http://www.meltemsahin.info/hereaway daily 0.75 2016-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459720407484-U3248JPSN5Z311BYNA7D/tuttifrutti.jpg here & away Here & Away are two different alphabets created to be a set that reflects various sides of relationships. It can be read either before or after of one relationship or diverse relationships. In Here, the tranquil happiness and sincere love of two figures is given through flowing letters that are created if only two of them get together, if they are “here” in time and space for them. The warm color of letters accentuates the intimacy. In contrast, in Away, although figures are together, attached to each other, they look at separate distant places, as they exist in different locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459720407484-U3248JPSN5Z311BYNA7D/tuttifrutti.jpg here & away Here & Away are two different alphabets created to be a set that reflects various sides of relationships. It can be read either before or after of one relationship or diverse relationships. In Here, the tranquil happiness and sincere love of two figures is given through flowing letters that are created if only two of them get together, if they are “here” in time and space for them. The warm color of letters accentuates the intimacy. In contrast, in Away, although figures are together, attached to each other, they look at separate distant places, as they exist in different locations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459720407671-TIS1OQEMH2XX54LQAPHM/pattern_here.jpg here & away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459721536022-L5T50XXX08GNLZA0XHCJ/away+pattern.jpg here & away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459720410215-2QO9J2L69VIFE0Q7OVGH/Untitled-1.jpg here & away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459720411440-KL7YL879QUIIQ28ICJON/white-book+copy.jpg here & away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459720797977-M0KY5CSFRTW202VCVDVP/away+tatli+app.jpg here & away - Away Luggage     http://www.meltemsahin.info/animation daily 0.75 2024-07-11 http://www.meltemsahin.info/manhood daily 0.75 2016-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459835688699-3K9P6Q14QUZW80RMRFMK/a92bcb18218693.562c5dd00471d.jpg manhood "Come on son, show your penis to your uncles!" Part I from an interview with Nurant Magazine How did you proceed to realize these works? Turkey with its multifarious culture gives birth to various votive concepts. The value of male-child is still incomparable in most part of Turkey. Male-child regarded as most precious votive. The three illustrations I created for this issue are in order and in whole depict a story of a boy growing up in patriarchal society. Since from their early ages, boys are raised with learning to brag with their manhood, power, possession and hegemony. In the first illustration called “come on son, show your penis to your uncles!” The first step of misleading education of child is shown. In the second one called “Dear son, this evil eye will protect your manhood” what was shown generously before is now closed and crowned. “The virgin blooded sheet is the proof of my achieved manhood, votiveness“ is the climax of the boy’s manhood and the end of the boy as a votive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459835688699-3K9P6Q14QUZW80RMRFMK/a92bcb18218693.562c5dd00471d.jpg manhood "Come on son, show your penis to your uncles!" Part I from an interview with Nurant Magazine How did you proceed to realize these works? Turkey with its multifarious culture gives birth to various votive concepts. The value of male-child is still incomparable in most part of Turkey. Male-child regarded as most precious votive. The three illustrations I created for this issue are in order and in whole depict a story of a boy growing up in patriarchal society. Since from their early ages, boys are raised with learning to brag with their manhood, power, possession and hegemony. In the first illustration called “come on son, show your penis to your uncles!” The first step of misleading education of child is shown. In the second one called “Dear son, this evil eye will protect your manhood” what was shown generously before is now closed and crowned. “The virgin blooded sheet is the proof of my achieved manhood, votiveness“ is the climax of the boy’s manhood and the end of the boy as a votive. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459739296028-HXX76TAY8DEKJWQMWYOP/cd28b518218693.562c5dcff413c.jpg manhood "Dear son, this evil eye will protect your circumcised manhood." Part II What brought you represent sexuality as a votive object? Although sexuality is what is seen through directly through my illustrations, the idea behind them is manhood. Maybe in more appropriate words man centered universe with Turkish iconographic symbols of masculinity and hegemony.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459904532665-X79XJOM7LWZDQR2NI97C/14d0da18218693.562c5dd33c892.jpg manhood "The virgin blooded sheet is the proof of my achieved manhood, votiveness." Part III "Hell is other people", Jean-Paul Sartre said. In your works we can always see the clapping of anonymous hands: do we deserve grace only facing "other people"? I believe those anonymous hands are between clapping and praying, between appreciations and hope. They symbolize the society changes that little boy into a votive symbol. As you mentioned Sartre, the boy judges himself through the means his family, his friends, even his neighbours have. Thus, it can be said that hands are the representatives of boy’s hell. http://nurant.bigcartel.com/product/issue-16-mar-2014     http://www.meltemsahin.info/landscape-1 daily 0.75 2016-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459744995567-UL7FVMYY01R1LNSHDIHD/90a76a13343005.56272a1b9e531.jpg landscape 1 Mountains and pink fish-flowered lakes   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459744995598-E4X6PIHD3R8GH0GNMSRO/52a21b13343005.56272bdda47a2.jpg landscape 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459745014744-3MDHIVUAWPIQJEHXWF3P/e6a30813343005.56272a1b2a9a1.jpg landscape 1 http://www.meltemsahin.info/kukla daily 0.75 2023-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723649885-Z3MJTUBN2ZK4T0HDO8B7/88.JPG kukla Kukla meaning puppet in Turkish, is a line of wooden toys inspired by illustrations in the 1665 edition of Fortunio Liceti's De Monstris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723649885-Z3MJTUBN2ZK4T0HDO8B7/88.JPG kukla Kukla meaning puppet in Turkish, is a line of wooden toys inspired by illustrations in the 1665 edition of Fortunio Liceti's De Monstris. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723598509-BNER2YKJ5PUL8GRYYJMJ/bird+front.jpg kukla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723611540-HO4IE0S811OU9V2A461V/dragon+back.jpg kukla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723615609-JNGDJMTH4EG2P98YGTI2/dragon+front+copy.jpg kukla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723617972-M4W4YAOI9CDA4K1VYTUU/dragon+front.jpg kukla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723627668-9CM5KM6SHX4SSO1XUFA8/elephant+front.jpg kukla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723631649-OOG0HC6P22WIULNLWS8G/mermaid+front+copy.jpg kukla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459723646173-X0VQ2MMCHEVOUGNBLGP5/twinsfront.jpg kukla https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459870943007-YQYO9M8ZQZL1W5ZYBZEN/image-asset.png kukla - Kukla Promotion video of my Kukla toys http://www.meltemsahin.info/thestorycollector daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825154883-YVXBBL63OYAL58BSSJTG/b4d0f213315245.562725e88d626.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825154883-YVXBBL63OYAL58BSSJTG/b4d0f213315245.562725e88d626.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825150576-RYQ040N8MV6CDRGJY3NS/7e87c213315245.5627266fd5d2b.jpg the story collector The Story Collector "Masal Koleksiyoncusu" is published by Can Yayinlari in Turkey. The story is written by Nihan Temiz and illustrated by me in 2013. This is my first published book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825157151-JURRP0GCAK5NL7RU8VW5/e7fe5713315245.562724938b4b9.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825150656-RG5VA9FL3M0FP9WDZIOJ/9e36b713315245.5627268e6831b.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825150014-ILCL5PEXNCMSLG85CAGX/4cf8f113315245.5627262eb94da.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825151270-6N9BSK8DFVPWNU5I07LV/93c13f13315245.562725e832c8a.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825150096-U6BOJXPLT9HGUSLSEA7V/4db03b13315245.562726c4eaec3.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825152149-PAYU1JO0FKDAFK8SG7BP/63322d13315245.562725d269db3.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825158195-ZBFWN974J1I4W8ILRPSB/e83b2413315245.5627268f81938.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825151450-5NJVEJU8K9QYZ5WLNOSW/349dac13315245.5627268ec1105.jpg the story collector https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825157247-ULTYNDCRWCFYDCCOZ2N5/e036ac13315245.562726235449d.jpg the story collector http://www.meltemsahin.info/wordsonwheels daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825543423-0OUJHWHIIEJJOOR1FA0K/28896731445193.5650ce4193474.jpg words on wheels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825543423-0OUJHWHIIEJJOOR1FA0K/28896731445193.5650ce4193474.jpg words on wheels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825541282-SIKXEQJF36H3KB5K54NC/37106b31445193.5650ca99e7ed5.jpg words on wheels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825541652-3J078SGS8YQYESN0N5W5/985eec31445193.5650ca99ea286.jpg words on wheels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825543785-XC2A0S0362WVS7UFX9R1/89020231445193.5650ca99e911b.jpg words on wheels https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459825539071-LWZMLDXX9U29S4YIVRMJ/113a1231445193.5650ca99e6cd2.jpg words on wheels http://www.meltemsahin.info/p-is-for-pussy daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823174075-EB75DP48S5UK7DT5MXGC/c0b45d31066661.564022c26ec5e.jpg p is for pussy P is for Pussy is a raunchy alphabet picture book written by Elissa Blount Moorhead and illustrated/designed by me. It is a book of double entendres. The book is designed as much for parents as it is for kids. The racy and humorous illustrations contain double meanings which supply learning and fun for the kids and illicit (hidden) laughs for parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823174075-EB75DP48S5UK7DT5MXGC/c0b45d31066661.564022c26ec5e.jpg p is for pussy P is for Pussy is a raunchy alphabet picture book written by Elissa Blount Moorhead and illustrated/designed by me. It is a book of double entendres. The book is designed as much for parents as it is for kids. The racy and humorous illustrations contain double meanings which supply learning and fun for the kids and illicit (hidden) laughs for parents. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824043525-UV7HEDBWN2RLSVQ1GBZS/660e4731066661.564010aad9d82.jpg p is for pussy P is for Pussy, got national media attention including Huffington Post, Bitch Media, DesignTAXI, and BuzzFeed. The book is available on Amazon and Barnes & Noble! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823071038-PIYGPXS3A1ZE1AVVZKVC/19c97731066661.563fe940de6db.jpg p is for pussy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823072837-7L17WM368CGQ8TVNRJQF/e0a4e231066661.563fec791edcf.jpg p is for pussy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823070076-YZSRNJ07CXVBFY1664IQ/8acf1931066661.563fec791fdee.jpg p is for pussy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823071668-U37GTIU5XO0YKLEZDAG5/bcece931066661.563fec7922ee3.jpg p is for pussy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823071757-F7KMGOJZS8PHT6FBN8IP/32083e31066661.563fec792aa68.jpg p is for pussy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823070044-JR0OWNN2LLAEO5YX5HTA/04b61031066661.563fec7929709.jpg p is for pussy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459823072146-O9Q275X1FTNEORURM0SJ/db510331066661.563fede8e6a7e.jpg p is for pussy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459870580439-ZLJCO33H6Y739XBO884Z/pisforpussy.gif p is for pussy http://www.meltemsahin.info/new-gallery-1 daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459725330508-3VNA1VK7CPTIXONVLAFR/lover.jpg head of my lover Thanks to mono-printed papers, which have a feel like sandy paper and look, he looks like rock or fungus. While rocks are strong, rigid and angular, funguses are wet, soft and tender. However, strangely Head of my Lover has the quality of both. He looks like he emerges from the wall it has been hung. He is screaming silently but visually his voice is coming out as a light that put inside of him.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459725330508-3VNA1VK7CPTIXONVLAFR/lover.jpg head of my lover Thanks to mono-printed papers, which have a feel like sandy paper and look, he looks like rock or fungus. While rocks are strong, rigid and angular, funguses are wet, soft and tender. However, strangely Head of my Lover has the quality of both. He looks like he emerges from the wall it has been hung. He is screaming silently but visually his voice is coming out as a light that put inside of him.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459725324996-MR4ZE4O0JU2PDHZHSULY/lover2.jpg head of my lover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459725331936-VY7TNAW2ASYXMY3KSMW0/lover3+copy.jpg head of my lover http://www.meltemsahin.info/breakingthegaze daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459744866347-GTO11GNSBYTLX3I62I69/12314149_10153428945903897_4979668114320225404_o.jpg breaking the gaze Breaking the Gaze parody to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres' Grande Odalisque, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459744866347-GTO11GNSBYTLX3I62I69/12314149_10153428945903897_4979668114320225404_o.jpg breaking the gaze Breaking the Gaze parody to Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres' Grande Odalisque, 2014 http://www.meltemsahin.info/talesforthedreamdiversii daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831547295-CKZ5NOXUQ4NII0TKUQK0/63f69f26635847.56358395d7454.jpg tales for the dream divers II My third children book that I illustrated and written by Selcuk Ceylan published from Can Publishing House in Turkey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831547295-CKZ5NOXUQ4NII0TKUQK0/63f69f26635847.56358395d7454.jpg tales for the dream divers II My third children book that I illustrated and written by Selcuk Ceylan published from Can Publishing House in Turkey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831558751-VFF4D58TVACHTW3G9Q09/944aaf26635847.56358395abf12.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831544627-9HYE3VL4A8VYQ7T0L792/6e022f26635847.5635839579916-1.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831554989-EEX0IGH9FKNPW22B90GV/352c0526635847.5635839592e72.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831563294-KOD32Y17GTIU71R84TJT/518a1426635847.56358395752c8.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831539605-1U64U78FQI6G35YSJE61/6b737a26635847.563583959c9d4.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831546932-OB78QIX3WHZ86LXVME8L/28a64126635847.56358395d68f6.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831563852-LX6DS2D6TVPHDJK0NEV3/3565f126635847.56358395c18d4.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831572031-V0ATC2CZ8LRZY8B19LDX/b693cc26635847.5635839585268-1.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831576640-JDB22NFZLU4FKBA6WZ7X/da3fe626635847.56358395a970e-1.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831582355-LSVTCFKTZI7ED02KNT4Z/e6c3c126635847.5635839589ee9-1.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831587956-XI1UFGQ5K0CIGS8S0YA5/e676e126635847.56358395b6dfa.jpg tales for the dream divers II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459831588400-RW5ED5N50HGLTJB7EDZ5/e5378526635847.56358395c6bcd.jpg tales for the dream divers II http://www.meltemsahin.info/deadofmygrandfather daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459865310569-URO79T4BSRSC36SSUWVJ/Screen+Shot+2016-04-05+at+10.03.43+AM.png dead of my grandfather https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459865310569-URO79T4BSRSC36SSUWVJ/Screen+Shot+2016-04-05+at+10.03.43+AM.png dead of my grandfather http://www.meltemsahin.info/anatoliantales daily 0.75 2023-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459836322810-DPJOR8HBIT8HT7OVBL77/11145213_10153266200623897_627004466802787909_o.jpg anatolian tales Poster I designed and illustrated for docu-drama about Anatolian tales. The visual language of the piece is inspired by Inandik Vase and Turkish traditional kilim motifs. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459836322810-DPJOR8HBIT8HT7OVBL77/11145213_10153266200623897_627004466802787909_o.jpg anatolian tales Poster I designed and illustrated for docu-drama about Anatolian tales. The visual language of the piece is inspired by Inandik Vase and Turkish traditional kilim motifs. http://www.meltemsahin.info/ceramics daily 0.75 2016-08-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461419592610-T2OAVVBEUKKET4AWNTH5/Thesis-7.jpg ceramics 10. Thing Among Things “Visible and mobile, my body is a thing among things; it is one of them. It is caught in the fabric of the world, and its cohesion is that of a thing. But because it sees and moves itself, it holds things in a circle around itself." Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eye & Mind This piece incorporates 12 different ceramic figurines that are shaping a spiral form while corresponding each others’ negatives spaces like puzzles. The tactility of the piece has been increased by the black sand that put underneath it. There are Neo-pixel LEDs hidden in the sand, that changes its color in a spiral form from outside to inside to increase the dynamic feeling of the piece. The figurines have a floating gestures with peaceful sleeping-like smiling faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461419592610-T2OAVVBEUKKET4AWNTH5/Thesis-7.jpg ceramics 10. Thing Among Things “Visible and mobile, my body is a thing among things; it is one of them. It is caught in the fabric of the world, and its cohesion is that of a thing. But because it sees and moves itself, it holds things in a circle around itself." Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eye & Mind This piece incorporates 12 different ceramic figurines that are shaping a spiral form while corresponding each others’ negatives spaces like puzzles. The tactility of the piece has been increased by the black sand that put underneath it. There are Neo-pixel LEDs hidden in the sand, that changes its color in a spiral form from outside to inside to increase the dynamic feeling of the piece. The figurines have a floating gestures with peaceful sleeping-like smiling faces. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461419379161-A569GTMY6SS7QMCDCZY5/things_10.jpg ceramics https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461420193596-EGBIQCR7VD886WWQRVMR/seramik.png ceramics http://www.meltemsahin.info/jacobsladder daily 0.75 2016-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461427259768-RHPR91BI29073UVNBV0B/Thesis-30.jpg jacobs ladder 9. In the Sensed "But a self by confusion, narcissism, inherence of the one who sees in what he sees, of the one who touches in what he touches, of the sensing in the sensed..." Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eye & Mind In response to Merleau-Ponty’s words, I created a Jacobs Ladder with lenticular prints applied onto it. I saw the form of a Jacobs Ladder reflected the overlapping sense of time reflected in Merleau-Ponty writings. On one side, the lenticular prints will show two similarly rendered young women in an intimate hug. On the other side, they are aged, in their 80s standing back to back. Using a lenticular print, the male version of the same scenario can be seen by tilting the toy handle slightly to the side. To visually compliment the shiny lenticular print, I fabricated a elastic, tactile, sensuous handle for the toy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461427259768-RHPR91BI29073UVNBV0B/Thesis-30.jpg jacobs ladder 9. In the Sensed "But a self by confusion, narcissism, inherence of the one who sees in what he sees, of the one who touches in what he touches, of the sensing in the sensed..." Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eye & Mind In response to Merleau-Ponty’s words, I created a Jacobs Ladder with lenticular prints applied onto it. I saw the form of a Jacobs Ladder reflected the overlapping sense of time reflected in Merleau-Ponty writings. On one side, the lenticular prints will show two similarly rendered young women in an intimate hug. On the other side, they are aged, in their 80s standing back to back. Using a lenticular print, the male version of the same scenario can be seen by tilting the toy handle slightly to the side. To visually compliment the shiny lenticular print, I fabricated a elastic, tactile, sensuous handle for the toy. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461427264273-XAEM9CHR1W4IJ16OZKB5/Thesis-31.jpg jacobs ladder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459742756701-HKQFSIN9B3WWNWA87ZCO/donusum2.gif jacobs ladder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459742710344-3FYTD5UXH49XLBZGYGQ1/arka2.gif jacobs ladder https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1473178694822-ORA0ON1ESYQZ1W42JRG9/image-asset.jpeg jacobs ladder - In the Sensed http://www.meltemsahin.info/vaginamonologues daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459836450025-KNDRKYQLT80RO7SEKV0U/11888641_10153256596118897_7143932485618944995_o.jpg vagina monologues Daily Life Exercises: Trackpad Fetish, Expected Guest, Chicken Porn, Steamy Peaches, Languorous Lotus, Callused Finger https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459836609533-YOEMA4M5309RALED4PBE/2f4a5225540553.56346f32cb0a7-1.png vagina monologues http://www.meltemsahin.info/theschoolyard daily 0.75 2016-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837395182-0AQAZU3JDHZVS8B1F0AP/3b293213319049.5627256223fef.jpg the schoolyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837395182-0AQAZU3JDHZVS8B1F0AP/3b293213319049.5627256223fef.jpg the schoolyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837397698-CAULGNUAL7P0EMSIPCDK/a0356b13319049.562726a89c4c4.jpg the schoolyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459905801378-GVO8X9UOLDKV4J2OX4KQ/29753613319049.562725619f8bc.jpg the schoolyard https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459877486421-DGF2C042UNH3DB0BK2TO/schoolwanderes.jpg the schoolyard http://www.meltemsahin.info/resume daily 0.75 2024-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1677686171083-JXR40YZ4W4Q5VL9X10TQ/resume.jpg resume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1677686171083-JXR40YZ4W4Q5VL9X10TQ/resume.jpg resume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1689586641131-BEV91E4TKY7VSD7R69BI/fin+website.png resume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1708596260508-AK3CP17O21AKMDMPSKBG/Website+Short.jpg resume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1689585414408-GRUT5MKS7QD9Q7FM0SYW/website+cv.jpg resume https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1678183713824-TGI74K8RJFJLLKIKL8IU/Meltem+Sahin_Resume_.jpg resume http://www.meltemsahin.info/heavy daily 0.75 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459912781522-GF6TISAM0DVT4TXHOSCC/heavy-3.gif heavy - heavy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459912781522-GF6TISAM0DVT4TXHOSCC/heavy-3.gif heavy - heavy http://www.meltemsahin.info/monoprintanimation daily 0.75 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712224309769-5WUQBE09DXC8ZKXXVS1D/image-asset.jpeg monoprint animation - Eye and Mind “The eye is an instrument… which has been moved by same impact of the world, which it then restores to the visible through the traces of a hand.” Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eye & Mind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712224309769-5WUQBE09DXC8ZKXXVS1D/image-asset.jpeg monoprint animation - Eye and Mind “The eye is an instrument… which has been moved by same impact of the world, which it then restores to the visible through the traces of a hand.” Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eye & Mind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459915723371-Q1PSOKJB6JL95JQ8BRN7/goz.gif monoprint animation Inspired by Ponty's Eye & Mind proposes an aesthetic approach to certain ideas of his philosophy, which have always evoked in me visual images. Each gif in the animation is my vision of a passage in Ponty’s last published essay, “Eye and Mind”. Each frame was created with mono-print and stencil technique. My intention was to achieve the mood or the environment created by Ponty's words by means of the cyclical nature of the gif and the randomness of the mono-print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712224653531-8ZCBP7OJ75JYQ3L7Z4FG/image-asset.jpeg monoprint animation In this version, the animation is divided into 3 animated gifs for an exhibition held in MICA, Baltimore, USA. http://www.meltemsahin.info/editorial daily 0.75 2024-10-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1708941055965-NKKLEJ29U6RG6I90FS4Y/meltem+sahin+kapak_kaos+gl.jpeg editorial Cover illustration for Kaos GL on their issue on body, thank you Umut Güven. 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1708941055965-NKKLEJ29U6RG6I90FS4Y/meltem+sahin+kapak_kaos+gl.jpeg editorial Cover illustration for Kaos GL on their issue on body, thank you Umut Güven. 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572167189545-AH7Q55HVJ2318AX7QYSV/olenle-olunmez-+selcuk+oren%27in+sehzade+yangini+kitabi+icin+illustrasyon-+2019.jpg editorial - Undead For Selçuk Ören’s book “Şehzade Yangını”- 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1482324838290-UMK80T37F2DOBJFE2YIU/parmaklama.jpg editorial Illustration about food porn for Calling Mag. 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484828223127-LQOMWWRJIT7IC9Y44VXL/birds%26palmtrees.jpg editorial Cover illustration for a Box In a Box Idea magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459815937786-WVDF96NGMQ29LW7FKGVC/pierreinsta.jpg editorial Illustration of Pierre Boulez, composer and conductor who pushed the boundaries of Modernism, for Sami Kisaoglu's article at Unlimited Magazine, 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459819924341-5V1P1415QQFECE2QZ89D/hermafrodit-selves.jpg editorial Hermaphrodite Selves is a single monoprint illustration for Turkey based Carbon Collective's 4th issue "Nokta, Cizgi, Duzlem" meaning: Dot, Line, Surface. The drawing is an adaptation of a personal memory from summer of 2015. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459822893298-W0TDFL7RBBDM6Y2DIWOK/hoppala%21.jpg editorial Hoppala illustration for Trendsetter Magazine's third year anniversary, 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459820049869-AYLZFDZ30A2QJAWZ1X45/89b13714511407.562855359461d.jpg editorial Illustration for an article about schizophrenia and Nathan Filer's book the Shock of the Fall for Sabitfikir Magazine, 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459836700301-X5ROMS8BFG6FIJK5UWVM/980977_10152157189553897_6685973918585039504_o.jpg editorial Illustration for Sabitfikir Magazine's article about Neil Jordan's book, Mistaken, 2014   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459725515461-8M3BTBSNBV6V3UQP116Q/1b5ce613348743.56272ceaafeb2.jpg editorial Tree of Gezi Resistance for Bant Magazine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459725678516-TPYXOM28WZWYC3A0VFBC/1c27b513805221.5627868f86e3f.jpg editorial Illustration for an article in Sabitfikir Magazine about Egyptian writer Sonallah Ibrahim, 2014   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459738959943-NRIDXCCSI0ZPS3JWBKX7/81cdbf15820173.5629749e3537a.jpg editorial The illustration for an article about Ben Lerner's book called "Leaving the Atocha Station" for Sabitfikir Magazine, 2014   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1482323924599-XNB1ABTRU9Q5SIINWKT5/c0eafd13344199.56272afd9b010.jpg editorial Illustration of Laetitia Sadier for Bantmag https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459815381036-0X7G6DIOPHY1HOSWGE4B/pierreinsta.jpg editorial https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1482323971128-NBHWOP3Q7C6LYNB9NRDA/12d1f413344199.56272afe749f1.jpg editorial Illustration of Nick Waterhouse for Bantmag http://www.meltemsahin.info/talesforthedreamdivers daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824452372-NI7F4VPVNQKMSHXEFZDX/55d59318307667.562c74cf76c98.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824452372-NI7F4VPVNQKMSHXEFZDX/55d59318307667.562c74cf76c98.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824445692-LUQC8AM6X5WTXOHJ3H2B/2de3cb18307667.562c965c2c9e4.jpg tales for the dream divers I The illustrations I have created for "Tales for the Dream Divers" published by Can Çocuk(Children) Publishing in 2014. The story is written by Selçuk Ceylan.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824456337-P7P8356ZSK5GTAZXHGFL/36001b18307667.562c9887b0a32.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824458549-IJCG03PF93714J2XGJ4Z/50278718307667.562c74cf6dd58.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824460934-6DPDMY8O5X7KJ3BZ8SCT/f0878518307667.562c9b6f87e31.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824454582-8VZ40PAOMDPP5TMZ5QNK/575acc18307667.562c9887bfd09.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824444501-1WHY29FD1XJY7TJ8Q3BV/0cf07218307667.562c74cf6259b.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824446119-11MSVLX0WX9WK0JWOOEY/3d1a4918307667.562c9b73896f1.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824460374-QYDIFDT9HEJEGXEKBXGQ/e72ad318307667.562c74e2f2f52.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824459924-JOATW8D3872FGPK9S8L1/cba27318307667.562c9b718585a.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824446529-KP2Z77IGTQ9KHWB2O7QD/4c754518307667.562c989fe64d8.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824446718-VNH1FHPZWLABZ75JRJJJ/5ce9c718307667.562c9b719052a.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824453630-P7PKUG1B385PK0TTZHJ3/87a3be18307667.562c965c25fd7.jpg tales for the dream divers I My monster is helping me promote the book! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824449701-H0DWIG6YQX2ZSYGN2C0G/6aa97818307667.562c74cf739b6.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824448806-CCC8NIAGCN8M74430PI7/7c620a18307667.562c74cf7b41c.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824455288-WY8ANBRWLP5XAT39ARWS/91a3c618307667.562c74cf784c7.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824445746-91KWVGOMWOCWTCTGFRTC/1ff12c18307667.562c74cf6b92b.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824457183-MAYDOG6VDYT585T40RPA/54334f18307667.562c74cf65003.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824459841-GTD8HCH2T28N37IRJYEL/c9e7b618307667.562c74cf74afd.jpg tales for the dream divers I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459824452499-QKFVY75MEWI15N3LROC1/23b19218307667.562c74cf7fa2f.jpg tales for the dream divers I http://www.meltemsahin.info/retroscope daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461423716591-CF430S6LM4L2SWV70K1Y/Thesis-22.jpg retroscope 1,2,3. Becoming “This is Cezanne's enigma, which has often been commented upon: Man is absent from but entirely within the landscape." Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari, What is Philosophy? Deleuze talks about American writer Herman Melville becoming Moby Dick, Van Gogh becoming sunflowers and Cezanne becoming landscape in the absence of man. He says during the process of creating art, artists become the piece itself. It is like a state rather than an end. This endless quality is shown through the loops of retroscope, there is neither an end or a beginning. After I created 3 gifs for the toys, I printed them and put on the three different retroscopes. Retroscopes are mainly made of clear plexi-glasses to become almost invisible and to highlight the flip images. The viewer should crank the toy towards himself in order to see the animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461423716591-CF430S6LM4L2SWV70K1Y/Thesis-22.jpg retroscope 1,2,3. Becoming “This is Cezanne's enigma, which has often been commented upon: Man is absent from but entirely within the landscape." Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari, What is Philosophy? Deleuze talks about American writer Herman Melville becoming Moby Dick, Van Gogh becoming sunflowers and Cezanne becoming landscape in the absence of man. He says during the process of creating art, artists become the piece itself. It is like a state rather than an end. This endless quality is shown through the loops of retroscope, there is neither an end or a beginning. After I created 3 gifs for the toys, I printed them and put on the three different retroscopes. Retroscopes are mainly made of clear plexi-glasses to become almost invisible and to highlight the flip images. The viewer should crank the toy towards himself in order to see the animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461424145011-T7LIT7QV8EQWH0OKEA55/Thesis-21.jpg retroscope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732874568868-BZKA46G3XR42LNR0N3C0/Melville-becoming-Moby-Dick-+%281%29.gif retroscope - Melville becoming Moby-Dick https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459835017834-HI2S8ZBTAOAXABSCZ4Y7/cezanne.gif retroscope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472386274241-8S7Z9FZG5URWQDWMG1QB/image-asset.jpeg retroscope - Retroscope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732876785364-6W35FV5REKXGQD2JD79D/ezgif-5-5ecfb686dd.gif retroscope - Van Gogh becoming sunflowers http://www.meltemsahin.info/about daily 0.75 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1469449957813-0BYXF3HTNKLZEZVEUT08/exhibition.jpg about In 2016, I graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art with an MFA in Illustration Practice. It was one of the best things that ever has happened to me. "Negative Pleasure" is my thesis that incorporates a show with animations, toys, kinetic sculptures, and a thesis book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1469449957813-0BYXF3HTNKLZEZVEUT08/exhibition.jpg about In 2016, I graduated from Maryland Institute College of Art with an MFA in Illustration Practice. It was one of the best things that ever has happened to me. "Negative Pleasure" is my thesis that incorporates a show with animations, toys, kinetic sculptures, and a thesis book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459741941041-XFJYU1T1KY1OY5632ZIF/12888665_10153686455838897_959967983460784547_o.jpg about "Negative Pleasure" is a term that is created by Immanuel Kant. He describe this outrage as: "A turmoil of emotion or vibration between pains rising from inadequacy of all sensible standards and pleasure emanating from correspondence with rational ideas."   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461479444336-X2VIBAS96XB4M7F72Z45/wall.jpg about http://www.meltemsahin.info/pisforpussy daily 0.75 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459833366738-FSC2U4NXRR1CA2ILXMU3/bisforblowgif.gif p is for pussy - P is for Pussy P is for Pussy is a raunchy alphabet picture book written by Elissa Blount Moorhead and illustrated/designed by me. It is a book of double entendres. The book is designed as much for parents as it is for kids. The racy and humorous illustrations contain double meanings which supply learning and fun for the kids and illicit (hidden) laughs for parents. These three gifs are made for the P is for Pussy's website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459833366738-FSC2U4NXRR1CA2ILXMU3/bisforblowgif.gif p is for pussy - P is for Pussy P is for Pussy is a raunchy alphabet picture book written by Elissa Blount Moorhead and illustrated/designed by me. It is a book of double entendres. The book is designed as much for parents as it is for kids. The racy and humorous illustrations contain double meanings which supply learning and fun for the kids and illicit (hidden) laughs for parents. These three gifs are made for the P is for Pussy's website. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459833042516-QWYTQLFILHNTSJJJ5HD9/woodalt.gif p is for pussy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459833547186-LVBOOTB6DJ93HULLGF8I/pisforpussy.gif p is for pussy http://www.meltemsahin.info/fatherbust daily 0.75 2022-11-25 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459865677209-WF8M9V891TCB5X6YPJ5D/Screen+Shot+2016-04-05+at+10.16.05+AM.png father bust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459865677209-WF8M9V891TCB5X6YPJ5D/Screen+Shot+2016-04-05+at+10.16.05+AM.png father bust https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459865852629-2WJYIR8AGPXUKK6X2LUJ/baba.jpg father bust http://www.meltemsahin.info/negativepleasure daily 0.75 2016-07-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459884649036-WQCGMY8H3DEOMIF7ATPQ/cezanne.gif negative pleasure Gif for the retroscope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459884649036-WQCGMY8H3DEOMIF7ATPQ/cezanne.gif negative pleasure Gif for the retroscope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459884658751-KL226BQM3Z84L0X6T1NA/van-gogh-Recovered.gif negative pleasure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459884735354-0LPR1UWTDHEHK00F2AR9/melville.gif negative pleasure https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459884905014-91UGKLKXKNUKKAQBDHPB/singularinstgram.gif negative pleasure Gif for the vinyl zoetrope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459881307558-25ZCG5I6MEV9AR3C82OG/donusum.gif negative pleasure Negative Pleasure is a thesis project of mine from MFA Illustration Practice. In the show, there are reflections on words of Gilles Deleuze, Friedrich Nietzsche and Maurice Merleau-Ponty as sensory experiences in time and space, aesthetics sublimated to perception, and a sensation of unsettling pleasure. Here are all the animated loops that are created for different toys and objects for Negative Pleasure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459881314973-095U0V86FD3PUL3FER5I/arka2.gif negative pleasure Gif for the Jacob's Ladder   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459884809489-YX2Y6HBS78WFHIWZ8ZUP/3d-sona-dogru.gif negative pleasure Gif for the 3D Zoetrope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459884867939-ZERNUEMP35K6CSK58U9S/circle.gif negative pleasure http://www.meltemsahin.info/monoprintplants daily 0.75 2017-01-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837023251-DYQ5S24FQGIAXXV1HSB1/0146e013317631.5627265595602.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals Oyster Shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837023251-DYQ5S24FQGIAXXV1HSB1/0146e013317631.5627265595602.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals Oyster Shell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837018263-6RWDQ5GBRQJRYY9PTBYN/5b99bd13317631.562725dfe7abf.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837018670-3FC6E6DCE22XVT9FTPW2/12bec913317631.56272658409fc.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837027222-UTU5427IG6DEBEW6ROND/55368413317631.5627265897c11.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837032264-47BG6P1KG3I62M3CM8HM/ed5cba13317631.562725e1c9685.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837021861-JJHF5W8R0ST1AZ27G23V/24ce8013317631.5627270f98d6c.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837033250-TNRFRF2JTKA9XODJCQFA/fae42513317631.56272725578c5.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837027105-GQX8NEJNP883NAEQ831L/b90c6413317631.56272725eebb2.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484831260055-0GNUNFSV7VOWLDJRPFME/2110bb13537657.562751161975c.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484831285600-HR1RAXS6HRPA0BO7R506/36f02913537657.562751156f63f.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484831266594-LKHYG77RD93EAQEQ9V2H/13827013537657.56275115f414f.jpg monoprint plants and stencil animals http://www.meltemsahin.info/dailysketches daily 0.75 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741166102400-RT8GN8WCXCTI9KA7QDL7/cosmic+smell-mini.png daily sketches - Cosmic Smell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741166102400-RT8GN8WCXCTI9KA7QDL7/cosmic+smell-mini.png daily sketches - Cosmic Smell https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741166660787-3BFTHUVPTVB6QLAY4MD7/cicek+iseyen.jpg daily sketches - Floral Urination https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484826646425-2WUYZVUW6KV6JCNDGHZP/twoofthethree.jpg daily sketches - The two of three https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472377910128-QYMT1KUBKQCBPTIU0H4T/demons.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741168685117-9418R4Y39RCA1CHBRGAG/thepinkfleshepidemic.png daily sketches - the pink flesh epidemic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472377871563-N8LLSWIL4RANK8BA0UHL/eskiz.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741166216286-HFC4K0TKW8C67N9BV1JE/et+yigini-+mini.png daily sketches - Pile of Flesh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472377659675-2E7QQOLAL5WI1HU8F6BW/kimkiduk.jpg daily sketches - kim ki duk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459906503308-VP0D2K3ALYVFP6SDUSVN/eating+foot.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459906505941-UAIMK120UVEPM2XBODBE/tendermoments.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1473156785328-SDCGPDGUX5UD3BPRLAUN/heartshaped+balls.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472377362711-1555IHRNC59UXQ8C5Y4Z/sink.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472377493468-6C0EQMJ2Z8L8O08J7M4P/uzguninsta.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472377536678-HQ2Z8JDF0H3M16EHZX2P/victorhugo.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472377547113-8ZPY7CZ7XBYGY9CTWFTY/niyegulum.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459906510511-ZPQNJ50VS9ASGWTZA9JE/sketch.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472380827230-ARO5Q2X6YC7246CZIOOZ/foxy.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1473156679489-GHO0A204Z5PKNPEZOGT3/almaz+miydin.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1473156743040-0X7SHT1IC43VVDMDBF1J/gonlu+ferah-insta.jpg daily sketches https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741168120848-QL5RI8D02UWEENEDKCUC/Meltem-S%CC%A7ahin-god-in-the-disguise-of-a-bird-21x30-2013-highres.png daily sketches http://www.meltemsahin.info/landscape1 daily 0.75 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459830967684-C2JW32T3ZYFU0GAR7Q9J/landscapeson_Copy.gif landscape 1 - landscape 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459830967684-C2JW32T3ZYFU0GAR7Q9J/landscapeson_Copy.gif landscape 1 - landscape 1 http://www.meltemsahin.info/camtoy daily 0.75 2016-09-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461420356469-1MIGCN01RMEBG6SPLHI0/Thesis-16.jpg cam toy 6. Lent Body "It is by lending his body to the world that the artist changes the world into paintings." Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the Primacy of Perception In this piece, there is a woman in pink made of silicone that is becoming flat on the surface and popping up again with the movement of the motor. Behind the woman, there is a triangular prism made out of clear plexi-glass that viewer can see the system of the mechanism. In the mechanism, there is one gear motor, eccentric cam, and shaft that is connected to the woman. While cam is touching the motor, it creates an impressive almost suffering like voice that become the voice of the figure. The movement of her is unbalanced again to increase the affect of the negative pleasure. She inhales really slowly, and suddenly pops up which creates an element of surprise for the observer. The back of my silicone woman with the silicone cords that allows observer to play with her   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461420356469-1MIGCN01RMEBG6SPLHI0/Thesis-16.jpg cam toy 6. Lent Body "It is by lending his body to the world that the artist changes the world into paintings." Maurice Merleau-Ponty, the Primacy of Perception In this piece, there is a woman in pink made of silicone that is becoming flat on the surface and popping up again with the movement of the motor. Behind the woman, there is a triangular prism made out of clear plexi-glass that viewer can see the system of the mechanism. In the mechanism, there is one gear motor, eccentric cam, and shaft that is connected to the woman. While cam is touching the motor, it creates an impressive almost suffering like voice that become the voice of the figure. The movement of her is unbalanced again to increase the affect of the negative pleasure. She inhales really slowly, and suddenly pops up which creates an element of surprise for the observer. The back of my silicone woman with the silicone cords that allows observer to play with her   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461421728084-U7LPQHZ6K794OZBMU1SV/Thesis-9.jpg cam toy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459876920578-ROASEZ7ZORJYCB7BI0JJ/Screen+Shot+2015-12-07+at+16.56.47.png cam toy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1473172188216-IDU93LMTY5L6X4QWXZUB/image-asset.jpeg cam toy - Lent Body http://www.meltemsahin.info/zoetropes daily 0.75 2025-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741600087828-28PN97M2RAOODNVTAEQR/3dzoetrope.jpg eternal recurrence zoetrope 8. Eternal Recurrence “You will find every pain and every pleasure, every enemy, every hope and every error, every blade of grass, every ray of sunshine once more, and the whole fabric of things which make up your life.” Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guitar, What is Philosophy? For this project, I created this 3D Stroboscopic Zoetrope inspired by Nietzsche's concept ‘Greatest Burden of Eternal Recurrence’. Inside of the zoetrope, there is a man who is moving up and down like a wave. The figures in the zoetrope is made of laser-cut plexiglass hand painted with neon—pink color when he rises with the woman emerging from him , and blue color when he descends with the disappearance of her. On the upper disk there is a woman and man that became one and moves in circles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741600087828-28PN97M2RAOODNVTAEQR/3dzoetrope.jpg eternal recurrence zoetrope 8. Eternal Recurrence “You will find every pain and every pleasure, every enemy, every hope and every error, every blade of grass, every ray of sunshine once more, and the whole fabric of things which make up your life.” Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guitar, What is Philosophy? For this project, I created this 3D Stroboscopic Zoetrope inspired by Nietzsche's concept ‘Greatest Burden of Eternal Recurrence’. Inside of the zoetrope, there is a man who is moving up and down like a wave. The figures in the zoetrope is made of laser-cut plexiglass hand painted with neon—pink color when he rises with the woman emerging from him , and blue color when he descends with the disappearance of her. On the upper disk there is a woman and man that became one and moves in circles. