"Come before the jasmine fades’’, 3 Colorless Etching, 21x29.7cm each, 5Ed.
&sound installation, 2023
https://on.soundcloud.com/AKzoF
In 2018, it is inspired by the story of Ömer, whom I met at Topkapi Pressers Building while doing graphic design/printing works in Istanbul.
Ömer is a person who had to migrate from Syria to Turkey in 2016 due to the war. With the sadness of leaving his wife and two children behind, I usually found him listening to depressive music in the workshop. One day I saw him listening to Zeki Müren's song of the same name and I asked him, do you know the meaning of this song? He said, “Yes, I translated it from Turkish to Arabic to understand it. Now I feel the pain better.’’