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Transformation_1–2–3 Adobe, concrete, and found objects on plexiglass Each: 34 × 28 cm, 2021–2022

The starting point of the Transformation_1–2–3 series is inspired by Georges Didi-Huberman’s Shells (2018), in which fragments of tree bark collected from Auschwitz are treated as “letters of a pre-alphabetic script.” Similarly, this series brings together materials as textual elements—memory fragments bearing witness to a specific time and place. In Transformation_2 and Transformation_3, found objects and earth shaped into adobe function as remnants of lived experience in Dikmen Valley. In Transformation_1, concrete—an emblematic material of capitalist urbanization—is used to construct the “text.” Through these material contrasts, the memory of a progressively disappearing landscape is archived and rendered permanent.

The starting point of the Transformation_1–2–3 series is inspired by Georges Didi-Huberman’s Shells (2018), in which fragments of tree bark collected from Auschwitz are treated as “letters of a pre-alphabetic script.” Similarly, this series brings together materials as textual elements—memory fragments bearing witness to a specific time and place. In Transformation_2 and Transformation_3, found objects and earth shaped into adobe function as remnants of lived experience in Dikmen Valley. In Transformation_1, concrete—an emblematic material of capitalist urbanization—is used to construct the “text.” Through these material contrasts, the memory of a progressively disappearing landscape is archived and rendered permanent.
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