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461430319109-JE05XGHZ1PNFHCMP15L2/Thesis-35.jpg eternal recurrence zoetrope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459742275728-LPP3AEO0XDKUSFWN45Q4/arduino.png eternal recurrence zoetrope The body of the zoetrope is made of frosted plexiglass and the feet that carry the second disk as well as LED case are 3D printed . Zoetrope fabricated and coded in a way that the movement of the upper disk is seen in a different speed of the motor than the lower disk. So after, Arduino change the mechanism’s speed from one to another, it stops the zoetrope for five seconds so that viewer can understand, how the actual toy is working. Like the other toys that I created for Negative Pleasure, this toy has an open electronically system that viewer can see the circuit itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459742205542-4X2NZUNL6KMA2R667TVW/3d-sona-dogru.gif eternal recurrence zoetrope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1469133379458-TPF3ESEDA2MB79YE5YSZ/image-asset.jpeg eternal recurrence zoetrope - 3d-Zoetrope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459742265629-GAKSTNKL8HSGND2NKPNA/circle.gif eternal recurrence zoetrope http://www.meltemsahin.info/puppet daily 0.75 2018-05-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1473178938719-23AZZIGIZRSBXA02UW1D/image-asset.jpeg puppet - Kukla This is a puppet that moves electronically. There are two sprockets connected with a chain, that make two torsos of the puppet in opposite directions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1473178938719-23AZZIGIZRSBXA02UW1D/image-asset.jpeg puppet - Kukla This is a puppet that moves electronically. There are two sprockets connected with a chain, that make two torsos of the puppet in opposite directions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459876713448-DUXR0KIWEAKC02SNAMKU/kukla+ben.jpg puppet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1473178786329-U0OMKTBGHJ2VDZV2YLJT/image-asset.jpeg puppet - Kukla This is a puppet that moves electronically. There are two sprockets connected with a chain, that make two torsos of the puppet in opposite directions. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/5703df57f85082e59fc0ad98/57910905f7e0ab2ee3ed3a4b/1473165805798/ puppet - Kukla This is a puppet that moves electronically. There are two sprockets connected with a chain, that make two torsos of the puppet in opposite directions. http://www.meltemsahin.info/akid daily 0.75 2016-04-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837218271-MZHT0NISPV2GV4VGRROR/kid.jpg a kid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837218271-MZHT0NISPV2GV4VGRROR/kid.jpg a kid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837555468-ZP1H9AGVS1PZE8BI7KMR/a0bb8513329081.5627279832bb5.jpg a kid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837548937-QJWU420JDUS3C1PAN84Q/c55d2313329081.5627278eba812.jpg a kid https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459837556170-N5NKQRAVI6MWEPK52A59/f14a3013329081.562728a745359.jpg a kid http://www.meltemsahin.info/pagansofanatolia daily 0.75 2016-04-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459905293698-A22YOD7G5G5D0BD1669T/totebag2.jpg pagans of anatolia The Serpentine Witch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459905293698-A22YOD7G5G5D0BD1669T/totebag2.jpg pagans of anatolia The Serpentine Witch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459905158158-2V24QIQFL7RACRPOUW7U/totebag1.jpg pagans of anatolia The Oak Shaman https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459905158197-86ALVCWU49WFPAWU09T3/totebag3.jpg pagans of anatolia The Lizard King https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459877066885-BDZQ5XYB79SQPV2W61MS/Screen+Shot+2016-04-05+at+10.03.07+AM.png pagans of anatolia Screen-printed Bags http://www.meltemsahin.info/animation-flow daily 0.75 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712223896204-4YFVAETAEA26OHEOJM1Y/image-asset.jpeg 2d animation - 5. Flow “Wherever the Dionysian prevailed, the Apollonian was checked and destroyed.” Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712223896204-4YFVAETAEA26OHEOJM1Y/image-asset.jpeg 2d animation - 5. Flow “Wherever the Dionysian prevailed, the Apollonian was checked and destroyed.” Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472382574239-H2MDW3UHW5C80P2JBLS2/Meltem_SAHIN_still2.jpg 2d animation This animation is inspired by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s book The Birth of Tragedy, and specifically his ideas on Apollo and Dionysus. Apollo is the God of reason and rationality—of the intellect and thought. Dionysus is the god of the irrational and chaos—of emotions and instincts. Nietzsche establishes his aesthetics theories from the archetypes of Apollo (order) and Dionysus (passion) and offers, specifically that art is based on polarities and tensions rather than delight and imitation. The main character in this animation is a sculptress who travels through Apollonian and Dionysian states. http://www.meltemsahin.info/animatedself daily 0.75 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1469119373685-V1U0M7SM41MDVG7Y3M3B/surat.gif animated self - animated self https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1469119373685-V1U0M7SM41MDVG7Y3M3B/surat.gif animated self - animated self http://www.meltemsahin.info/piano daily 0.75 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1469119973051-LF7IYUW11R95QKEZOA4Q/pianofinal.gif piano - piano The gif I made for Akbank Jazz Festival https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1469119973051-LF7IYUW11R95QKEZOA4Q/pianofinal.gif piano - piano The gif I made for Akbank Jazz Festival http://www.meltemsahin.info/facesreactingplaces daily 0.75 2017-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484831001589-TCIKSW4ZK8BZ0EPH44PJ/winnie-face.gif faces reacting places Students animated their reactions to each building, space or area that can be seen at their backgrounds in the videos. This workshop was inspired by Kim Noce. A gif by Winnie Wong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484831001589-TCIKSW4ZK8BZ0EPH44PJ/winnie-face.gif faces reacting places Students animated their reactions to each building, space or area that can be seen at their backgrounds in the videos. This workshop was inspired by Kim Noce. A gif by Winnie Wong https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484830899633-PWOFZP8Q3FT5ZQQK9JRF/Alice_face.gif faces reacting places By Alice Yu Deng   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484917122548-QNA4PS54YMSLXAWJ0MNO/aura_face.gif faces reacting places https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484917205860-CRZQRGAUKS49Y9YPENZL/ida_face.gif faces reacting places By Ida Lasic https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484917289943-Y5QW7IXGM9K7FE8OE3UY/xiaodu_face.gif faces reacting places http://www.meltemsahin.info/monoprint daily 0.75 2017-01-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485799549827-ZXU6QGA61F23GECWWJAI/Ekran+Resmi+2017-01-30+21.03.29.png monoprint The term Mono-print refers to the producing of a single unique print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485799549827-ZXU6QGA61F23GECWWJAI/Ekran+Resmi+2017-01-30+21.03.29.png monoprint The term Mono-print refers to the producing of a single unique print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485799590520-NPM88QZJ2AHUIH8Q7AAM/Ekran+Resmi+2017-01-30+21.04.24.png monoprint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484916396656-GYMKJHIQNSXC07F7QUR9/monoprint.jpg monoprint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485799096725-FMI50ZNM6BXFM4DUPUY4/fae42513317631.56272725578c5.jpg monoprint https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485799189840-EDCZE6FKUO88O7EZDQ7J/12bec913317631.56272658409fc.jpg monoprint http://www.meltemsahin.info/animation101 daily 0.75 2017-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485953461669-WDHRB9EORR8MEH0V2Y3N/15385307_1066976133425507_8710714426803404784_o-1.jpg animation 101 Animation 101 workshop teaches the basics of animation. There are two sections at the workshop. At the first part, attendees will try to understand animation through their own body actions. They will focus on 12 principles of animation and acting out different characters. And at the second part they will do basic “anijam” together. Anijam is a collaborative animation where various artists create individual short animated segments that are linked together to make one larger film.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485953461669-WDHRB9EORR8MEH0V2Y3N/15385307_1066976133425507_8710714426803404784_o-1.jpg animation 101 Animation 101 workshop teaches the basics of animation. There are two sections at the workshop. At the first part, attendees will try to understand animation through their own body actions. They will focus on 12 principles of animation and acting out different characters. And at the second part they will do basic “anijam” together. Anijam is a collaborative animation where various artists create individual short animated segments that are linked together to make one larger film.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484915868653-Z1ZXHGGXUNTPS4CAKCMU/sunum3.gif animation 101 From the workshop I lead at Atolye Istanbul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484915700181-O0WKEFE849YRCKDOHKU9/anifinal.gif animation 101 From the Christmas animation workshop I lead at Atolye Istanbul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485956393912-6AZKEIPHBUXHS47YYLXH/mixer4.gif animation 101 From a workshop at Mixer Gallery http://www.meltemsahin.info/monoprintedanimation daily 0.75 2017-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485616577421-FCB09H2VMHVDKHESJQR9/5.the+result+of+the+monoprinted+animation+workshop.gif monoprinted animation The term Mono-print refers to the producing of a single unique print. In this workshop students animate signature buildings of Paris transforming each other. Buildings are Louvre Museum, Palais Garnier, Sacré-Cœur, Arc de Triomphe, Gare De Paris-Est, Eiffel Tower, Centre Georges Pompidou, Notre Dame de Paris and Moulin Rouge. After they created their pencil drawings, they mono-printed each drawing to create the animation. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1485616577421-FCB09H2VMHVDKHESJQR9/5.the+result+of+the+monoprinted+animation+workshop.gif monoprinted animation The term Mono-print refers to the producing of a single unique print. In this workshop students animate signature buildings of Paris transforming each other. Buildings are Louvre Museum, Palais Garnier, Sacré-Cœur, Arc de Triomphe, Gare De Paris-Est, Eiffel Tower, Centre Georges Pompidou, Notre Dame de Paris and Moulin Rouge. After they created their pencil drawings, they mono-printed each drawing to create the animation. http://www.meltemsahin.info/photoshop-anmation daily 0.75 2017-01-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484914811170-C7HM4E4Z39Y8A0KRXPZG/alice.gif photoshop animation By Alice Yu Deng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484914811170-C7HM4E4Z39Y8A0KRXPZG/alice.gif photoshop animation By Alice Yu Deng https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484914791259-RYFWJG1927XX3UGIVQXO/handswing-final.gif photoshop animation By Finn Hansen https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484914981326-DT19BFVHHWTVHCID5DIH/robin.gif photoshop animation By Robin Vuitch https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484917888209-2AQW0EY7ZSVI2WNU389V/bleh2.gif photoshop animation By Ida Lasic http://www.meltemsahin.info/christmascardswithleds daily 0.75 2017-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484915505193-A11RICIB8HACEG4PAL9X/DSC05187+copy.jpg christmas cards with LEDS Participants made their own Christmas postcards with LED lights and copper tapes using cut-out papers at Atolye Istanbul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484915505193-A11RICIB8HACEG4PAL9X/DSC05187+copy.jpg christmas cards with LEDS Participants made their own Christmas postcards with LED lights and copper tapes using cut-out papers at Atolye Istanbul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484915159095-B1MYZ1L8OFOMMHYE0KOC/isiklifinal.gif christmas cards with LEDS http://www.meltemsahin.info/thaumatrope daily 0.75 2017-02-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484914770592-Y86K1STX828FWESSZWYG/static1.squarespace-1.gif thaumatrope The Thaumatrope Workshop is a short introduction to one of the earliest and primitive form of animation. Thaumatropes use a flat disc with a different drawing on opposite sides. When spun quickly with two strings, it creates an illusion of a simple animation, or a combined picture. The students were assigned a different letter, which later combined to spell out “Paris in Motion”.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1484914770592-Y86K1STX828FWESSZWYG/static1.squarespace-1.gif thaumatrope The Thaumatrope Workshop is a short introduction to one of the earliest and primitive form of animation. Thaumatropes use a flat disc with a different drawing on opposite sides. When spun quickly with two strings, it creates an illusion of a simple animation, or a combined picture. The students were assigned a different letter, which later combined to spell out “Paris in Motion”.   http://www.meltemsahin.info/mamutartproject daily 0.75 2017-04-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1492943389077-40XVVAQBC5WRKOIACMZS/mamutnonfiguratiffin3.gif mamut art project - A gif for Mamut Art Project Mamut Art Project, Turkey’s unique art event dedicated to engaging emerging artists with new collectors, galleries and curators returns this spring, providing an important platform for 50 up-and-coming creative talents working in a range of disciplines throughout Turkey. Sponsored by Akkök Holding, the 5th edition of Mamut Art Project will be held between 26-30 April at Istanbul’s KüçükÇiftlik Park.   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1492943389077-40XVVAQBC5WRKOIACMZS/mamutnonfiguratiffin3.gif mamut art project - A gif for Mamut Art Project Mamut Art Project, Turkey’s unique art event dedicated to engaging emerging artists with new collectors, galleries and curators returns this spring, providing an important platform for 50 up-and-coming creative talents working in a range of disciplines throughout Turkey. Sponsored by Akkök Holding, the 5th edition of Mamut Art Project will be held between 26-30 April at Istanbul’s KüçükÇiftlik Park.   http://www.meltemsahin.info/incomplit daily 0.75 2017-06-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1497614309646-QCNYUDK9YIONHBZ0B2VT/gifkuck.gif incomplit - Incomplit Drawings of talented Syrian kids become embroideries on splendid designs by Incomplit . Here is the animated gif I created for this amazing social initiative. It is my first time to use embroidery in animation as well! In Incomplit's words: Let’s create a space for children to rewrite their INCOMPLIT stories! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1497614309646-QCNYUDK9YIONHBZ0B2VT/gifkuck.gif incomplit - Incomplit Drawings of talented Syrian kids become embroideries on splendid designs by Incomplit . Here is the animated gif I created for this amazing social initiative. It is my first time to use embroidery in animation as well! In Incomplit's words: Let’s create a space for children to rewrite their INCOMPLIT stories! http://www.meltemsahin.info/ohalde daily 0.75 2022-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1506504142791-WWYRB2UV2WSA7GWQZJAW/ar-o-halde2.gif o halde - o halde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1506504142791-WWYRB2UV2WSA7GWQZJAW/ar-o-halde2.gif o halde - o halde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1507220785052-2N16XKV51FOKZ7JUDKO7/soldakisiyahinstagram.gif o halde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1506463145061-7TMUDOT3BIARXYJ09BOY/ORTAAsiyahinstagram.gif o halde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1506281394725-0OGXOVIUO78XZYV5UMR9/sagdakisiyahinstagram.gif o halde https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1507220221439-GECI36AWE0LTN9YRSDR7/ohaldecontemp.jpg o halde http://www.meltemsahin.info/pms daily 0.75 2020-02-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1507800203599-H8NRYTKK334CMQMZEI2Y/pmsfinal2siyah+2.gif pms The exhibition curated by me features the work of 22 artists as they share their perspectives on premenstrual syndrome. Self-identifying as an augmented-reality exhibition with an emphasis on utilizing GIFs, attendees can download the ‘PMS Augmented Reality‘ app and interact with the various works in a unique, personal way. http://ohmypms.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1507800203599-H8NRYTKK334CMQMZEI2Y/pmsfinal2siyah+2.gif pms The exhibition curated by me features the work of 22 artists as they share their perspectives on premenstrual syndrome. Self-identifying as an augmented-reality exhibition with an emphasis on utilizing GIFs, attendees can download the ‘PMS Augmented Reality‘ app and interact with the various works in a unique, personal way. http://ohmypms.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1507805280944-610LHSNGOYILPD40J0YA/pmsanimationfin3.gif pms http://www.meltemsahin.info/willqua daily 0.75 2017-12-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1512388959794-9FIAQDW5U75D5IQ5MCZO/insta+kopya.jpg will qua As the feeling of embodiment, Schopenhauer supposes that the experience of music brings us closer to the essence of the world as will. Through the symbolic heads, one can experience the music of minerals, plants, animals, humans, will and creates his/her own symphony of the universe. At this sound installation, there are two different essence of emotions that with a switch one can change the mood of the universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1512388959794-9FIAQDW5U75D5IQ5MCZO/insta+kopya.jpg will qua As the feeling of embodiment, Schopenhauer supposes that the experience of music brings us closer to the essence of the world as will. Through the symbolic heads, one can experience the music of minerals, plants, animals, humans, will and creates his/her own symphony of the universe. At this sound installation, there are two different essence of emotions that with a switch one can change the mood of the universe. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1512388963189-ZH0KEUYENAUOBZCNAAQT/13041465_10153724634783897_7915658178534950920_o.jpg will qua http://www.meltemsahin.info/artmapforkolektifhouse daily 0.75 2024-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1533897062571-47LXB8N7HOMAS26XXFYD/artmap-on.png artmap for kolektif house maslak - nature is the source Art map for Kolektif House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1533897062571-47LXB8N7HOMAS26XXFYD/artmap-on.png artmap for kolektif house maslak - nature is the source Art map for Kolektif House https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1533896818112-NVNUAVFNC60UH9BCDT2B/Screen+Shot+2018-08-10+at+13.26.36.png artmap for kolektif house maslak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1533897052785-VWJGP64ZAU2G26Y6XF6V/artmap+arka.png artmap for kolektif house maslak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705492162107-XVILTMWHM7JOUIYWRD4C/artwork+detay.png artmap for kolektif house maslak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705491804458-KKUJ0O3U5E8U58U1KB9W/image-asset.jpeg artmap for kolektif house maslak - artmap for kolektif house maslak http://www.meltemsahin.info/koikoi daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/t/6448f5df9f72eb21a03a4733/1572169526024/ koikoi https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/5db55f9e2ca7a63a6d51d047/5db56736c853f67fa1797da3/1572169526024/ koikoi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572170082515-FA1AYHNZB32A8E5DP9Q7/koi.gif koikoi - koikoi I created this filter for Calling Mag’s healing issue. Despite their warrior nature floating against the tide, Koi fish heal and inspire people who want to get caught up in their quiet beauty and mystery with their polite and focused attitude. This healing filter represents the transformation of an individual, the balance that s/he must establish in her/his own life. The balance of the warrior koi, which swims upward, and the koi, which has left itself to the current, come together somewhere between our minds and our hearts. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: December 1, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572253510312-8HPZ2RBRFH2M3HUHKERG/siyahkoi.gif koikoi http://www.meltemsahin.info/kazdaglarihepimizin daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572273188765-8933ZG6Z2R9P9EFNEGOU/ida.gif kaz dağları hepimizin - kaz dağları hepimizin (ida mountains belong to all of us) The destruction of hundreds of thousands of trees is taking place in Kirazlı Village in Çanakkale due to the gold mine activities of the evil Canada-based Alamos Gold company. We need to protest, and stand by our trees to save the nature of Turkey and the world in general. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: August, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572273188765-8933ZG6Z2R9P9EFNEGOU/ida.gif kaz dağları hepimizin - kaz dağları hepimizin (ida mountains belong to all of us) The destruction of hundreds of thousands of trees is taking place in Kirazlı Village in Çanakkale due to the gold mine activities of the evil Canada-based Alamos Gold company. We need to protest, and stand by our trees to save the nature of Turkey and the world in general. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: August, 2019 http://www.meltemsahin.info/incarnationsofinanna daily 0.75 2019-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572343893016-K3WV4G4KTQSLPX7ZSJ20/Licari-4060-2.jpg Incarnations of Inanna - incarnations of inanna "Incarnations of Inanna" created by Ece Özalp and me. And on 6th of September, we had a runway show with Flying Solo at New York Fashion Week. Flying Solo is an innovative fashion brand and an organization of fashion designers. Inanna is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare. She is also known as the "Queen of Heaven." Inanna is not only appeared to be the first Cosmic Goddess of great complexity and sophistication, but also a source of a variety of interesting archetypes of the warrior goddess, the sensual goddess, and the mother goddess. In all other of these different archetypes and incarnations, she speaks to us about our power, potential, and great complexity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572346312755-YD712LNM7YY0MFOBQQP1/Licari-4060-2-01.jpg Incarnations of Inanna - incarnations of inanna "Incarnations of Inanna" created by Ece Özalp and me. And on 6th of September, we had a runway show with Flying Solo at New York Fashion Week. Flying Solo is an innovative fashion brand and an organization of fashion designers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572348420021-ZWG8VN9JRMQDRR4B7O20/inaa.gif Incarnations of Inanna Inanna is an ancient Mesopotamian goddess of sexual love, fertility, and warfare. She is also known as the "Queen of Heaven." Inanna is not only appeared to be the first Cosmic Goddess of great complexity and sophistication, but also a source of a variety of interesting archetypes of the warrior goddess, the sensual goddess, and the mother goddess. In all other of these different archetypes and incarnations, she speaks to us about our power, potential, and great complexity. