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Aralık 2023 - Temmuz 2024
DÜZCE, İSTANBUL, ANKARA
Placing the relations we establish with plants at its focus, the project sets off from the question, “What kind of a relationship are we in with the nature inside our homes?”, one that comes before the outdoor nature that surrounds us and one we have recently been frequently mentioning and sharing on the social media under the #urbanjungle hashtag. It aims to embark on an exploration into the details of the flora of Düzce, examining the increasing interest in the post-pandemic times towards growing plants in our homes, the form of relations we establish inside our walls with plants brought from various geographies, and how ‘real’ contact with the nature outside the walls can be achieved. While tracing our relationship with plants, the project aims to keep video and photo records of the process, thereby visualizing our distance to the nature and providing a perspective on our relation with our surroundings. A series of exhibitions is planned after the project, which will be debuted in Düzce, followed by Ankara and Istanbul. Project-focused artist speeches are planned in the related cities in the months following the exhibitions, as well as a photograph workshop in Düzce and two seminars on Düzce’s endemic plant species and cultural history.
