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La_MAlle_Mobile _ December _ 1972 _ 2023 _2024_ . . .
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
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.
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 _ memorabilia #1 _2024
7 embroidered quilted
détachable comforters,
digital textile printing,
untreated dark blue denim.
Installation :
Face 1 : 180 x 200 cm
Face 2 : 180 x 200 cm
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ON THE STOOPS OF SİRKECİ 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,
Ioakimion Greek school,
Istanbul, Turkey, 2024.