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572299175864-CZ35CE0DBQ7LUE9TBVIT/look1+copy.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572347704796-BMAP09SAAXOQOY1BGBCT/sarmasik1.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572343804599-VKUG2JJOS1E5PD8KTXYU/look2.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572348619559-62IUAPOWLDVUMKOQ5T61/look2-detay.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572348627340-9THHUQGMWMUX1OR63ZPQ/look2-detay2.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572343821416-7IBRKZP61HT4O6LI9VJK/look3.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572347689692-JUGOA26QFRGIJK2N6EPS/look3-detay-kare.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572347668802-DD6DXJWTRVKHJGFNUDGP/look3detay2-kare.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572343835260-LB6L3DBE1H33XN7698TG/look4.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572346893821-O09N0ZQSZBCKBEJUGGP9/look4arka.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572348564426-2SUON4HC1G8CJL9GLT4G/look4on.jpg Incarnations of Inanna https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572348671763-S1KJ9DCRHYZH3SX4X5PH/look4adamon.jpg Incarnations of Inanna http://www.meltemsahin.info/dionysian daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572256612405-VMCSIIF8I394I665E9TS/diony3.gif dionysian - dionysian You need to close your eyes and look inward to see the IG Effect! You can use the link here (Open this link on a mobile device to try the effect). Date: October, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572256612405-VMCSIIF8I394I665E9TS/diony3.gif dionysian - dionysian You need to close your eyes and look inward to see the IG Effect! You can use the link here (Open this link on a mobile device to try the effect). Date: October, 2019 http://www.meltemsahin.info/comeback daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572258718229-Z3HUQBIODJ8EIZ3OWWER/comeback1.gif come back - come back “You will find every pain and every pleasure, every enemy, every hope and every error, every blade of grass, every ray of sunshine once more, and the whole fabric of things which make up your life.” Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari This filter is inspired by eternal recurrence. Users can tap on to screen to see the variations of the filter. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: December 24, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572258718229-Z3HUQBIODJ8EIZ3OWWER/comeback1.gif come back - come back “You will find every pain and every pleasure, every enemy, every hope and every error, every blade of grass, every ray of sunshine once more, and the whole fabric of things which make up your life.” Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari This filter is inspired by eternal recurrence. Users can tap on to screen to see the variations of the filter. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: December 24, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572258705182-I4GK6EXTV649BIUKV5Y0/comeback2.gif come back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572258881041-4YYVY1CHRK4YT8CTRXXI/comeback3.gif come back https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572258885541-6CJZ5GPYWROUPND4UTZ6/comeback4.gif come back http://www.meltemsahin.info/innature daily 0.75 2024-10-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705493017426-57RIY0JC9S4VQAJG6UIN/Snapinsta.app_72644460_143466637024296_3364343970427803650_n_1080.jpg in nature In this category, all the pieces I created are made with tools and materials that are found in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705493017426-57RIY0JC9S4VQAJG6UIN/Snapinsta.app_72644460_143466637024296_3364343970427803650_n_1080.jpg in nature In this category, all the pieces I created are made with tools and materials that are found in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572434895142-H1QN7PDB8EG1YENPYSNF/IMG_7454+%281%29.jpg in nature - un-seeing eye "un-seeing eye" is a ytong-carved face, shaped by nature's influence and crafted with stones and wood. The subtle scar symbolizes human impact, while plaster marks on the back reveal its origin. The engraved face with a blind third eye signifies the uncertainty of our future amidst the climate crisis, urging collective responsibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572357423862-QJ2FR1MCDD0MQ8Z1OJP3/kafasoldu.gif in nature https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572365583830-YBGY6WWVWQLF4N0SBRUO/kafasko.gif in nature It was made in my friend's new house. I created the sculpture by carving the aerated concrete left from the old construction of the house with materials found in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572352109791-QJ9LFJ7AUEZTWMFJG927/kafalar.jpg in nature In Amos Bay of Marmaris, I painted the stones with charcoal I found in nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572365106367-03EDA9AZ7LDHD5P1O25Y/kafasko.gif in nature http://www.meltemsahin.info/armpitlover daily 0.75 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729675801735-M51Q44LZ5ATA1OZZX2BD/image-asset.jpeg armpit lover - armpit lover armpit lover is a project composed of four different GIFs that combines cell and 2D animation. The work focuses on the concept of love, and sexuality as an expression of it, with unusual characters without any form of distinctive identities that would describe them in a society, such as race, socio-economic status, qualifiers of beauty, labels, gender, or sexual orientations. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729675801735-M51Q44LZ5ATA1OZZX2BD/image-asset.jpeg armpit lover - armpit lover armpit lover is a project composed of four different GIFs that combines cell and 2D animation. The work focuses on the concept of love, and sexuality as an expression of it, with unusual characters without any form of distinctive identities that would describe them in a society, such as race, socio-economic status, qualifiers of beauty, labels, gender, or sexual orientations. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/5db99dd86bd65d3de9574469/6396ff365958482b2d325f3f/1729675867042/ armpit lover - armpitlover In a world where the reflections of materialism and its capability to transform people’s perception of attractiveness and self-worth can be seen in digital environments, the intimacy between the figures in the animation conveys an unmediated state of love in a digital medium through the four respective scenes. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669638215436-5Q2HMM0LTUM18S406S1R/3--4lu.gif armpit lover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1581426723536-L55NR1XNK6IJ4MPLILH6/kol-ati.gif armpit lover - armpit lover On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1581418773540-UAJEQ57JVZR0DWZJUPNN/sevis2.gif armpit lover - kissing breasts On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1581418929434-95MUSAI1B99XGFD41K3G/sevis4.gif armpit lover - spooning head On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1581436093965-VJ97D83AJRZ9FOOI5SUD/n.gif armpit lover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572445925122-X9LDOF0LWHUKSPK723PI/armpitlovekucuk.gif armpit lover - armpit love https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1581418858033-6NYHMR02CF05OAIVFLN0/sevis-3.gif armpit lover - lust scratches On sale here http://www.meltemsahin.info/animatedobjects daily 0.75 2025-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572447469591-FLC9ZMS678VDB7JHINUS/sergi.jpg white spot - white spot “White Spot” is a set of 3 artworks about the Turkish government’s repressive regime led by a self-fashioned "autocrat" president. With these three artworks, I am trying to depict the individuals suffering from the oppressive regime; the transformation of their ideas, loss of their motivation, and their deteriorating mental health. Thanks to the lenticular print technology, the viewers can observe this transformation step by step as they walk by the artwork. If they walk to their right; everything goes wrong, if they walk to the left; everything goes back to normal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572447469591-FLC9ZMS678VDB7JHINUS/sergi.jpg white spot - white spot “White Spot” is a set of 3 artworks about the Turkish government’s repressive regime led by a self-fashioned "autocrat" president. With these three artworks, I am trying to depict the individuals suffering from the oppressive regime; the transformation of their ideas, loss of their motivation, and their deteriorating mental health. Thanks to the lenticular print technology, the viewers can observe this transformation step by step as they walk by the artwork. If they walk to their right; everything goes wrong, if they walk to the left; everything goes back to normal. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572366224297-12IQ8IKIG8HSJCLYUMMM/beyaz+leke-+lentikuler+baski+contemporary+istanbul-2018.jpg white spot "Ak Leke," Türkiye’nin içinde bulunduğu baskıcı rejimini konu alan üç eserden oluşan bir seridir: "İçine Çekilmek," "Susturulmuş Sesler" ve "Büyüyen Karartı." Bu rejim, temel insan haklarını savunanları sindirmeye, cesaretlerini kırmaya ve susturmaya çalışıyor. Günümüz politik ortamında akademisyenler, entelektüeller ve medyadan gelen muhalif sesler cezalandırılırken, şiddet ve istikrarsızlık teşvik ediliyor. Bu eserlerle baskı altında yaşamanın psikolojik bedelini—fikirlerin erozyona uğramasını, motivasyon kaybını ve zihinsel sağlığın yavaş yavaş bozulmasını—yansıtıyorum. Lentiküler baskı teknolojisi sayesinde izleyiciler, eserlerin önünden geçerken bu dönüşüme adım adım tanıklık eder. Sağa doğru ilerledikçe baskı ve umutsuzluk derinleşirken; sola doğru ilerledikçe süreç tersine döner ve izleyiciye normalliğe, dayanıklılığa dair bir bakış sunulur. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/5db8676042cf517d911c4323/635e7b3aaf27cb471ac92dd1/1669389625728/ white spot - white spot http://www.meltemsahin.info/no-8 daily 0.75 2022-09-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664446992941-I49Q4T7NZVFUXZRPDRFH/image-asset.jpeg no.8 No. 8 is a kinetic sound installation created within a three-week AltCity Istanbul artist residency program co-held by Zorlu Holding, Digilogue, and British Council. During the two-week residency program, which put technology at the heart of production methods, 12 chosen artists from various disciplines collaborated with New Media artist collective SquidSoup, to create tech-based works that were inspired by Istanbul’s chaotic urban structure to be exhibited at the Digilogue Space at Zorlu Performing Arts Center. The exhibition Across the Line looked for a new sense of balance and harmony through mixed media, installation, coding, light, sculpture, and mechanical applications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664446992941-I49Q4T7NZVFUXZRPDRFH/image-asset.jpeg no.8 No. 8 is a kinetic sound installation created within a three-week AltCity Istanbul artist residency program co-held by Zorlu Holding, Digilogue, and British Council. During the two-week residency program, which put technology at the heart of production methods, 12 chosen artists from various disciplines collaborated with New Media artist collective SquidSoup, to create tech-based works that were inspired by Istanbul’s chaotic urban structure to be exhibited at the Digilogue Space at Zorlu Performing Arts Center. The exhibition Across the Line looked for a new sense of balance and harmony through mixed media, installation, coding, light, sculpture, and mechanical applications. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664376543053-VMN95KRGFMRYPA0YV1II/no8.jpg no.8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664376719135-69OUGSH18GU87OPOJMQT/700x0-5_p1cs40p8ai1f6e14rfksgehfhns4.jpeg no.8 No.8 is a chamber that plays a composition for kinetic structures by Istanbul’s chaotic or noise-making materials. Inspired by the urban structure where accidentality and control co-exist, the chamber installation focuses on the transformation within moving mechanical constructions prepared by noise-making or quiet materials hidden in the corners of the city. The eight constructions inside the chamber and the movement of the materials represent a human-made world. Trying to adapt to the city that changes form, the mechanism deals with the power of movement, the paradoxical relationship between noise and music, how order meets chaos, and the new harmony created in this context. Written in notation, this movement and physical construction portray how we form new connections with chaos and urban life with the clarification of mechanical nature. Demonstrating the struggle to exist in the complex urban life, the mechanism is an expression of the accidentality’s effort to exist in a new order. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664447140130-R12KBHTZ7U2SP4JPJ7XT/image-asset.gif no.8 No. 8 has brought to life in collaboration with fellow resident artists Deniz Derbent, Hazal Döleneken, Ufuk Barış Mutlu, Ege Selçuk. The project is supported by Zorlu Holding, Digilogue, British Council, Quays Culture UK, The Lowry, and Squidsoup. Exhibit: November-December 2017, Across the Line, Digilogue Space @Zorlu Performing Arts Center, Istanbul. Special thanks to Arif Balık and Erdem Kahraman for the manufacturing support. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664377580658-E3GZ8H24RCFVQ49XIUQC/700x0-5_p1cs42jo5n1b4m1779343j6l1vh83.gif no.8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664377873188-77N59L4DYITBK637UX34/700x0-5_p1cs40p8ai16iu1jg1eg6k2q1k1j6.jpeg no.8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664376714563-10TZ2YVJNSMQLLRD4A40/700x0-5_p1cs40p8ain6mcv0n2rfv0pk05.jpeg no.8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664376712345-HTF3TZL1H0UPU4PQBWRG/700x0-5_p1cs43hm8gore4ko1lbu5ct1pvc4.jpeg no.8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664447238604-IR2K6YI0GCC3I8QIX9CC/image-asset.jpeg no.8 - Making of: No. 8 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1664376721967-AO0D6DS07T1B9F4OTVQP/700x0-5_p1cs40p8aj1v9l6k14m5176v183r9.jpeg no.8 http://www.meltemsahin.info/surampiricchamber daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732438288006-JCNS38PV94Y748CL3TK9/IMG_3860-1.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber - Surampiric Chamber: Installation with monoprint drawings Meltem Şahin made a total of 16 drawings as she listened to the poem from the poets' sound recordings during two live performances in collaboration with Border_less and Performistanbul. While drawing the poem “Anıt Sayaç” during her performances, Şahin sought a visual contact for the dialogue of the two poets by enclosing herself in a chamber of verses. In this room, the installation which consists of monoprint drawings, the negative plexiglass of the drawings and a chamber enclosing the verses aims to give the audience, through this contact, a transcendental experience similar to the feeling Şahin experienced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732437173376-VF5BCONTDE9L06MIHBVR/IMG_3860-1.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732438288006-JCNS38PV94Y748CL3TK9/IMG_3860-1.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber - Surampiric Chamber: Installation with monoprint drawings Meltem Şahin made a total of 16 drawings as she listened to the poem from the poets' sound recordings during two live performances in collaboration with Border_less and Performistanbul. While drawing the poem “Anıt Sayaç” during her performances, Şahin sought a visual contact for the dialogue of the two poets by enclosing herself in a chamber of verses. In this room, the installation which consists of monoprint drawings, the negative plexiglass of the drawings and a chamber enclosing the verses aims to give the audience, through this contact, a transcendental experience similar to the feeling Şahin experienced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879356065-WODKUKI6R9DQK3HJ9NBT/IMG_3860-1.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber - Surampiric Chamber: Installation with monoprint drawings Meltem Şahin made a total of 16 drawings as she listened to the poem from the poets' sound recordings during two live performances in collaboration with Border_less and Performistanbul. While drawing the poem “Anıt Sayaç” during her performances, Şahin sought a visual contact for the dialogue between the two poets by enclosing herself in a chamber of verses. In this room, the installation which consists of monoprint drawings, the negative plexiglass of the drawings, and a chamber enclosing the verses aims to give the audience, through this contact, a transcendental experience similar to the feeling Şahin experienced. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666904001801-0DYYUFRAQSIFNJ2X4KCS/image-asset.jpeg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber - Surampiric Chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879334116-4GBS0D2L1AV3S8PQZNYE/DSC08768-10.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879378643-TNT09OXBCM15BEQBYYPV/DSC08781-20.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/635a8883dc3cc409cb4714dd/635a890d19df2627ca78ef3b/1732438242384/ exhibition room II: surampiric chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879396942-RL69RR5HNEFK29R6OG6K/DSC08777-16.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879416808-NVYP8A5IONVEBEA678DZ/DSC08766-9.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879433769-HDN17P17TEQBST0B1PLN/DSC08758-1.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732435590632-0JZYXERD8HVY03AN3SLD/meltem%2Bsahin%2Bperformans-1.jpg exhibition room II: surampiric chamber To see the performance: https://www.meltemsahin.info/livedrawingperformance http://www.meltemsahin.info/double-incarnation daily 0.75 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879646453-XG6BCDSGGVEU2NRVXMNW/DSC08803-13.jpg exhibition room I: double incarnation - Double Incarnation: Performance venue animation and live performance recording In this room, there is an animation of the live performance venue, where Meltem Şahin made 8 drawings on November 25, 2020. In the room, there are the spatulas, printing ink, rolls, and plexiglass Şahin used during the performance, papers she used to take the excess ink that came out while drawing, and the verses of the poem divided into 28 parts. On one wall, there is the whole www.anitsayac.com poem by Aslı Serin and Birhan Keskin, and on the other two walls, there are extended versions of the live performance in different frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879646453-XG6BCDSGGVEU2NRVXMNW/DSC08803-13.jpg exhibition room I: double incarnation - Double Incarnation: Performance venue animation and live performance recording In this room, there is an animation of the live performance venue, where Meltem Şahin made 8 drawings on November 25, 2020. In the room, there are the spatulas, printing ink, rolls, and plexiglass Şahin used during the performance, papers she used to take the excess ink that came out while drawing, and the verses of the poem divided into 28 parts. On one wall, there is the whole www.anitsayac.com poem by Aslı Serin and Birhan Keskin, and on the other two walls, there are extended versions of the live performance in different frames. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666904994015-8UH85N0A2VX1P2MLRETK/image-asset.jpeg exhibition room I: double incarnation - Double Incarnation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879678930-8ZQH9TEC6ESL1XZ01IF0/DSC08808-17.jpg exhibition room I: double incarnation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879704941-ELQNQVJ7GO5N4PLA5N3H/DSC08814-20.jpg exhibition room I: double incarnation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879760235-DL80T6BLT94AQ7M55JDB/DSC08802-12.jpg exhibition room I: double incarnation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666879856436-QXYYRYHA8OUT9WLFPSBA/DSC08809-18.jpg exhibition room I: double incarnation http://www.meltemsahin.info/to-embroider daily 0.75 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880409338-UQ005DOMV7B543DJK6BT/DSC08722-16.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider - To embroider: To make an effect or event permanent and effective, to place it in one's mind, to engrave it. Installation with portrait collages In the memorial room, there are installations of 12 collages from the book. These portrait collages, made by Şahin to keep alive the memory of the women who were killed and whose criminal cases are still open, are attached to the collars of the body silhouettes. By embroidering these portrait collages with threads, the artist turned them into separate boutonnières for each woman in order to imprint and engrave the pain of the incessant femicide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880409338-UQ005DOMV7B543DJK6BT/DSC08722-16.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider - To embroider: To make an effect or event permanent and effective, to place it in one's mind, to engrave it. Installation with portrait collages In the memorial room, there are installations of 12 collages from the book. These portrait collages, made by Şahin to keep alive the memory of the women who were killed and whose criminal cases are still open, are attached to the collars of the body silhouettes. By embroidering these portrait collages with threads, the artist turned them into separate boutonnières for each woman in order to imprint and engrave the pain of the incessant femicide. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666904603692-864R9D06OOZ4WW77NLM4/image-asset.jpeg exhibition room IV: to embroider - To embroider: To make an effect or event permanent and effective, to place it in one's mind, to engrave it. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880431106-12IKWPKOAC15VCIML8AJ/DSC08723-17.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880506328-M3W31AP5JH4ZABTHD2RT/DSC08724-18.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880566329-FRQ1U2XNV1BIOU8D6OK7/DSC08732-25.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880608956-RTSKJP82V6Y8CAYS0O2R/DSC08731-24.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880656059-D5AUXTO94R8NQ0TBHSSK/DSC08733-26.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880702313-GD66FQKWRZ6OGW32V6DS/DSC08726-20.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880763165-ITL6AMD42GMKAAJG6K6E/DSC08725-19.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880787264-ANL5C84OV6PVGQV89RUT/DSC08710-9.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666880840845-K4KT1Z0656RNF06VKMEQ/DSC08718-13.jpg exhibition room IV: to embroider http://www.meltemsahin.info/traces-of-murder-in-language daily 0.75 2022-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666881217398-D1YMKZQSVYO2C9GG2FI6/DSC08746-4.jpg exhibition room III: traces of murder in language - Traces of Murder in Language: Installation, language in documents Austrian poet Heimrad Bäcker, in the preface to his book Transcript which is considered one of the masterpieces of concrete poetry, pointed to the language used by the actors of war and totalitarianism to understand the Holocaust, the greatest crime of the 20th century: “It is enough to quote the language of the perpetrators and the victims. It is enough just to stick to the language preserved in the documents.” In the days just before the expiration of the Istanbul Convention, which happened on July 1, Elvin Eroğlu highlights the horror in minds by making an archival study to show the sheer truth of femicide in both the spoken and written languages of the victims and perpetrators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666881217398-D1YMKZQSVYO2C9GG2FI6/DSC08746-4.jpg exhibition room III: traces of murder in language - Traces of Murder in Language: Installation, language in documents Austrian poet Heimrad Bäcker, in the preface to his book Transcript which is considered one of the masterpieces of concrete poetry, pointed to the language used by the actors of war and totalitarianism to understand the Holocaust, the greatest crime of the 20th century: “It is enough to quote the language of the perpetrators and the victims. It is enough just to stick to the language preserved in the documents.” In the days just before the expiration of the Istanbul Convention, which happened on July 1, Elvin Eroğlu highlights the horror in minds by making an archival study to show the sheer truth of femicide in both the spoken and written languages of the victims and perpetrators. