SONGÜL KARAKOÇ

UNTITLED

Consisting of a "flawed" video loop of six different actions made up of ordinary moments of daily life, the work emerges as a result of my questioning of the concept of communication, based on my testimonies about bilateral relations. In the said testimony, I observe how people find alternative ways to communicate when they cannot do so effectively, and how these methods become systematic over time with certain objects and actions. While the object serves as the source that enables the action to take place, the action itself transforms into a tool.

I cut out these actions, which are shaped over time and repeated in certain situations and periodically, and re-examines them from outside perspective.

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Alternative communication tools, reflex-based escape points, moments of finding one’s tongue and speechlessness, body language, camouflage…