The artist draws from her view on the contrasting quantity of the visual information one is subjected underground and aboveground; the work is named after the suffix “-scape” referring to the appearance or an image of a scene in English. Subway journeys, which offer a monotone visual experience due to their structure in which repetitive elements are dominant, are positioned directly opposite the crowd of images and symbols of the city within the scope of the work. According to the artist, the first impression obtained at the exit of the subway stations makes the abundance of visual data aboveground even more evident due to this difference in quantity.
The artist, who recorded such moments during her own subway rides in detail, creates collages from these visual data. –scape first presents the chaotic environment of the subway station in the Ünalan district, located at the intersection of public transport stops, surrounded by skyscrapers and crowded roads in one of the most intense urban transformation areas. Then, there are images from the exit of the Bağlarbaşı district’s subway station, where a traditional neighborhood culture is sustained and architectural elements from different periods converge. The installation, in which the sounds of the city accompany videos, aims to encourage the audience to look at these districts from a different perspective.