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666903541307-L7GIUSDI3EMAN6FRLPH6/image-asset.jpeg exhibition room III: traces of murder in language - Traces of Murder in Language https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666881289602-TH5HQR899D9HNPL6LQL1/DSC08753-8.jpg exhibition room III: traces of murder in language https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666881328923-JEDWVQSLV3WZPWK49L55/DSC08745-3.jpg exhibition room III: traces of murder in language https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666881352542-QWE2FPSOC4KT7OLVWU5E/DSC08743-1.jpg exhibition room III: traces of murder in language https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666881381248-M6EPQOJ6LDQR0TGJRYFZ/DSC08752-7.jpg exhibition room III: traces of murder in language https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666881404887-8X0N67MTC7D1EFUDRHOA/DSC08757-11.jpg exhibition room III: traces of murder in language http://www.meltemsahin.info/livedrawingperformance daily 0.75 2022-11-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666885543909-0PGGUZ7OIHOB6ASSKG0J/meltem+sahin+performans-1.jpg live drawing performance At the international day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I made a live drawing performance called “One's Pain Does Not Migrate To The Other” in collaboration with Performistanbul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666885543909-0PGGUZ7OIHOB6ASSKG0J/meltem+sahin+performans-1.jpg live drawing performance At the international day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, I made a live drawing performance called “One's Pain Does Not Migrate To The Other” in collaboration with Performistanbul. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666898918129-XC6YU9KN53WA5J76U95K/1.jpg live drawing performance I listened to over and over again Birhan Keskin and Aslı Serin's poem "Anıt Sayaç" which deals with femicide while I was drawing using the mono-print technique. "Anıt Sayaç" had been reconfigured and divided into 32 lines by Elvin Eroğlu. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666898951839-PFUJOS8G76Y7K2P784IZ/2.jpg live drawing performance In my performance, I placed myself into a circle of lines, searching for a way to create a visual connection with the dialogue between the two poets in the poem. Within the scope of this project, 160. Kilometer publications published my drawings in a book under the editorship of Elvin Eroğlu. Documentation of the performance displayed in border_less Art Book Days 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666899040323-A75YZHLUF2II29O013WJ/3.jpg live drawing performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666899125173-ODW3XZ6YJO6VIEQHIT7D/4.jpg live drawing performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666899220004-BQSV4BA5TEJSLFRZBWOG/5.jpg live drawing performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666899248808-OB58FQAW8OWPPH8LB10C/6.jpg live drawing performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666899341327-MSRHGO737UT1FS9SCSNW/7.jpg live drawing performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666899369813-IM3710U34133V8PJ0V4H/8.jpg live drawing performance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666895079640-YS730GZC8SI04T4S62C0/image-asset.png live drawing performance I realized this drawing performance by broadcasting live synchronized broadcasts on Zoom and Instagram as part of Performistanbul, the Stay Live at Home series. The video of the live drawing performance called “One's Pain Does Not Migrate To The Other”, and I did it at the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. I listened to over and over again Birhan Keskin and Aslı Serin's poem "Anıt Sayaç", which deals with femicide, while I was drawing using the mono-print technique. "Anıt Sayaç" had been reconfigured and divided into 32 lines by Elvin Eroğlu. In my performance, I placed myself into a circle of lines, searching for a way to create a visual connection with the dialogue between the two poets in the poem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668518247813-M90SQ56KZ5SYWXJJFYVN/image-asset.jpeg live drawing performance I realized this drawing performance by broadcasting live synchronized broadcasts on Zoom and Instagram as part of Performistanbul, the Stay Live at Home series. The video of the live drawing performance called “One's Pain Does Not Migrate To The Other”, and I did it at the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. I listened to over and over again Birhan Keskin and Aslı Serin's poem "Anıt Sayaç", which deals with femicide, while I was drawing using the mono-print technique. "Anıt Sayaç" had been reconfigured and divided into 32 lines by Elvin Eroğlu. In my performance, I placed myself into a circle of lines, searching for a way to create a visual connection with the dialogue between the two poets in the poem. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666899405602-N09GHXZB46ACPMFN0B6D/performans.jpg live drawing performance http://www.meltemsahin.info/the-book daily 0.75 2026-03-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666901872138-RPOS5KO5PAH3RPZYGCTU/DSC08849.JPG The book Monument Counter (Anıt Sayaç) is a digital monument created by Zeren Göktan for women who have lost their lives to male violence in Turkey. In 2013, Aslı Serin and Birhan Keskin wrote a collaborative poem bearing the name of this digital monument and published it on the website of 160. Kilometre. To date, the poem has reached more than 20,000 readers. For Anıt Sayaç, Meltem Şahin presented a live performance as part of Performistanbul’s "Stay LIVE at Home" series and in collaboration with Border_less: she created drawings while listening to audio recordings of Birhan Keskin and Aslı Serin reading the poem for an hour and a half. Anıt Sayaç is now available at 160. Kilometre with Meltem Şahin’s drawings and design. “Meltem Şahin touched this monumental poem exactly as I had imagined; paintings emerged that integrate with nature and the cosmos, born from the sorrow of womanhood. As I look at them, all our shared vulnerability becomes incarnate, gains muscle, re-embodies, and grows stronger.” — Elvin Eroğlu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666901872138-RPOS5KO5PAH3RPZYGCTU/DSC08849.JPG The book Monument Counter (Anıt Sayaç) is a digital monument created by Zeren Göktan for women who have lost their lives to male violence in Turkey. In 2013, Aslı Serin and Birhan Keskin wrote a collaborative poem bearing the name of this digital monument and published it on the website of 160. Kilometre. To date, the poem has reached more than 20,000 readers. For Anıt Sayaç, Meltem Şahin presented a live performance as part of Performistanbul’s "Stay LIVE at Home" series and in collaboration with Border_less: she created drawings while listening to audio recordings of Birhan Keskin and Aslı Serin reading the poem for an hour and a half. Anıt Sayaç is now available at 160. Kilometre with Meltem Şahin’s drawings and design. “Meltem Şahin touched this monumental poem exactly as I had imagined; paintings emerged that integrate with nature and the cosmos, born from the sorrow of womanhood. As I look at them, all our shared vulnerability becomes incarnate, gains muscle, re-embodies, and grows stronger.” — Elvin Eroğlu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666901898380-K2VILLQ4DDK2L7CGPQTY/DSC08850.JPG The book Publisher: 160. Kilometre Editor-in-Chief: Ömer Şişman Editor: Elvin Eroğlu Book Design and Illustrations: Meltem Şahin Click here to buy the book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666902202573-IFQ9QLHWMHTY3N7FE3BC/anitsayac_tl_26.JPG The book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666902230918-HU38GKGDHD8PW54BABVS/DSC08851.JPG The book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666902209316-ISH704ACDELUCURLYNAH/anitsayac_tl_33.JPG The book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666902216723-IM6PTJRO9F1BL32G8LUH/anitsayac_tl_55.JPG The book https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666901921726-3WHAUR4G2RE8IRZSH0HJ/anitsayac_tl_85.JPG The book http://www.meltemsahin.info/exhibition daily 0.75 2022-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666905368259-YCRTUO9QEXZMTTTZPEL3/DSC08788-2.jpg exhibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666905368259-YCRTUO9QEXZMTTTZPEL3/DSC08788-2.jpg exhibition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666905398770-TOTSXKWKYZPRUKA0QKUH/DSC08791-3.jpg exhibition - The Pain of One Doesn't Bleed into the Other: One Poem, One Book, One Exhibition Meltem Şahin's 3rd solo exhibition in Turkey, "The Pain of One Doesn't Bleed into the Other" was at Istanbul Kıraathane in 2021. Curated by Meltem Şahin and Elvin Eroğlu, with the exhibition design of Evrim Karacan and sound design by Mert Kocadayı, the exhibition focuses on the poem of Birhan Keskin and Aslı Serin about femicide, accompanied by Meltem Şahin's performance, drawings, and installations. The drawings and poem in the exhibition were also transformed into a book called Anıt Sayaç from 160. Kilometer. http://www.meltemsahin.info/pms1 daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666964754661-J7TQBCWC4135LLE675UD/pmsfinal2siyah.gif PMS I PMS is an «augmented reality exhibition» that transforms printed illustrations regarding this delicate time of the month into an interactive experience of animated gifs by women artists. https://ohmypms.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666964754661-J7TQBCWC4135LLE675UD/pmsfinal2siyah.gif PMS I PMS is an «augmented reality exhibition» that transforms printed illustrations regarding this delicate time of the month into an interactive experience of animated gifs by women artists. https://ohmypms.com/ https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1667327182714-XAYR1GKOJVS8XF6N6GTY/pms+ismi.jpg PMS I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666960996985-KXDGI9IRE2J0OH533ZS5/5f67be5710a1.jpg PMS I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1667327381752-HWTYHQAA83SI4UVO4B8P/IMG-9808.JPG PMS I https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/635b8a58c1c7b62bd3b387b8/635bb3ed7272f54fa9d29f95/1666954221460/ PMS I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666964816170-MOGG0ZJ6JBTFP1QVFMAN/AylinOhri_PMS_h264.gif PMS I A gif by Aylin Ohri https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666964924968-5SRJQEUUZ4RV8ZC4AGAH/CinyeeChiu.gif PMS I A gif by Cinyee Chiu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666964931806-GCSKLU521P97BNX5LNND/Merve-Atilgan.gif PMS I A gif by Merve Atılgan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965368663-TNG3EIBO12BBF7QXR015/Idil+Ar-720p-.gif PMS I A gif by İdil Ar https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965218703-RB983UFP85VQW636SMF0/Qieer-Wang.gif PMS I A gif by Qieer Wang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666964831207-SEU7T5TLXJIFNAGCJPR3/ElifDemir.gif PMS I A gif by Elif Demir https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965509998-QEMKZGGDU75VRVYQQI8A/IMG_6876.JPG PMS I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666960968577-83K6S7RWPCVMP76KLVY7/7-adet_sergisi_4+%281%29.jpg PMS I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666960998204-BGMOMJ12A530L634G5JT/200495576253686-img.jpg PMS I https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666964698009-8VWNZ8W8GH69151A6JEY/Screen+Shot+2022-10-28+at+16.43.25.png PMS I In 2017, I curated the first AR exhibition in Turkey called PMS, which consisted of 19 womxn artists. It was exhibited in İstanbul Bina in collaboration with Bant Mag. http://www.meltemsahin.info/pms2 daily 0.75 2024-05-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965813337-AEXB620QCUFSS5OGRYUS/pms+exhibition+title.jpg PMS II In 2018, within the scope of the Sound Ports festival organized by Gülbaba Music, the second version of PMS took place in Bomontiada A Corner in The World, with 22 womxn artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965813337-AEXB620QCUFSS5OGRYUS/pms+exhibition+title.jpg PMS II In 2018, within the scope of the Sound Ports festival organized by Gülbaba Music, the second version of PMS took place in Bomontiada A Corner in The World, with 22 womxn artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668505194878-VVDQE9R1DYNZR7HPJ1FJ/image-asset.jpeg PMS II - PMS exhibiton The exhibition curated by Meltem Şahin features the work of 22 artists as they share their perspectives on premenstrual syndrome. Self-identifying as an augmented-reality exhibition with an emphasis on utilizing GIFs, attendees can download the ‘PMS Augmented Reality‘ app and interact with the various works in a unique, personal way. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965796526-8IN2HAD84Y2ZFSNUAYRP/Screen+Shot+2021-02-23+at+19.48.48.png PMS II Artists from the USA, China, India, Taiwan, South Korea, and Turkey include Aimee Chang, Aylin Ohri, Aditi Damle, Cansu Topaloğlu, Cinyee Chiu, Çağıl Harmandar, Ece Zeber, Ece Çiftçi, Elif Demir, Emily Joynton, İdil Ar, Işık Dikmen, Maily Degnan, Melis Balcı, Meltem Şahin, Mengyang Wang, Merve Atılgan, Nurbanu Asena, Qieer Wang, Sena Kwon, Sırma Doruk and Yiran Guo. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965808569-PULF6XMDCUG2NXCIP6RX/Screen+Shot+2021-02-23+at+19.49.02.png PMS II https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965940037-QOF16DEU82VQMWXJYWAK/AimeeChang.gif PMS II A gif by Aimee Chang https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666965961327-CJNE5ZW2CSDJK4JYMDJR/BLOODMOON.gif PMS II A gif by Aditi Damle https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666966171049-DMQXP0U7IP9UK7S2MEGS/melis-balci.gif PMS II A gif by Melis Balcı https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1666966249762-BXMASY6NIE5ALF7VPF68/Mai+Ly+Degnan.gif PMS II A gif by Mai Ly Degnan http://www.meltemsahin.info/muvassu daily 0.75 2022-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668607378965-YP72M7JAU5ISEJZ4YLGJ/_MG_9524.jpg muvassu - Muvassu “Muvassu” is a papier-mâché sculpture, exhibited at ANCIENT FUTURES: All Belongs to Time Exhibition. The exhibition showcased 27 works of art, situated within the Istanbul Archeology Museum - to explore fictional and speculative existences belonging to pending tomorrows. The show created in partnership with XTOPIA, Meta, T.C Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzesi and was curated by Lalin Akalan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668607378965-YP72M7JAU5ISEJZ4YLGJ/_MG_9524.jpg muvassu - Muvassu “Muvassu” is a papier-mâché sculpture, exhibited at ANCIENT FUTURES: All Belongs to Time Exhibition. The exhibition showcased 27 works of art, situated within the Istanbul Archeology Museum - to explore fictional and speculative existences belonging to pending tomorrows. The show created in partnership with XTOPIA, Meta, T.C Kültür ve Turizm Bakanlığı, İstanbul Arkeoloji Müzesi and was curated by Lalin Akalan. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668608172715-K62ABQ4A48FBC6ZVABCZ/IMG_4414.jpg muvassu "Muvassu" is a two-headed and two-spirited god/dess who observes what has happened, is happening and will happen in the universe and establishes the universal balance with these testimonies. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668608275912-8JRMAYPOPROAGDWAVRXC/IMG_4396.jpg muvassu This ancient guide, whose traces were found in Mesopotamia for the first time in history, makes a journey between times and universes and ensures that the future proceeds on the path it has predicted. It is not known whether the beginning of this god/dess, who appears in the reliefs and sculptures dedicated to him/her in 5000 BC and 4000 AD, is the future or the past. One head is 6-eyed, calm, dignified and feminine, while the other is 2-eyed, horned, agile and masculine. S/He meets the mortals who come before him/her with the face s/he sees that they will need and guides them to find their inner balance. What face did s/he welcome you? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668608128725-MTGMS9SHHX5ZECTE3M2W/IMG_4443.jpg muvassu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668608214187-89ELANYWDS304GY1CX4B/IMG_4406.jpg muvassu https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668607328935-UNDA7OYCOEW0R43WXZ78/IMG_5027.jpg muvassu http://www.meltemsahin.info/karatoprak daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/t/6448f6139e61401b0102b581/1668608878697/ kara toprak https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/6374f19a39c02d65bbcc7fc1/6374f36e76f4ab38edd3185a/1668608878697/ kara toprak https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668689289364-4W7HARNZJJKM395DLMNW/image-asset.png kara toprak - kara toprak The "kara toprak '' filter is created for the music band Islandman's new single "kara toprak"; a remake of Âşık Veysel who is one of the most beloved singer-poet in Anatolian culture. “kara toprak '' directly translates as “black soil” and it is a song about the importance of soil and how it is vital to our lives, and how we should protect it from all kinds of dangers. Although it was written almost 100 years ago, it may be even more valid than ever. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: October, 2020 http://www.meltemsahin.info/alienflowers daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668689134804-6UE5DYTJ3CYXAWP9FVJ0/image-asset.png alien flowers - alien flowers The “alien flowers” filter is created for a representation of an eco-futuristic idea of beauty. Flowers are placed on the eyes of the user, which can be controlled with their blinks. Anthers of the flowers are substituted with multiple eyes to represent different ideas of beauty in this filter. The music of this filter is created by Niko Doğu. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: January, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668689134804-6UE5DYTJ3CYXAWP9FVJ0/image-asset.png alien flowers - alien flowers The “alien flowers” filter is created for a representation of an eco-futuristic idea of beauty. Flowers are placed on the eyes of the user, which can be controlled with their blinks. Anthers of the flowers are substituted with multiple eyes to represent different ideas of beauty in this filter. The music of this filter is created by Niko Doğu. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: January, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668689120566-OKVKMJD70SH6QM4EXQW5/image-asset.octet-stream alien flowers http://www.meltemsahin.info/flowerbronchi daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668688169664-SP0TD6CLB83C1V6FHJKE/image.jpg flower bronchi - flower bronchi The “flower bronchi” effect is an uplifting filter. When you smile, all the flowers blossom and become saturated. When you frown, flowers die and wither. I made this filter in March 2020, at that time, I had big worries about Coronavirus and decided to create an inspiriting effect that would make me feel good! Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: October, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668688169664-SP0TD6CLB83C1V6FHJKE/image.jpg flower bronchi - flower bronchi The “flower bronchi” effect is an uplifting filter. When you smile, all the flowers blossom and become saturated. When you frown, flowers die and wither. I made this filter in March 2020, at that time, I had big worries about Coronavirus and decided to create an inspiriting effect that would make me feel good! Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: October, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668688061535-KOQEAN54MKOM0DSH30HG/corona-Recovered0072_2.gif flower bronchi https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/6374f3ed1fec635a5bce407f/637618c0725422641fc55437/1668683973123/ flower bronchi https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668687977877-OR91O5B2Z3WCABMRN4GB/image.jpg flower bronchi http://www.meltemsahin.info/relaxplease daily 0.75 2022-11-22 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/t/637ccfc954a055389767e66f/1668683915833/ Relax, Please https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/63760ae6062c2b290fed1f5d/6376188bca17db5920503ed8/1668683915833/ Relax, Please https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668687790176-F06I8T6R7IY12BL45AIM/image.jpg Relax, Please - Relax, Please Here is the IG filter “Relax, Please.” designed for XOXO the Mag about dopamine fasting. This filter is about the toxicity of social media and dopamine addiction. In this filter, when you close your eyes when you free yourself from social media addiction, and the cacophony and chaos end. It reflects the importance of taking a break from social media to protect your mental health. Date: May, 2021 http://www.meltemsahin.info/heritageforthefuture daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668687555726-RK1NCCY8LJYBC3EEK8XE/image-asset.jpg heritage for the future - Heritage for the Future The “Heritage for the Future” filter was made for the Preserving the Past exhibition at the Mesher Museum. The four different figurines I created for the Instagram filter “Heritage for the Future” belong to different periods and civilizations, beginning from 5700 BC through 200 AD. It helps us become an observer of history with the transformation of the female figurine with broad hips from 5700 BC to a wide-shouldered and narrow-hipped form in the 3rd century BC and to the Aphrodite figurine, from the 1st century AD, resting one leg on the other in a pose which can be perceived as masculine even today. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668687555726-RK1NCCY8LJYBC3EEK8XE/image-asset.jpg heritage for the future - Heritage for the Future The “Heritage for the Future” filter was made for the Preserving the Past exhibition at the Mesher Museum. The four different figurines I created for the Instagram filter “Heritage for the Future” belong to different periods and civilizations, beginning from 5700 BC through 200 AD. It helps us become an observer of history with the transformation of the female figurine with broad hips from 5700 BC to a wide-shouldered and narrow-hipped form in the 3rd century BC and to the Aphrodite figurine, from the 1st century AD, resting one leg on the other in a pose which can be perceived as masculine even today. