“Bu koyun bu pozu bana nasıl verdi? / How did this sheep pose for me like this?” 6 analog photographs (Minolta SRT Super, Ilford Pan 400) printed as archival pigment prints on Hahnemühle paper, and 6 hand embroideries on raw canvas, 12 pieces (53 x 37 cm each), 2026. Edition 1/3 + 2 AP (Prints) and Edition 1/1 (Embroideries).Private Collection, “Zalim Bahar” Group Exhibition, Gülden Bostancı Gallery, Antalya. Installation View: Gülden Bostancı.
Where does the boundary lie between capturing a fleeting moment and translating its memory into a tangible, physical texture? Developed during the Oksitosin & Greenhouse Art Residency, "how does the ship posed me like this" serves as a poetic documentation of the Geyikbayırı landscape, deeply exploring the shared reality and delicate tension of the environment. It captures distinct fragments—a running stream, a massive greenhouse, and silent encounters with local fauna. The installation relies on a strict duality: six analog photographs and six corresponding hand embroideries. Captured on Ilford Pan 400, these images fix the environment’s uncanny atmosphere into a chemical imprint.
Each photograph undergoes a tactile reconstruction, where its geometry is tangibly rebuilt with thread onto raw canvas. This pairing explores the exact same reality expressed through two fundamentally different mediums. On one side stands an archival pigment print on Hahnemühle paper, representing a frozen, documented gaze.
On the other side, a unique (1/1) handcrafted textile carries the inherent physical tension of making. Confronting the same spaces through these contrasting materials creates an active dialogue, allowing the geography to vibrate between objective documentation and tactile fiction, evoking the landscape's deep-rooted uncanniness and tenderness.
