Here, There, Over There (2025)
80 archival pigment prints mounted on 40 MDF panels, displayed within wooden frames, positioned facing each other.
2. Photography Installation (3 Pieces)
Four archival pigment prints of varying sizes, framed.
3. Photo-Sculpture Installation
Photograph printed with UV printing on plexiglass, combined with iron ball bearings and an oven element.
4. Photography Installation
Pigment print on silk fabric.
5. Photographs
Archival pigment prints in varying sizes.
6. Video and Sound Installation
Three-channel color video and three-channel sound installation.
7. Video
Single-channel color video film.
The project constructs the notion of migration through the experience of being the “other” within a given space. One who moves from a small town in Anatolia to Istanbul is an outsider; so is a Moroccan arriving in Corsica, a Corsican migrating to Paris, or an LGBT+ individual excluded by society. Otherness does not solely depend on place but also on the relationships one forms—or fails to form.
In this context, the project opens a dialogue on togetherness through the act of “looking.” The portrait installation abstracts both the space and the individual, inviting the viewer to become part of this act. What begins as a collective gaze gradually transforms into the movements of the solitary other—pausing, rising, turning. This motion is likened to a stone that, once set free from its source, continuously changes form as it journeys toward the sea. At some point, the stone ceases to be part of a whole and begins to exist independently.
This shared gaze creates spaces of encounter, intertwined with the landscapes the artist experienced during his time on the island. The images in the exhibition not only depict reality but also evoke romantic and isolated places, postcard-like sceneries, objects, and installations. They invite the viewer into a world where reality and imagination intertwine, blurring boundaries.
The final point of the journey is the video work. In it, the artist’s gaze, the other’s walk, and the locals’ narratives of place intertwine. Independent of time and space, the film brings together the real and the imagined, forming a meeting point between what is desired and what exists—between dream and reality.
Through these layers, the project reveals the idea that anyone can become the “other” at some point, addressing migration, geography, and borders through personal experience. It emphasizes that belonging is shaped not only by physical geography but also by encounters and relationships.