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: May, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668686294434-CJDC1J66K0VF80PS4LFC/image-asset.octet-stream heritage for the future - Preserving the Past https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668684901852-QBQYVSOX2CY4PAZRSDLX/mesher-post.gif heritage for the future http://www.meltemsahin.info/fantasticicon daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668687036296-1C178A8AD1RGPR4BMCZS/image-asset.png fantastic icon - Fantastic Icon The “Fantastic Icon” filter was made for the "What Byzantinism Is This in Istanbul!” exhibition at the Pera Museum. Filter inspired by the Byzantine Empress Theodora. Purple and yellow are the main colours; purple, also used in the mosaics of Ioustinianos and Theodora in the Byzantine Period, defines the dynasty; and yellow represents the colour of the sacred, gold. The arched structures and the ionic order of the Byzantine architecture, where the emblem of the Pera Museum also appears, are reflected by the Columns of Theodosius with drop motifs in Laleli today. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: January, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668687036296-1C178A8AD1RGPR4BMCZS/image-asset.png fantastic icon - Fantastic Icon The “Fantastic Icon” filter was made for the "What Byzantinism Is This in Istanbul!” exhibition at the Pera Museum. Filter inspired by the Byzantine Empress Theodora. Purple and yellow are the main colours; purple, also used in the mosaics of Ioustinianos and Theodora in the Byzantine Period, defines the dynasty; and yellow represents the colour of the sacred, gold. The arched structures and the ionic order of the Byzantine architecture, where the emblem of the Pera Museum also appears, are reflected by the Columns of Theodosius with drop motifs in Laleli today. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: January, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668686228158-U53KY167SIA9GZBOMR5H/image-asset.octet-stream fantastic icon - Fantastic Icon https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668686228176-9NPGEXFK6AL0OZA43E63/image-asset.jpeg fantastic icon - Fantastic Icon http://www.meltemsahin.info/merhem daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668686858051-CB9HEKWNDP04X5FXADP9/image-asset.png merhem - merhem Here is a filter I created for a Turkish singer, Melike Şahin, for her new album release. The name of the album is "merhem", and it means to remedy. The singer's Mediterranean arabesque style is reflected in the Ottoman style motifs used. The filter asks, "Which remedy song are you?" Then with a tap, the user can listen to different songs from the album with a motivational quote from each song. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: March, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668686858051-CB9HEKWNDP04X5FXADP9/image-asset.png merhem - merhem Here is a filter I created for a Turkish singer, Melike Şahin, for her new album release. The name of the album is "merhem", and it means to remedy. The singer's Mediterranean arabesque style is reflected in the Ottoman style motifs used. The filter asks, "Which remedy song are you?" Then with a tap, the user can listen to different songs from the album with a motivational quote from each song. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: March, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668686135090-L644NDE3V0EDQRKPG8TB/image-asset.octet-stream merhem - Merhem http://www.meltemsahin.info/empathyaura daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668690144454-VSQF6QAL5RG0KYV9WWBR/image-asset.png empathy aura - Empathy Aura The “Empathy Aura” filter was created in collaboration with IKSV and Digilogue for the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial. The filter is inspired by the practice of taking pictures of electromagnetic fields surrounding the body and displays the feeling of empathy in green. Filter is used to finding out what the person's current aura of empathy is and shows specific categories that also serve as parts/keywords of the Biennial program. The randomizer effect gives specific instructions for the user to engage and think deeper in connecting with plants, animals, celestial bodies and more. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668690144454-VSQF6QAL5RG0KYV9WWBR/image-asset.png empathy aura - Empathy Aura The “Empathy Aura” filter was created in collaboration with IKSV and Digilogue for the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial. The filter is inspired by the practice of taking pictures of electromagnetic fields surrounding the body and displays the feeling of empathy in green. Filter is used to finding out what the person's current aura of empathy is and shows specific categories that also serve as parts/keywords of the Biennial program. The randomizer effect gives specific instructions for the user to engage and think deeper in connecting with plants, animals, celestial bodies and more. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: September, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668690133078-A6URMKO0JVJXB4BR0K7L/image-asset.octet-stream empathy aura http://www.meltemsahin.info/whosehead daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668690816129-Q1HC2WJM5B4XPT4I9JJC/ezgif-1-3c4c9f5e73.gif whosehead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668690816129-Q1HC2WJM5B4XPT4I9JJC/ezgif-1-3c4c9f5e73.gif whosehead https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1668694132661-V4OLXA2RHSPI7ZLB7QTR/Sequence+01_2.gif whosehead - whosehead “Becoming minoritarian is a never-ending process. It is an escape from the sameness of the majority.” Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus According to Deleuze, on the road to singularity, one needs to escape from the axiomatic model of the majority. Users can observe the woman walking with the heads falling onto her constantly, but the woman moves away from them with the shake of her head. Open this link on a mobile device to try the IG effect. Date: July, 2019 http://www.meltemsahin.info/sketcheswithforfromai daily 0.75 2022-12-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669164170127-3R468VPN81QTULC68KNU/image-asset.jpeg sketches with+for+from ai - sketches with+for+from ai “sketches with+for+from ai” consists of sketches in which the artist is trying to understand her style, her works’ symbiotic relationship with machine learning, the new world order, and her position in that order. This piece was selected for National Gallery’s AI collection in London. Also exhibited at AI Art Gallery, NeurIPS Workshop on Machine Learning for Creativity and Design, San Diego, US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669164170127-3R468VPN81QTULC68KNU/image-asset.jpeg sketches with+for+from ai - sketches with+for+from ai “sketches with+for+from ai” consists of sketches in which the artist is trying to understand her style, her works’ symbiotic relationship with machine learning, the new world order, and her position in that order. This piece was selected for National Gallery’s AI collection in London. Also exhibited at AI Art Gallery, NeurIPS Workshop on Machine Learning for Creativity and Design, San Diego, US. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669164170110-OO8EA5RWFNIHVQZA7W55/image-asset.octet-stream sketches with+for+from ai https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669289137455-TEU8SBZNUTI4Y9KE0GNL/image-asset.jpeg sketches with+for+from ai - sketches with+for+from ai I The first animation of the sketches with+for+from ai. Located on the left, “Let go of the dead” is a starting point of all these shrines, pointed arched doors to other actualities, abstractions, and/or microcosms. They carry their heads almost like a baby, which shows that they lost their lives, a reality already, while they are moaning with a silent smile. It is the beginning of the “new, not normal.” On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669289213463-UDXI8JHQXLR73RD57AP5/image-asset.jpeg sketches with+for+from ai - sketches with+for+from ai II The second animation of the sketches with+for+from ai. The artist who created the first one, is trying to be like them by mimicking their actions with a poorly made head on her lap. On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669289266226-DXB1NA7PAG6HBWOAGQCC/image-asset.jpeg sketches with+for+from ai - sketches with+for+from ai III The third animation of the sketches with+for+from ai is one of the first children created by the machine learning algorithm of the first two beings, their movements are intriguing, almost like a neonate’s fluttering. On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669289325728-TMP6SU3235W7SOFVL75F/image-asset.jpeg sketches with+for+from ai - sketches with+for+from ai IV The fourth animation of the sketches with+for+from ai is almost too predictable except for the graceful elongation on the neck. On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669289420451-E9TVKPZSGVACM0Y0VLXJ/image-asset.jpeg sketches with+for+from ai - sketches with+for+from ai V The fifth animation of the sketches with+for+from ai is the child that is showing the first and the second beings, respectively and using only the data of the heads. On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669289478745-C4TYTGPOVC8Y9K1VMUBI/image-asset.jpeg sketches with+for+from ai - sketches with+for+from ai VI The last animation of the sketches with+for+from ai is ascending, almost leaving “new, not normal”, yet is coming back to where they started. On sale here: https://www.monoco.io/discover/IHLttuTBgjTNMdeA5h6hVJdu http://www.meltemsahin.info/olsunmeltem daily 0.75 2022-12-06 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669371673039-LJK7O4P4MIZIWM6AHC0R/image-asset.jpeg olsun meltem - olsun meltem (it's okay meltem) The three universal characteristics mentioned in Buddhism are impermanence (anicca), dissatisfaction (suffering) (dukkha) and non-self (anatta). When we realise that everything is impermanent, we are free from attachment to things, craving them, and the resulting dissatisfaction and suffering. What we love, what we enjoy, and what we hate have no meaning. And so we realise that in the ever-changing, evolving and fluctuating nature, there is no fixed component that can be "me.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669371673039-LJK7O4P4MIZIWM6AHC0R/image-asset.jpeg olsun meltem - olsun meltem (it's okay meltem) The three universal characteristics mentioned in Buddhism are impermanence (anicca), dissatisfaction (suffering) (dukkha) and non-self (anatta). When we realise that everything is impermanent, we are free from attachment to things, craving them, and the resulting dissatisfaction and suffering. What we love, what we enjoy, and what we hate have no meaning. And so we realise that in the ever-changing, evolving and fluctuating nature, there is no fixed component that can be "me.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669577681836-IQUJA67AX7CRDHKA7H1J/image-asset.jpeg olsun meltem - olsun meltem After switching to the practice of Buddhism, to experience and integrate Buddhism through my art and to transform my healing process into research and a journey, I worked on impermanence, i.e. "anicca" for the exhibition "A Narrative Matter" curated by Gözde Filinta. The installation was inspired by what I observed in a meditation I focused on anicca while staying in a Buddhist temple four years ago. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669371710328-EC5K4UMX3XNC0BBZMZWZ/image-asset.jpeg olsun meltem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669371748944-01UXPYCUM8AMYC4HECAG/image-asset.jpeg olsun meltem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669371564471-FOV2JD3QY4CTXZE2D2PT/image-asset.jpeg olsun meltem https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669371579954-YG0QT48018YY1N7J92CI/image-asset.jpeg olsun meltem http://www.meltemsahin.info/myaisistermisbehaves daily 0.75 2022-11-25 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/t/6380abd4287ff4075fc0530f/1669373366359/ my ai sister misbehaves - Dear therapist: my ai sister misbehaves all the time! It is a story of an artist (in this case, me) who doesn't understand her little sister's cloudland and complains about her. I uploaded the photography piece from the previous artist to a machine-learning algorithm. And then, I asked the system to make the girl in the photo smile and look back. Afterwards, I created her dreamland, apparently that I don't understand. Sound Design: Mert Kocadayı https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/63809913098cb316c00a6f1b/63809943a04b4d6b641f3a0e/1669373366359/ my ai sister misbehaves - Dear therapist: my ai sister misbehaves all the time! It is a story of an artist (in this case, me) who doesn't understand her little sister's cloudland and complains about her. I uploaded the photography piece from the previous artist to a machine-learning algorithm. And then, I asked the system to make the girl in the photo smile and look back. Afterwards, I created her dreamland, apparently that I don't understand. Sound Design: Mert Kocadayı https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669372846594-OPXUOE1I56XU39XFDHES/image-asset.jpeg my ai sister misbehaves - N1 Art As Pandemic 'N1 Art As Pandemic', was realized with Based Istanbul, is a collaborative series that emerged during the pandemic and consists of the works of 36 different artists. Art Chain Game was created as a digital collaborative creation adventure invented during the pandemic. http://www.meltemsahin.info/fashion daily 0.75 2022-12-12 http://www.meltemsahin.info/womenseizingthedays daily 0.75 2022-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1670840878195-2NRKJ1KIJ6GRMUFKMRNL/WhatsApp+Image+2022-11-25+at+3.24.42+PM.jpeg women seizing the days - women seizing the days T-shirts and Oversize Hoodies of the "gore yet cute" collection in collaboration with BEY x Meltem Şahin. With this collaboration, our aim was to create gore, bloody, but sweet illustrations in which we could show the power of women. Among ourselves, we also have named the collection "Ladies' Gentlemen", "Strong Women", and "Bitter Love". My illustrations are accompanied by Premium BEY t-shirts and Hoodies that are produced only for this collaboration with first-class fabric and meticulous handiwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1670840878195-2NRKJ1KIJ6GRMUFKMRNL/WhatsApp+Image+2022-11-25+at+3.24.42+PM.jpeg women seizing the days - women seizing the days T-shirts and Oversize Hoodies of the "gore yet cute" collection in collaboration with BEY x Meltem Şahin. With this collaboration, our aim was to create gore, bloody, but sweet illustrations in which we could show the power of women. Among ourselves, we also have named the collection "Ladies' Gentlemen", "Strong Women", and "Bitter Love". My illustrations are accompanied by Premium BEY t-shirts and Hoodies that are produced only for this collaboration with first-class fabric and meticulous handiwork. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671523438589-6OGTZS6KDVFWT7KRTR9C/274182734_1810645812454479_7818123371329109371_n-Kurtar%C4%B1ld%C4%B1.jpg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716097814-LQNPBU02W4WEVF6OVR97/tshirt+bey+3lu+son%5D-01.jpg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716099237-T9TBAG7GCLHOLYK3QSEU/431A3825_1400x.jpeg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716100102-N1OIE2Y65MGM71CYK29B/195586843_1629730613879334_4019838976157979907_n.jpg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716092137-0GKYLMT04VBZ3CWVPNX0/tshirt+bey+3lu+son%5D-02.jpg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716093226-B9FMGQJ63M03SWINV29E/431A3801_1400x.jpeg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716290062-C2K7VPOXW90U80O4AFKT/179091194_1609181959267533_9142889053875675644_n.jpg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716085025-IAWYWIEIQTKZ37PTQT1H/tshirt+bey+3lu+son%5D-03.jpg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716086154-607XW10BUUZIW0CRN17Q/431A3805_1400x.jpeg women seizing the days https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669716087917-YSLIFVQE1LPLYY8SPEUQ/184840811_1617591031759959_4695329665740533844_n.jpg women seizing the days http://www.meltemsahin.info/new-gallery-62 daily 0.75 2022-11-25 http://www.meltemsahin.info/myquarantinefriend daily 0.75 2024-11-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634121522-2LYE953QY05NJVBI1L9Q/IMG_3657.jpg my quarantine friend - my quarantine friend soft sculpture with bead embroidery, 2020 To assuage my fears during isolation, I started the project My Quarantine Friend. They are a genderless, beaded self who requires patience, a slow pace and calming nature. My friendship with them began during the creation process and continues afterwards. Instagram account https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634121522-2LYE953QY05NJVBI1L9Q/IMG_3657.jpg my quarantine friend - my quarantine friend soft sculpture with bead embroidery, 2020 To assuage my fears during isolation, I started the project My Quarantine Friend. They are a genderless, beaded self who requires patience, a slow pace and calming nature. My friendship with them began during the creation process and continues afterwards. Instagram account https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634753282-C7FG0F5LH4ZCMNV09E1H/7.jpg my quarantine friend My quarantine friend drinking Turkish coffee with their tailor, Saime, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732438032036-S122325MYBGZGHODPQM2/kendi+kendine.jpg my quarantine friend My quarantine friend sewing themself with Saime’s sewing machine, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732438011381-Z7H35SE8AOAWJQCP8C1X/kendi+2.jpg my quarantine friend My quarantine friend watching a Hindi soap opera with Saime, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634123318-O0JVLQSB8D78PUA8ARPS/1.1.JPG my quarantine friend There was a tiny pink idea at first. Then, thoughts became things... to make me calm. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634130216-RJV91BS905PHR5Z6B96U/2.jpg my quarantine friend Everything started with an eye. You were seeing before listening and talking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634148307-7C6NO8UEBDIQFNYKBGMA/3.2.jpg my quarantine friend Suddenly depth was introduced to you, but one eye of yours wasn’t following the other. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634856593-W2KG3QJE26NS2UBEO4Z5/8.jpg my quarantine friend Your nose was the monolith of inanimate beings. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634164976-ZOEF9Q2T29O8QB1VBYJ6/11.png my quarantine friend Your smile was overly joyous, not your kinda… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634176306-EQ9BYHTADFGY1VIQ0BDO/22.2.jpg my quarantine friend Then your famous unsure, in pain, yet unlighted kind of smile comes. Your gorgeous oxymorons smile was hiding behind the little pillows that you weren’t fond of. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634192285-QDQ27QFBH6V6NA3PAEN8/25.5.jpg my quarantine friend Then your blue trinity must have remained from your past reincarnations, gracefully shined against the red. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634203979-XYVV7QZ7T6WGMG7NNIMA/60.JPG my quarantine friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634726785-HLTKIKFOXGU7J3UQ1O9P/56.JPG my quarantine friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634220661-2I8JDBS5HBWUZQPQDVGY/24.jpg my quarantine friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634516273-Z6L4YOZ1ZHRX7RV378YE/58.JPG my quarantine friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634748113-9K4OEEKKMZ6IMDJ1EOVA/IMG_4183.jpg my quarantine friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634758039-26OUA33N3X84UXHONFSP/IMG_3857.jpg my quarantine friend https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1669634761358-WK0WFGZEM1Y4OH3ARVY9/DSCF0853.JPG my quarantine friend Fine day at the beach with my quarantine friend http://www.meltemsahin.info/tell-me-your-story daily 0.75 2023-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671524225876-TPT6KXIZC26G1DDYAB3O/Meltem+Sahin_Tell+Me+Your+Story_Book+Spread.jpg tell me your story - tell me your story Meltem Şahin’s illustration of the childhood memories of Karen Katz for the “Tell Me Your Story” book by Paper Street and Israel Consulate. Tell Me Your Story is a participatory art project featuring the childhood memories of 20 illustrators. Ten illustrators from Turkey and ten from Israel illustrated each other’s stories to create a dialogue by believing in the magical power of childhood stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671524225876-TPT6KXIZC26G1DDYAB3O/Meltem+Sahin_Tell+Me+Your+Story_Book+Spread.jpg tell me your story - tell me your story Meltem Şahin’s illustration of the childhood memories of Karen Katz for the “Tell Me Your Story” book by Paper Street and Israel Consulate. Tell Me Your Story is a participatory art project featuring the childhood memories of 20 illustrators. Ten illustrators from Turkey and ten from Israel illustrated each other’s stories to create a dialogue by believing in the magical power of childhood stories. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671524226866-K6OKO5X37UWGJMDLD0C6/Meltem+Sahin_Tell+Me+Your+Story_Book+Cover.jpg tell me your story Special thanks to Elazar Zinvel and Ipek Ozbay Published in Tel Aviv with the support of Gnat Micro Press Prologue by Etgar Keret Design by Ayşe Zeynep Özbay On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671524216579-81QA9FRCIA5JDS02N0HA/Meltem+Sahin_Tell+Me+Your+Story_Illustrations_1.jpg tell me your story http://www.meltemsahin.info/hyr daily 0.75 2023-01-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673253398895-WE7PJLLURQ9718Z6PQLQ/3+2.jpg hyrsteria zine - Illustration for Hyrsteria Zine  I made these illustrations for Heather Rounds' poem for Hysteria Zine. This edition was created by Tanja Denis Garcia and Valeria Molinari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673253398895-WE7PJLLURQ9718Z6PQLQ/3+2.jpg hyrsteria zine - Illustration for Hyrsteria Zine  I made these illustrations for Heather Rounds' poem for Hysteria Zine. This edition was created by Tanja Denis Garcia and Valeria Molinari. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1672625206757-FHF7E4N2WLPCPN5IFQAU/1.png hyrsteria zine - hyrsteria zine HYRSTERIA is an artist-run publication based in Baltimore, MD. made to challenge the conversations around social divisions in gender, race, class, and culture. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673253439005-HJCTVY31B050RCS7GDCD/2.jpeg hyrsteria zine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673253475284-FSTNN70G67O3GN24FSXI/4.jpeg hyrsteria zine https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459906710310-ADU0FRWZ6BJGGUKY3RTE/hyr1.jpg hyrsteria zine “We shared our stories to the beloved skulls of our dead, those shelters of the soul, dug back up from earth once the bone dried. We caked our collected skulls in the brightest possible clay, bringing something of life back to the face. The faces of our dead filled our houses and we told them what we needed them to know. We made decisions in their presence and prayed. We told them what fright packed our dreams full. We asked them whether or not the apricot trees thrived. But mostly, in the presence of our dead souls, we shared our stories and gave birth to new ones.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459906722905-XKX1398CD4DM7NKWWF5G/hyr2.jpg hyrsteria zine “We had the heart and the lungs, but above all we had our heads packed with light. We yelled and dreamed and bled our stories as loud as the dark would allow.