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La_MAlle_Mobile  _ December_2023 - . . .

 

 

La MAlle-Mobile project is a collection of interactive travel trunks, trousseaux. 

Each trousseau serves as a collection of memorabilia, objects, sounds, and images,

a time capsule that reflects a journey or a crossing.

These collections trace the personal narrative of my travels and preserve

the memory of mobility. Each collection unfolds into a cabinet of curiosities,

an immersive installation aboard which the spectator-passenger embarks on an expedition.

TROUSSEAU #1

EXPEDITION  I  _  Istanbul - Paris December_2023 _ January_2024

TROUSSEAU #1

EXPEDITION  I  _  Istanbul - Paris December_2023 _ January_2024

In December 2023, I embark on my own initiatory journey, following a different route than my father’s. A solitary crossing of approximately 3000 km by train allowed me to connect, for the first time overland, the cities of Istanbul and Paris. I traversed five countries and passed through three cities I had never known : Bucharest, Budapest, and Frankfurt.

 

Trousseau #1 consists of memorabilia and objects integrated into a trunk.

It primarily carries textile creations, among which is a fundamental piece of clothing :

a travel caftan

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​​​​Straddling the line between a bathrobe and a sleeping bag,

each panel of the caftan symbolizes a night trip spent through a station

or in a night train, in each city visited during the expedition.​​

THE  KAFTAN _ 2024

Embroidered quilted comforter,

digital textile printing,

200 x 200 cm.

ON THE STOOPS OF SIRKECI STATION _ December_2024

Archive #1 _ December_1972 _ Gare de Sirkeci _ Istanbul.

It all begins with a few pages torn from a 1971 agenda, a logbook scribbled in pencil 

by my father’s hand. I inherited his archives, including the handwritten autobiographical 

account of his first journey from Istanbul to Paris, beyond the borders of his country, Turkey. 

On the road to the unknown and new horizons, this journey would change his life and cultural identity.

Performative photographs

Sirkeci railway station _ Istanbul

Photo credits : Müfit Samik

Sewing performance during Memento, Mahalla festival, Ioakimoon Greek school, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024.

 © All rights reserved by Mathilde Melek An, 2013
 
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