(Full title: I love it when translation can be found to agree with our weird desires)
With Ulufer Çelik, 2017-
Winner of Volumes 2020, Kunsthalle Zurich
(Book currently OOP)
Do you know what şemsiye means? Do you use the word kırbaç for a whip?
For around three years, we have been asking each other about identical words used in both of our languages: Turkish and (vernacular) Palestinian Arabic. It is a process that can last for good – as long as our friendship lives. We spend time together uttering words that are held in common and draw them, discovering whether they carry the same meaning, are slightly different, or are false friends.
For around three years, we have been asking each other about identical words used in both of our languages: Turkish and (vernacular) Palestinian Arabic. It is a process that can last for good – as long as our friendship lives. We spend time together uttering words that are held in common and draw them, discovering whether they carry the same meaning, are slightly different, or are false friends.
Photos by Peter Chung for _ArtAsiaPacific_
I love it when translation can be found to agree with our weird desires
PrintRoom, Rotterdam, 2021
The Mosaic Rooms, London, 2022