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459906742890-BKDZJ3KWSJY0PD211A24/hyr3.jpg hyrsteria zine “Our stories came as well-nursed plants and weak ones. Our stories came as horses, bulls and lions. As a rosette of eleven leaves inscribed into a circle decorated with triangles. Our stories were a pair of birds holding a crown.” http://www.meltemsahin.info/new-gallery-2 daily 0.75 2022-12-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671635256540-2HTNRUW6HFF3S4G680HK/insandisivarliklarinhaklari_meltemsahin-1.jpg pilgrimage to the alien worlds - pilgrimage to the alien worlds The giant caterpillar in this illustration emphasizes that it is as essential as a human being. Also, no living thing is good or bad-hearted in my drawing. All living things move forward in harmony, with peace and hope. In my drawings, I want to animalize people with their nudity, to primitive them, to remind people of their essence. Here, too, people have become animals with their nakedness, and animals have become humans with human faces. My only aim was to portray them all equally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671635256540-2HTNRUW6HFF3S4G680HK/insandisivarliklarinhaklari_meltemsahin-1.jpg pilgrimage to the alien worlds - pilgrimage to the alien worlds The giant caterpillar in this illustration emphasizes that it is as essential as a human being. Also, no living thing is good or bad-hearted in my drawing. All living things move forward in harmony, with peace and hope. In my drawings, I want to animalize people with their nudity, to primitive them, to remind people of their essence. Here, too, people have become animals with their nakedness, and animals have become humans with human faces. My only aim was to portray them all equally. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671630274553-A0EDFSB5VPK69YPDOB2H/Screenshot+2022-12-21+at+13.30.08.png pilgrimage to the alien worlds - Ecological Manifestos for a Post Pandemic World Ecological Manifestos for a Post Pandemic World book brings together twelve manifestos that envision the era following the COVID-19 pandemic. It aims to provide a bold, ecological, and democratic vision that will respond to times of crisis. It is available in print in Turkish and English, featuring all the manifestos that have been published online since 2021, along with the illustrations. You can reach info@mekandaadalet.org to access the book. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671636296060-KI6QAX3GN9RJHNS6L0TE/Screenshot+2022-12-21+at+13.30.69.jpg pilgrimage to the alien worlds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671630732306-486EDAMQC8OFR68CJ94L/Screenshot+2022-12-21+at+13.30.89.jpg pilgrimage to the alien worlds https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671630826673-GI03DTG18W58BHU0CSAH/Screenshot+2022-12-21+at+13.30.79.jpg pilgrimage to the alien worlds http://www.meltemsahin.info/beeing-hope daily 0.75 2023-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628212092-HLEZOLPMGPSUO7Q81OJZ/beeing+hope.gif beeing hope - beeing hope As an artist who faced wildfires in my hometown and worked voluntarily for more than two weeks, “Beeing Hope” is a project that I am proud to be part of it and dear to my heart. Bees in Mediterranean Turkey are in grave danger due to the recent wildfires caused by the global climate crisis. The biodiversity of the region is sure to collapse. Therefore, a dedicated community has decided to come together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628212092-HLEZOLPMGPSUO7Q81OJZ/beeing+hope.gif beeing hope - beeing hope As an artist who faced wildfires in my hometown and worked voluntarily for more than two weeks, “Beeing Hope” is a project that I am proud to be part of it and dear to my heart. Bees in Mediterranean Turkey are in grave danger due to the recent wildfires caused by the global climate crisis. The biodiversity of the region is sure to collapse. Therefore, a dedicated community has decided to come together. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628239253-4HMGHG0LF0WQXO25JQYT/Meltem+Sahin_Beeing+Hope_+Advertisement_1.jpg beeing hope - beeing hope Turkey's first multidisciplinary NFT collection Beeing Hope featured 10.080 artworks with 28 creators from different fields of art. Some of the illustrations out of the 360 illustrations I created for this project featured on taxis in New York, the US, and on shopping mall screens in Istanbul, Turkey. To see the artworks https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628241524-5RZ3888IFF1U0UIATLL9/Meltem+Sahin_Beeing+Hope_+Advertisement_2.jpg beeing hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628214949-XGDWI4XC2I1WVKUGKPLI/Meltem+Sahin_Beeing+Hope_+Illustrations_1.jpg beeing hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628219096-5A3LFJ83A7K1V6MHLNUA/Meltem+Sahin_Beeing+Hope_+Illustrations_2.jpg beeing hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628221707-X7R4ZNUY0VPLYKX3YG4R/Meltem+Sahin_Beeing+Hope_+Illustrations_3.jpg beeing hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628226599-7CI24FWSM5RGWBOF8LP6/Meltem+Sahin_Beeing+Hope_+Illustrations_4.jpg beeing hope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671628236426-QWI5GO64ZAF7DATAPPEC/Meltem+Sahin_Beeing+Hope_+Illustrations_5.png beeing hope http://www.meltemsahin.info/la-guarimba daily 0.75 2023-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671636857445-OR2K3DHQF20NQ56D2I9X/Screen+Shot+2021-09-28+at+13.20.16.png+adl%C4%B1+dosyan%C4%B1n+kopyas%C4%B1+2.png monkey tv - monkey tv I created the “Monkey Tv” poster for the La Guarimba Film Festival in Amantea, Italy. For this festival, different illustrators from all over the world created the poster in their own language, and I made mine in Turkish. “Monkey Tv” poster was selected for the 64th annual competition of the Society of Illustrators in the advertising category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671636857445-OR2K3DHQF20NQ56D2I9X/Screen+Shot+2021-09-28+at+13.20.16.png+adl%C4%B1+dosyan%C4%B1n+kopyas%C4%B1+2.png monkey tv - monkey tv I created the “Monkey Tv” poster for the La Guarimba Film Festival in Amantea, Italy. For this festival, different illustrators from all over the world created the poster in their own language, and I made mine in Turkish. “Monkey Tv” poster was selected for the 64th annual competition of the Society of Illustrators in the advertising category. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671704579482-VLRP3UG4ERGTM7M8WWHZ/2021-08-10+guarimba+9+festival+day+4+011.JPG monkey tv From the exhibition on the street of Amantea in 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671704605295-DFO15RVEOYZPJWYK9TVX/2021-08-10+guarimba+9+festival+day+4+019.JPG monkey tv https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1671704613047-91QBZISPVTQ6447HPQTM/Keynote+-+o1+2022-12-22+at+1.20.31+PM.png monkey tv http://www.meltemsahin.info/meltemxapple daily 0.75 2024-12-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673436111624-IC43Y8KKMXN5LNZA8LYA/applexmeltem.gif meltem x apple - meltem x apple Today at Apple and ATÖLYE organized a series of sessions with the participation of local artists and creatives under the name "Perspective Istanbul". The program consisted of 14 different inclusive sessions hosted by 20 artists from different backgrounds and disciplines, and I hosted one of the sessions with my gif workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673436111624-IC43Y8KKMXN5LNZA8LYA/applexmeltem.gif meltem x apple - meltem x apple Today at Apple and ATÖLYE organized a series of sessions with the participation of local artists and creatives under the name "Perspective Istanbul". The program consisted of 14 different inclusive sessions hosted by 20 artists from different backgrounds and disciplines, and I hosted one of the sessions with my gif workshop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673449871385-3AD7OXGIUSM4WC6EBAIK/Acrobat+Pro+-+2021120_ArtLab_MeltemSahin.pdf+2023-01-11+at+6.08.41+PM.png meltem x apple - Animated Monsters with Meltem Şahin In the "Animated Monsters with Meltem Şahin" session, participants created their own monsters on the iPad using Procreate and Apple Pencil. After reflecting on their worries, fears and happiness on their monsters, participants learned how to animate these drawings and turned them into GIFs to share with their loved ones. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673436459661-XG7ELRFZP5OVDXE2MMS9/Social+1-1+-+2160+x+2160_Session_Static.jpg meltem x apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673437063994-MPG9IUO2XP49EYGN0E6L/image-asset.jpeg meltem x apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673437387533-GM18JTOWLIY501OU4H1E/IMG_0893.jpeg meltem x apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673437779524-X5HR1K8TSC6DRIM7CFX5/image-asset.png meltem x apple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673437170329-D770HYVBGD4KKGJ1FXRE/image-asset.jpeg meltem x apple http://www.meltemsahin.info/snow-white-princes-and-sleepless-beauties daily 0.75 2023-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673610103737-R3IUT6N64DLIWQE81753/INCOMPLIT_PamukPrenslerveUyuyamayanGuzeller1.jpg snow white princes and sleepless beauties This book is a fruit of a workshop, facilitated by visual artist Meltem Şahin, as a part of INCOMPLIT ‘Gender Equality is not a Fantasy’ workshop series. All the drawings are the ‘s/hero artworks’ of attendant children. The whole profit will be given back to the children's community. On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673610103737-R3IUT6N64DLIWQE81753/INCOMPLIT_PamukPrenslerveUyuyamayanGuzeller1.jpg snow white princes and sleepless beauties This book is a fruit of a workshop, facilitated by visual artist Meltem Şahin, as a part of INCOMPLIT ‘Gender Equality is not a Fantasy’ workshop series. All the drawings are the ‘s/hero artworks’ of attendant children. The whole profit will be given back to the children's community. On sale here https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673610141036-H7D0DRL25GB8C4BM0VLL/INCOMPLIT_PamukPrenslerveUyuyamayanGuzeller2.jpg snow white princes and sleepless beauties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673610192251-KZQNHJW0WS7FHK06LVLF/Childrens_Book_Mockup_3_ms_1024x1024%402x.png snow white princes and sleepless beauties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673610235308-3OJA0GMY7IYICP3LMQZA/Childrens_Book_Mockup_4_v3_1024x1024%402x.png snow white princes and sleepless beauties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673610260005-U3DRWD77C4I72KBRXNTO/048-Square-Childrens-Book-Mockup-COVERVAULT_ms_1_1024x1024%402x.png snow white princes and sleepless beauties https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673612617396-657JZC62QR56KNVEAZBD/image-asset.jpeg snow white princes and sleepless beauties http://www.meltemsahin.info/ig-filter-workshops daily 0.75 2023-05-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673620742202-8PND5EH7JXNDCX3V1TSY/Screen+Shot+2022-07-07+at+10.36.42.png IG filter workshops - Your Digital Twin // Creating Instagram Filters In this workshop, participants learn the basics of creating Instagram filters by creating their digital twins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673620742202-8PND5EH7JXNDCX3V1TSY/Screen+Shot+2022-07-07+at+10.36.42.png IG filter workshops - Your Digital Twin // Creating Instagram Filters In this workshop, participants learn the basics of creating Instagram filters by creating their digital twins. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673995595880-7KS40SVXKVW7NIWYHXPO/Screenshot+2023-01-17+at+22.46.09.png IG filter workshops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1673995604444-1I2QUUE0645JSN61GYUC/Screenshot+2023-01-17+at+22.44.04.png IG filter workshops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1674058917027-PGFXESM2VMUWW1QORKMP/image-asset.jpeg IG filter workshops https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1674058954120-98M2ZXZB8YFL9MSNQH0H/image-asset.jpeg IG filter workshops http://www.meltemsahin.info/post-symbolic-communications- daily 0.75 2025-03-19 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1678186153832-BN2U2HKNJU5VJY8Q043I/image-asset.jpeg Post-Symbolic Communications - Post-Symbolic Communications “Post-Symbolic Communications” is a search for our body, its movements, and its relation with the other bodies during the lockdown. It is a choreography of our mood swings, ups, and downs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1678186153832-BN2U2HKNJU5VJY8Q043I/image-asset.jpeg Post-Symbolic Communications - Post-Symbolic Communications “Post-Symbolic Communications” is a search for our body, its movements, and its relation with the other bodies during the lockdown. It is a choreography of our mood swings, ups, and downs! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1678187924539-FAQ2573BOZ5JFU5GKTRT/image-asset.jpeg Post-Symbolic Communications - PostMembrane The Immersive Exhibition, organised by X Media Art Museum by DasDas in collaboration with Sandbox as part of the NFT Biennial, featured the works of 8 artists from the field of digital art and contemporary arts, focusing on the relationship between Posthuman and Human-Technology. Curated by Esra Ozkan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1678186153810-3GLN453GI3I78KQ3LD6F/image-asset.octet-stream Post-Symbolic Communications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1679388598549-8A69ROINVWJIC3N78ZQB/sergi+foto2.jpg Post-Symbolic Communications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1678187315846-5YD4JU9EU5VCNJDOXDCM/image-asset.png Post-Symbolic Communications - The Catharsis of a Strange Prophecy World’s first NFT Biennial, exhibited the works of digital art in 8 countries around the globe, in 10 different venues. Powered by Tezos and Tezos art https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1679388816451-7O8Q8BXKZ35BD3TNSA11/sergi+foto.png Post-Symbolic Communications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1742379603612-XSHB7YDRJL26NQ4JISXH/New+Normal+Dance+GIF+by+Meltem+S%CC%A7ahin+%281%29.gif Post-Symbolic Communications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1742379714263-TFKGHPJQOP3ZRSE86OL1/New+Normal+Dance+GIF+by+Meltem+S%CC%A7ahin+%285%29.gif Post-Symbolic Communications https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1742380002425-2XQ5F7QJJZKH5ZEN1KDW/gif.gif Post-Symbolic Communications http://www.meltemsahin.info/pms-x-giphy-arts daily 0.75 2023-04-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682415403005-84U3VXZLR4YP19KIC546/image-asset.jpeg PMS x GIPHY Arts - PMS x GIPHY Arts The PMS project is an attempt to create a dialogue on the premenstrual syndrome that has been declared "taboo" or "unreal" for years. In collaboration with GIPHY Arts, PMS multi-episode series (01· taboos, 02· bodily changes, 03· mood swings, 04· in harmony) touches upon different aspects of the PMS by featuring 12 artists around the world. Project Team: Meltem Şahin - artist, project manager Evrim Karacan - coordination, communication Mert Kocadayı - sound designer Special thanks to Elifcan Şahan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682415403005-84U3VXZLR4YP19KIC546/image-asset.jpeg PMS x GIPHY Arts - PMS x GIPHY Arts The PMS project is an attempt to create a dialogue on the premenstrual syndrome that has been declared "taboo" or "unreal" for years. In collaboration with GIPHY Arts, PMS multi-episode series (01· taboos, 02· bodily changes, 03· mood swings, 04· in harmony) touches upon different aspects of the PMS by featuring 12 artists around the world. Project Team: Meltem Şahin - artist, project manager Evrim Karacan - coordination, communication Mert Kocadayı - sound designer Special thanks to Elifcan Şahan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682415402987-YQ5AUWXCHGXWNT91LK4D/image-asset.octet-stream PMS x GIPHY Arts https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682415681141-9B4FJC0A3IZVAJ2GYO2H/image-asset.jpeg PMS x GIPHY Arts - 01· taboos "taboos" focuses on the menstrual taboos we face in our daily lives, cultural stigmas, beliefs about impurity and the culture of silence. Created by Hayley Powers, Erma Fiend and Eda Çağıl Çağlarırmak. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682415729908-G1X95HJQQCDBMDOQBHB5/image-asset.jpeg PMS x GIPHY Arts - 02· bodily changes "bodily changes" focuses on physical and body fluctuations such as acne, breast swelling, and headache, which impact the quality of life. Created by Yiqiao Lan, Harmonie Aupetit and Elif Demir. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682415770889-H707FUF8MI4TSJVNF19M/image-asset.jpeg PMS x GIPHY Arts - 03· mood swings "mood swings" focuses on the emotional and mental aspects which involve sudden, unexplained changes such as anger, depression, and anxiety. Created by Selin Çınar, Aylin Ohri and Emilia Schettino. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682415824245-3KETJTN2DW21SGM2T32C/image-asset.jpeg PMS x GIPHY Arts - 04· in harmony "in harmony" focuses on the positive aspects such as ephemerality, increased perception of surroundings, euphoria, and being collective in nature. Created by Kylie Millward, Sedef Ertem and Meltem Şahin. http://www.meltemsahin.info/inharmony daily 0.75 2024-11-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682928766193-IQMU1K25JP6FUQ2NQIIM/image-asset.jpeg in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project - in harmony The flower-headed womxn first embraces nature and then the womxn around her. It is about feeling connected to nature and being solidated by others in PMS. It pays homage to Georgia O'Keeffe's flowers. As part of the PMS project, I collaborated with GIPHY Arts and a group of talented animation artists to create a multi-episode series exploring different aspects of premenstrual syndrome. In the fourth episode, "in harmony", my animated work is featured alongside contributions from 2 other artists. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/644f71497422ab29a54ece79/644f746781f44450148a9056/1682928743395/ in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682928766193-IQMU1K25JP6FUQ2NQIIM/image-asset.jpeg in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project - in harmony The flower-headed womxn first embraces nature and then the womxn around her. It is about feeling connected to nature and being solidated by others in PMS. It pays homage to Georgia O'Keeffe's flowers. As part of the PMS project, I collaborated with GIPHY Arts and a group of talented animation artists to create a multi-episode series exploring different aspects of premenstrual syndrome. In the fourth episode, "in harmony", my animated work is featured alongside contributions from 2 other artists. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682931131655-2H6OCSPC2YE7SPZ2N8BK/image-asset.jpeg in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project - 04· in harmony "in harmony" focuses on the positive aspects such as ephemerality, increased perception of surroundings, euphoria, and being collective in nature. Created by Kylie Millward, Sedef Ertem and Meltem Şahin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682929170532-ENQXHWTCPY9AK679OJJD/image-asset.jpeg in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project - the storyboard of 'in harmony' episode https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682930008082-6UVOZOO4VN1PV2JX82MQ/IMG_1141.jpg in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project The process of creating animation for the PMS x GIPHY project involves the utilization of physical papers filled with mono-print drawings, despite the ultimate digital output. To create each second of cel animation, 12 drawings are required, resulting in a cumulative physical space of 2520 x 297 mm when arranged together, given that each drawing is A4-sized at 210 x 297 mm. As such, the physical space occupied by the drawings is proportional to the duration of the animated sequence, whereby one second equals 2520 x 297 mm in space. The ability to manipulate the physical space represented by each drawing and synthesize it with others to generate the illusion of movement and passage of time in the final animation is indeed a remarkable phenomenon, that always fascinates me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682930057569-QXFB6GIFN1Z526ZDWF37/pms6.JPG in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project - a still image from the animation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682930150630-7CHKJNF73OKYTBJ7AYIX/image-asset.jpeg in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project - Poster of the Project PMS x GIPHY Arts brings together 12 artists around the world to create a dialogue on the premenstrual syndrome that has been declared “taboo” or “unreal” for years. Project Team: Meltem Şahin - artist, project manager Evrim Karacan - coordination, communication Mert Kocadayı - sound designer Special thanks to Elifcan Şahan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1682931715733-5FO38OLRX0UKL0QDSI1Y/s-meltem.gif in harmony for PMS x GIPHY project - Letter S from the 4th episode "in harmony" http://www.meltemsahin.info/witches-with-luminous-heads daily 0.75 2023-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1696321716112-LSBLZSS31B0N2WMDG7VU/witches%2Bwith%2Bluminous%2Bheads%2Bsmall.jpg witches with luminous heads - witches with luminous heads Fire illuminates in heaven and blazes in hell. In the Islamic miniatures, fire is a symbol of divinity and wisdom and is represented in the form of the fire around the head of prophets. In this world, dancing witches burn hand in hand, not with the fire that blazed them for centuries but with the sacred feminine fire kindled by their unity and wisdom. They dance to be enlightened and to enlighten others. In the Islamic miniatures, fire is a symbol of wisdom and is represented as fire around the head of prophets. Dancing witches burn with the sacred feminine fire kindled by their unity and wisdom. They dance to be enlightened and to enlighten others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1696321716112-LSBLZSS31B0N2WMDG7VU/witches%2Bwith%2Bluminous%2Bheads%2Bsmall.jpg witches with luminous heads - witches with luminous heads Fire illuminates in heaven and blazes in hell. In the Islamic miniatures, fire is a symbol of divinity and wisdom and is represented in the form of the fire around the head of prophets. In this world, dancing witches burn hand in hand, not with the fire that blazed them for centuries but with the sacred feminine fire kindled by their unity and wisdom. They dance to be enlightened and to enlighten others. In the Islamic miniatures, fire is a symbol of wisdom and is represented as fire around the head of prophets. Dancing witches burn with the sacred feminine fire kindled by their unity and wisdom. They dance to be enlightened and to enlighten others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1696323292153-T4YXFKHDJH127NNPZCT8/witches+with+luminous+heads+1.jpg witches with luminous heads - witches with luminous heads Fire illuminates in heaven and blazes in hell. In the Islamic miniatures, fire is a symbol of divinity and wisdom and is represented in the form of the fire around the head of prophets. In this world, dancing witches burn hand in hand, not with the fire that blazed them for centuries but with the sacred feminine fire kindled by their unity and wisdom. They dance to be enlightened and to enlighten others. In the Islamic miniatures, fire is a symbol of wisdom and is represented as fire around the head of prophets. Dancing witches burn with the sacred feminine fire kindled by their unity and wisdom. They dance to be enlightened and to enlighten others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1696323757172-46SPH3NR2XLIGQONY7O6/image-asset.jpeg witches with luminous heads I created "witches with luminous heads" piece for "Ozmoz" exhibition game. 3D models of my 2D illustrations are created by Selen Gursoy Game development: Batu Yildiz , Sound and music design: Turgut Mauve, Branding and web design: Simay Yaman, Project assistant: Tutku Vatansever, Content & media agency: @salvoistanbul, Digital marketing: @chulagu http://www.meltemsahin.info/potnia-theron-artemis-of-ephesus daily 0.75 2023-10-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621102203-7TPV015O0L7WN74JAWDO/image-asset.jpeg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus - Potnia Theron: Artemis of Ephesus “Potnia Theron: Artemis of Ephesus” is watching the skies of the Kingdom of Commagene, and her nymphs are singing for the tombs of the mother queen and princess at Karakuş Tumulus in Adıyaman, Türkiye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621102203-7TPV015O0L7WN74JAWDO/image-asset.jpeg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus - Potnia Theron: Artemis of Ephesus “Potnia Theron: Artemis of Ephesus” is watching the skies of the Kingdom of Commagene, and her nymphs are singing for the tombs of the mother queen and princess at Karakuş Tumulus in Adıyaman, Türkiye. