Artist book, 15 Ed., Self-published, Signatured

Soft cover, 14x20 cm, 420 Pages

Turkish & English

Design: Gregor Maria Sahl

2024

The project takes its name from the ''Delice'' (a Turkish word meaning crazy/mad), which grows spontaneously as a wild olive tree in the Aegean region of Turkey. Delice turns into an olive tree when grafted by Zeki, like a healer. This action includes an artisanal approach to olive cultivation, shows not to consume but produce, heal and transform.

Starting from a personal narrative, the project evolves into a long-term research project. It traces a rumored agreement signed between Turkey and Spain in 1951-52 for this special olive species.

Roots, Roads, Traces is written to revisit the places visited during the artistic research, to remember the narratives and share them with the reader. In addition to sharing stories from the personal and institutional archives visited in Turkey and Spain during the research, it is also a written record of the process, a research diary.