WHERE DO I BELONG?
In my project, I wanted to give space to people who question their own identity. A period ofstreet skating, the people that passed us by, they’re all around us, and actually we know them. Sometimes we see them with skateboards, the edges of the road, and sometimes we’re watching what they did acrobatic moves. They’re among us, you can see at the grocery store. On the corner of the street, in front of the counter or in the harbour, in the barber shop. Wherever we are, they are everywhere.
People looking at them differently. The clothes they wear different. For example; colorfulbackpacks, socks and pilot jackets. Vans shoes, the stuff of street brands.
Young or old, there are people who enjoy riding a skateboard at any age. Next to the ferry landingin the Besiktas you can watch them. If you go to Caddebostan, you may experience the local texture. They living in various districts of Istanbul. We can’t generalize, but there are certain common points that they met.
When you consider that the area is less of a skateboard ramp in the places they meet. They all have in common; skateboard! The sense of belonging can be seen differently. There are people who own the street.
That brings them together. People from different cultures know each other. The creation of cultural interaction.
Sometimes people are looking at them. A strange and interesting situation. But skaters, of all nationalities, races and ages of people. They may speak different languages, the clothes may be different. People are asking their identities so they can react negatively. Why am I different? Why do people see us differently? Am I the one who is different or is it someone else? There is no end to question marks.
Exhibition: Locality + Global Discourse
California College of the Arts + / United States of America
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts / Istanbul
Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts / Istanbul
2017