“Blue” He is sick and tired of His ambitious Life. He doesn’t want to show his weaknesses to his colleagues. His body is positioned in a “x” position and this shows his desire to be released. He does this secretly. The significance of the balloon string tied to his tie and the colour of the…
“Mobbing” She’s a white-collar woman working in a Skyscraper pushing a 9-hour career every day. She is insulted in her career as a woman. The purple balloons tied to her tongue represent the silence that she is often forced into. The colour purple represents a metaphorical burst. She has so much to say and her…
“Your Ego Is My Lego” The story is about a white-collar businessman who is an ambitious person. He is a well educated and hardworking person. He wants to be a CEO. When he was a University student, he imagined what his perfect future life would be like; he imagined it would be wonderful and satisfying…
“Terrestrial Break Free” This artwork portrays the figure of a woman who is hung from her belt using the balloons. The metal wire by which the female figure is connected to the balloons resembles the umbilical cord of newborn human beings. The theme behind this semi-floating figure is that woman is seeking help from somebody…
“Freeing Yourself” “FREEING YOURSELF “symbolizes how city life strains the mind of the white-collar businesswoman and as a result, she attempts to escape her stressful lifestyle with the aid of the colourful balloons. “It is as if the figure has lost hope in anything earthly and desires to start all over again and experience a…
“Tolerance” She feels empty and she’s pessimistic about everything in her life (her family / her career/everything)….. The balloons serve as an invisible tool which we hope will help her but we just don’t know…… “TOLERANCE” 2015 Medium Steel-polyester 150x70x70 cm Tab 1Tab 2Tab 1Tab 2
“Our Pathetic Perspective” OUR PATHETIC PERSPECTIVE was inspired by Jose Saramago`s novels “ Blindness” and “Seeing” I tried to embody the beginning of an awakening phase from imposed ignorance. Everyone goes about their daily lives with blindness, whether they live in a free society or an autocratic one. Our lives are influenced by the powers…
“Escape from Panopticon” This was inspired by Jeremy Bentham’s Panopticon concept. In this artwork, the man realizes that he is working in a Panopticon jail as a white-collar worker and he wanted to escape from the “prison”. It is a corporate prison in his mind. He realizes that everything is organized by somebody and when…
“Preference” In this piece which I called Preference, he’s in an existential phase in his Life. I’ve positioned Him in such a way to embody that of a baby being held by a Doctor after the Mother has given birth. With this position, He can take a deep breath again to continue a Long Life.…
“The Deranged” THE DERANGED is about the self-awakening and coming to one`s senses phase of a well-educated, high level, white-collar businessman, stuck in the wheels of the capital system, he realizes that he has actually been wearing a straight jacket. The past tends to imprint its tracks on our lives holistically. In this case, his…
