The Cow, Field & The Sky

Born as a curious exploration of painting through motion. Can a fundamental force like gravity narrate a story? Can randomness and order collaborate to create meaning?

These questions led me to combine controlled and uncontrolled processes to generate unique compositions. Each unpredictable result of an unguided action defined the next step, building bridges between random forms across time. These collected moments of chance and motion turned into a playground of possibilities. I've always found it fascinating to witness and contribute to the emergence of something this organic.

The mental images from the village where I grew up are essential inspiration for this work. The farm where I fetched milk each evening, the stars that seemed to walk alongside me, cows named after people, and the symphony of dogs, donkeys, and worms wandering freely. A gentle breeze carried its own mixture of scents, earth, dung, grass, weathered wood, and the warm smell of a farmer woman's cooking drifting from her kitchen. On my way back home, those same stars appeared again, upside-down this time.

These images have stayed with me, now transformed into a ground projection that invites viewers into this childhood memoryscape. The work was featured at one of Istanbul's major art festivals, exhibited at Feshane, where the projection becomes an interactive canvas on the ground for visitors to explore these rural memories in a contemporary context.