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suturo.com is a new dynamic and interactive website that reacts uniquely to each visitor as they navigate the site, allowing for exploration that fosters new formal and conceptual perspectives between the art, the poems, and the viewers.

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Steven Wolkoff
Alexandra Wiesenfeld
Eugene Ahn

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VAMA Creative

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Artists and Poems: Istanbul 2022

I am a wall never seen the Sun
Without seen the sun you are another wall
Our face dot-to-dot rashes from the bug bites
And our struggle top to bottom full of darks on top of pure white
my wrist ruined, ruined from handcuffs
I slipped out of mortal fear of death
Sliced-up wounds on my back
Ben bir duvarim hic gunes gormememis
sen hic gunes gormemis baska bir duvar
yuzumuz benek benek tahta kurusundan
ve sinemiz bastan basa ak ustunde karalar
kelepceden kahroldu kahroldu bileklerim
Siyrilip ciktim artik olum korkusundan
Dilim dilim sirtimdaki yaralar

Artwork
Fading Away 2021
24 x 18 inches
watercolor on paper
Gul Cagin @gul_cagin_

rosecagin

Poem
DUVAR / DUVAR
Attilâ İlhan

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Artists and Poems: Istanbul 2022

Artists

Özge Enginöz, Özlem Zeytin, Aida Teimourlouie, Arzu Arda Kosar, Beyza Acar, Elvan Alpay, Engin Güneysu, Ferhat Özgür, Gülay Alpay, Gul Cagin, Hülya Küpcuoglu, Ilknur Demirkoparan, Mehmet Reşat Başar, Melike Kilic, Nilhan Sesalan, Pinar Derin Gencer, Yesim Agaoglu, Zafer Aracagök

About Artists and Poems: Istanbul 2022

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Curatorial statement

"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen."

Leonardo da Vinci

The tasks of the artists in Suturo Istanbul are two-fold: to search for a poem that echoes today's problems, specifically those of Istanbul and to powerfully juxtapose the words with their images. Moments described and unveiled in the chosen poems have clear affinities to today''s world even if written by a poet from the past. The atmosphere in the poems mirrors some uncanny similarities and concerns of these contemporary artists' works.

Gul Cagin
July 2022