through a bird caught between inherited expectations and the desire for freedom. Voiced by improvisational sound artist Sumru Ağıryürüyen, the bird gradually becomes surrounded by the voices of its family. These overlapping voices travel through the installation and are amplified by the cistern’s architecture.