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621102187-937EFRUG4J7DE7N9SH7K/image-asset.octet-stream potnia theron: artemis of ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621333775-8CLW4LYSPUAZPPR607FI/IMG_8227.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus Goddesses were reduced to symbols of fertility and abundance in European academia until the 1960s, when feminist archaeology emerged. Traditionally associated with hunting, nature and animals, Artemis is a huntress goddess with limited communication with men, full of rage against any hunter who challenges her. Since the Renaissance, however, this portrayal has changed and deformed, and modern society has distanced her from her essential identity and turned her into a superficial object of desire. Although the common assumption has used to be that the spherical objects cover the lower part of Artemis’ chest are female breasts, some archeologists claim that those forms were bull testicles that had been hunted, collected and clothed by the goddess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621334172-27WLTA671LHQENTEUBZP/IMG_8246.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus By depicting those forms as bull testicles, we aim to challenge this historical reduction by presenting different archetypes of Artemis beyond her fertility symbolism. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621345250-J2NPBUSXUBETJ1QOH5GM/IMG_8264.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus Nymphs assisting Artemis living in seas and rivers found on either side of the goddess. They sing an anonymous hymn written in the Late Hellenistic Era, praising her strong character, hunting skills, and might. With the assistance of AI, we aimed to highlight the supernatural spirit of nymphs while creating their voices. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697622499122-MK3MIMYGCNVSEN1DOLKI/orphic+hymn.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus The music is composed on an anonymous hymn written for goddess Artemis. Listen to Potnia Theron on SoundCloud. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621344651-RBLTEPPLBTVH1RUM0QV8/IMG_8269.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus Thank you to Commagene Lar team for this opportunity, Karplus and Aleyna Pera Yaşar for the production of Potnia Theron, and Elifcan Şahan for the help with the research of the project. Audio by Mert Kocadayı, Visual by Meltem Şahin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621322107-0E1UV2P2HC07JMHR4RQT/IMG_8185.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus Goddesses were reduced to symbols of fertility and abundance in European academia until the 1960s, when feminist archaeology emerged. Traditionally associated with hunting, nature and animals, Artemis is a huntress goddess with limited communication with men, full of rage against any hunter who challenges her. Since the Renaissance, however, this portrayal has changed and deformed, and modern society has distanced her from her essential identity and turned her into a superficial object of desire. Although the common assumption has used to be that the spherical objects cover the lower part of Artemis’ chest are female breasts, some archeologists claim that those forms were bull testicles that had been hunted, collected and clothed by the goddess. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621369257-OKS5209AGGNWWUK8UIUG/IMG_8167.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621377722-WOE7QX2PXYVVP3WXPO5D/IMG_8176.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697621359223-FS5E7X0ASOWTL4QVSWN4/IMG_8332.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697625593153-AJIN0LC6UFTGYKM2KK0E/IMG_0769.PNG potnia theron: artemis of ephesus 3D model of the sculpture https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697623948929-VHZQRW286YHSKHX9KZDQ/IMG_7575.jpg potnia theron: artemis of ephesus making of the testicles https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697623933784-7MT8LY4FNKD7RHSRTK52/8646b5db-1622-4aef-b49a-86df43415b6d.JPG potnia theron: artemis of ephesus production in styrofoam atelier https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1697623933798-5S67JOIQ5X1R6OB7N4BU/9f75e9dc-f1a9-4740-9161-a329387bfaff.JPG potnia theron: artemis of ephesus final touches http://www.meltemsahin.info/caught-up-in daily 0.75 2024-10-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705489790150-1I2XM5XBI6O0O38XDBGP/image-asset.jpeg caught up in another - caught up in another In the series 'Caught up in Another,' a metamorphosis unfolds: a human unfurls wings and becomes a bird, the bird transforms into an enduring mountain, and the mountain cradles humanity—a dance of interconnectedness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705489790150-1I2XM5XBI6O0O38XDBGP/image-asset.jpeg caught up in another - caught up in another In the series 'Caught up in Another,' a metamorphosis unfolds: a human unfurls wings and becomes a bird, the bird transforms into an enduring mountain, and the mountain cradles humanity—a dance of interconnectedness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705489790137-K1T7C5Z5W8EXISUAKT6N/image-asset.octet-stream caught up in another https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705489922584-XF6G2ZH5Z5ZIPQ8U7R8S/image-asset.jpeg caught up in another - caught up in another These pieces were initially created for the “NATURE is the SOURCE” exhibition curated by Ala Onur and Zeynep Ercan at Kolektif House Maslak. Captured in collaboration with Evrim Karacan at Meltem Şahin’s studio in Marmaris, Türkiye. http://www.meltemsahin.info/new-gallery-3 daily 0.75 2024-01-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705492011315-1JVULHZ4TIOO4BOPH61E/Alt%C4%B1+Go%CC%88zlu%CC%88+Heykel+01.JPG six-eyed creature 'Six-Eyed Creature' features six intelligent eyes, each a chronicle of the past, present and future as an observer and archivist. The journey of the piece began as the driftwood was collected and processed by Mustafa Sahin from the shores of his hometown. Then, the ceramic head created by Meltem Sahin using the Saggar technique bears witness to the transformative power of time and nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705492011315-1JVULHZ4TIOO4BOPH61E/Alt%C4%B1+Go%CC%88zlu%CC%88+Heykel+01.JPG six-eyed creature 'Six-Eyed Creature' features six intelligent eyes, each a chronicle of the past, present and future as an observer and archivist. The journey of the piece began as the driftwood was collected and processed by Mustafa Sahin from the shores of his hometown. Then, the ceramic head created by Meltem Sahin using the Saggar technique bears witness to the transformative power of time and nature. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705492011080-IB6F25FMYFC4D9QCN77M/Alt%C4%B1+Go%CC%88zlu%CC%88+Heykel+02.JPG six-eyed creature The ceramic head replicates this natural process just as wood weathers and takes on an exquisite form through years of exposure. The saggar technique introduces oxides, pigments, and leaves, mirroring nature's unpredictability and yielding a surface texture. The wisdom from the soil to the tree roots is represented in this work as the tree's brain in the form of a ceramic human head. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705492013384-G814H3CBUFH0SSP8JR6N/Alt%C4%B1+Go%CC%88zlu%CC%88+Heykel+03.JPG six-eyed creature Although the wood is detached from where it came from, the earth becomes an autonomous, serene and sagacious creature that speaks directly to the spectator. 'Six-Eyed Creature' transcends species, fostering unity and shared foresight. It encourages empathy, underlining the interconnectedness of all life as we ponder our collective journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705492013958-AVTWCHRDXJQB6QIFR8JY/Alt%C4%B1+Go%CC%88zlu%CC%88+Heykel+04.JPG six-eyed creature http://www.meltemsahin.info/new-gallery-4 daily 0.75 2024-01-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705916170683-0L3MRIJY3MVZDG90Y0G1/Y+kucuk+2.jpg trace of yellow - trace of yellow Two new packaging designs and illustrations were created for Türk Ytong’s 60th anniversary in collaboration with studiomercado for the project/exhibition Sarinin Izi (Trace of Yellow), which transforms the iconic yellow YTONG packages into canvases and cities into open-air exhibitions. Transforming the values that Ytong adds to living spaces into inspiring designs by artist Meltem Şahin, illustrator Burak Beceren, and versatile design studio Piknik Works, the artworks embroidered on the iconic yellow packages spread all over Istanbul, creating the city's largest outdoor exhibition. Photos by Postline Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705916170683-0L3MRIJY3MVZDG90Y0G1/Y+kucuk+2.jpg trace of yellow - trace of yellow Two new packaging designs and illustrations were created for Türk Ytong’s 60th anniversary in collaboration with studiomercado for the project/exhibition Sarinin Izi (Trace of Yellow), which transforms the iconic yellow YTONG packages into canvases and cities into open-air exhibitions. Transforming the values that Ytong adds to living spaces into inspiring designs by artist Meltem Şahin, illustrator Burak Beceren, and versatile design studio Piknik Works, the artworks embroidered on the iconic yellow packages spread all over Istanbul, creating the city's largest outdoor exhibition. Photos by Postline Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705494751004-G7D781HJTP1PR6YB4MXR/Y+kucuk+2.jpg trace of yellow - trace of yellow Two new packaging designs and illustrations were created for Türk Ytong’s 60th anniversary in collaboration with studiomercado for the project/exhibition Sarinin Izi (Trace of Yellow), which transforms the iconic yellow YTONG packages into canvases and cities into open-air exhibitions. Transforming the values that Ytong adds to living spaces into inspiring designs by artist Meltem Şahin, illustrator Burak Beceren, and versatile design studio Piknik Works, the artworks embroidered on the iconic yellow packages spread all over Istanbul, creating the city's largest outdoor exhibition. Photos by Postline Company https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705570901362-5MUDBQSDT087MX6A2KYB/Y_%281159%29.jpg trace of yellow In both designs, using a YTONG block as the main design element aims to create different worlds within these blocks, which are a thematic building block of the construction. The connection between the designs and, at the same time, the diversity and distinctiveness in the characters, spaces, and the stories they create stand out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705917642729-9EWID9ZU02GR0QBT9BUU/Screenshot+2024-01-22+at+10.14.44.png trace of yellow - thermal insulation It focuses on creating environments where spaces are cool in summer and warm in winter, allowing people to feel comfortable and happy in both cold and hot weather. The woman and giraffe in the pool under the snowfall clouds are very happy. The couple sitting in the glass-roofed lounge happily enjoy their meal without being affected by the giant sun on their heads. At the same time, since YTONG is a non-combustible material, the person representing fire is calm, under control, and meditating. The word "heat" creates an atmosphere and space where people are happy, warm, and cheerful. Like a father and daughter embracing, people dancing in the rain, or a happy couple with their hands touching… https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705912905283-RPUNJTLJEV8HPH17MPBH/Screenshot+2024-01-22+at+09.41.21.png trace of yellow - eco-friendly This design focuses on YTONG being produced from natural raw materials such as quartzite, cement, lime, and water. The balloon-headed figure on the left draws attention to YTONG being inflated, with 84% of its volume consisting of air-filled pores, resulting in its lightweight nature. Despite being so light, YTONG can easily bear weight, as demonstrated by the comfortably sleeping woman on top of it. The lion-headed character extracts stones from the mountain beneath YTONG, representing both lime and quartzite with its two different colors. The character with a flower head pouring water, another character dipping their foot into the water, and a waterfall highlight YTONG being made from water, emphasizing its environmental compatibility with the surrounding plants and a duck. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705570424159-P8FYF577DQLU331YSA59/image-asset.jpeg trace of yellow - trace of yellow Along with the illustrations, this GIF was created for Türk Ytong's 60th anniversary in collaboration with studiomercado for the project/exhibition Sarının İzi (Trace of Yellow), which transforms the iconic yellow Ytong packages into canvases and cities into open-air exhibitions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705571350746-8JN7MRYB048O7BW04IYR/Y_%280194%29.jpg trace of yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705571347845-AUA1A4H9250CUWWSKT29/Y_%280191%29.jpg trace of yellow The exhibition Sarının İzi, in collaboration with studiomercado and Informal Project, was held at Yapı Kredi bomontiada between December 2-10. Special thanks to Lebriz Akdeniz and Türk Ytong’s team. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705494534161-6U9Z679Y7E0T09VYO40G/yton+kucuk.jpg trace of yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705570858022-3P0RBWIOQ57ORY04ZU1L/Y_%280141%29.jpg trace of yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705570839598-QC3S2IZXOIW3Y5G5S9AM/Y_%281069%29.jpg trace of yellow https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1705570877718-614BO81GDULHN242PLPY/Y_%280011%29.jpg trace of yellow http://www.meltemsahin.info/dream-without-limits daily 0.75 2024-02-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1708941629057-PJC0WOS0NI0TTHCA4O72/puma-final.gif dream without limits - Dream Without Limits The gif I created for PUMA’s new shoe line. http://www.meltemsahin.info/particles-of-her-substance daily 0.75 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710329890191-52L94VCLBIR1H4FE93G1/image-asset.jpeg particles of her substance - particles of her substance "Particles of her Substance" will be exhibited as part of the "Timeless Curiosities" exhibition curated by Nilay Boncuk and Umit Mesci at Istanbul Modern until August 11, 2024. Music by Mert Kocadayı https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710329890191-52L94VCLBIR1H4FE93G1/image-asset.jpeg particles of her substance - particles of her substance "Particles of her Substance" will be exhibited as part of the "Timeless Curiosities" exhibition curated by Nilay Boncuk and Umit Mesci at Istanbul Modern until August 11, 2024. Music by Mert Kocadayı https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710329890179-JJGFYAVPA5QVQKIOSEEK/image-asset.octet-stream particles of her substance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710330116605-E0U2EOF43ZRK8MZNUHYS/ilk.jpg particles of her substance The artwork delves into the Babylonian creation epic Enuma Elish, depicting the storm god Marduk brutally slaying his grandmother, the goddess Tiamat, and creating the world and heaven. According to scholars such as Joseph Campbell and Robert Graves, the killing of Tiamat by Marduk symbolizes a transition from a matriarchal society to a patriarchal order. The work draws inspiration from the following quote in Campbell’s book “Goddesses: Mysteries of the Feminine Divine”: “If Marduk had waited a couple of minutes, Tiamat would have created on her own (...) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710330134373-20HA2U3D2S25OO36T9OX/son+kare.jpg particles of her substance Tiamat truly turns into the world; she gives her body voluntarily but is represented as if Marduk were doing it.” This conflict forms the fundamental dynamics of the work. As the artist, I question traditional mythological narratives, presenting an alternative universe where creation is not achieved by a masculine force but by the goddess of primordial waters, Tiamat herself. Inherently employing the moving lenticular printing technique, my artwork seeks to rewrite herstory, aiming to create a new understanding of the sacred, while also offering a fresh perspective on the ancient narratives and culture of Mesopotamia. It celebrates and remembers the creation of the universe and heaven by the sublime Tiamat repeatedly. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710330136749-OS828DK11VSHESPOFFEC/1fd74e5c-d4ed-4d69-9a0e-36ba55448140.jpg particles of her substance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710330162950-KGCYD6AMK2XBKPGLMG6V/_DSC1260.jpg particles of her substance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710330457521-WN0H1FSV7MHF2DNZN3HQ/_DSC1270.jpg particles of her substance http://www.meltemsahin.info/eaterofland daily 0.75 2024-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710331173703-0Q2KYC3Y98AD5P0QIV89/image-asset.jpeg eater of land - Eater of Land Pele the creator of Hawaii, called ‘Eater of Land’, embodies the natural forces of volcanic eruptions, and is characterized by her contradictory nature of life and death, destruction and creativity. While European male historians, who had a significant influence in academia until the 1960s, typically depicted ancient goddesses as symbols of fertility and motherhood, Pele represents a departure from such limiting portrayals. Pele can be seen as an unapologetic icon of feminist resistance and a manifestation of undiluted feminine power. The lenticular print of Pele depicts the eruption of a volcano passing through her body, and while the colors may change, her piercing red eyes and wild, animal-like posture remain constant, directly confronting and daring the viewer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710331173703-0Q2KYC3Y98AD5P0QIV89/image-asset.jpeg eater of land - Eater of Land Pele the creator of Hawaii, called ‘Eater of Land’, embodies the natural forces of volcanic eruptions, and is characterized by her contradictory nature of life and death, destruction and creativity. While European male historians, who had a significant influence in academia until the 1960s, typically depicted ancient goddesses as symbols of fertility and motherhood, Pele represents a departure from such limiting portrayals. Pele can be seen as an unapologetic icon of feminist resistance and a manifestation of undiluted feminine power. The lenticular print of Pele depicts the eruption of a volcano passing through her body, and while the colors may change, her piercing red eyes and wild, animal-like posture remain constant, directly confronting and daring the viewer. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710331173689-8B87W5XQYLQJFMCV9HWT/image-asset.octet-stream eater of land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710331239982-4M53U7UHB2A3ICPAISLI/pele1.jpg eater of land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710331288347-MKB2DNKXNWRVJONS1U2T/pele4.jpg eater of land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710331239964-PDXTJMC6NI8B1Z9SF3O0/pele3.jpg eater of land https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710331248832-VAR7R05FIGR8X6TUDUMB/pele5.jpg eater of land http://www.meltemsahin.info/my-father-said-the-red-pines-sulk daily 0.75 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710753848807-I8WM5QQ0VCL43NEB94TL/image-asset.jpeg my father said the red pines sulk - my father said the red pines sulk 'my father said the red pines sulk' is about the forest fires that turned into a collective trauma for Meltem Şahin’s hometown, Marmaris, in 2021. The video reveals frightening evidence of our inability to respond to the emergencies of climate crisis. It captures the despair of disappearing forest land and highlights the ray of hope in the unwavering solidarity of volunteers actively combating forest fires. This piece consists of videos collected by Meltem Şahin from the ‘Marmaris Fire Aid’ volunteer group. The blend of diary entries and poetry that Meltem Şahin performs in the video consists of what she witnessed and felt during the fires. Music is composed by Mert Kocadayı based on an earlier piece called ‘Ashes of Amos,’ dedicated to Forest Fires of 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710753848807-I8WM5QQ0VCL43NEB94TL/image-asset.jpeg my father said the red pines sulk - my father said the red pines sulk 'my father said the red pines sulk' is about the forest fires that turned into a collective trauma for Meltem Şahin’s hometown, Marmaris, in 2021. The video reveals frightening evidence of our inability to respond to the emergencies of climate crisis. It captures the despair of disappearing forest land and highlights the ray of hope in the unwavering solidarity of volunteers actively combating forest fires. This piece consists of videos collected by Meltem Şahin from the ‘Marmaris Fire Aid’ volunteer group. The blend of diary entries and poetry that Meltem Şahin performs in the video consists of what she witnessed and felt during the fires. Music is composed by Mert Kocadayı based on an earlier piece called ‘Ashes of Amos,’ dedicated to Forest Fires of 2021. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710753848796-MHINX8HWYV8H263MG7QI/image-asset.octet-stream my father said the red pines sulk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710760324865-C58I5O4215ICCP74582C/still+image.jpg my father said the red pines sulk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729503080230-1CBTK104OB71WCDFNKDR/IMG_4069.jpg my father said the red pines sulk - when trees speak ”my father said the red pines sulk” was part of the “When Trees Speak” exhibition at Cendere Sanat Müzesi, co-curated by Ebru Yetiskin, and it encourages empathy while reflecting on our collective journey toward solidarity and foresight. This installation titled "Bearing Witness," it incorporates "The Tree of Gezi Park," "Un-seeing Eye," and "my father says the red pines sulk," works I’ve created over the last decade. This exhibition took place in Istanbul, Türkiye in 2024. https://static1.squarespace.com/static/570179fef699bbaade580265/65f80811a1fab92b5a6a390b/67162025133a002dc90b9c82/1729669546202/ my father said the red pines sulk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729503073847-9VULV9N1LU1KQIA2F4X9/IMG_4063.jpg my father said the red pines sulk https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1710760142923-U7586NSD4JFZ4YSQDII6/IMG_7392.jpeg my father said the red pines sulk - on the way to the cooling operation http://www.meltemsahin.info/flow daily 0.75 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712223896204-4YFVAETAEA26OHEOJM1Y/image-asset.jpeg flow - 5. Flow “Wherever the Dionysian prevailed, the Apollonian was checked and destroyed.” Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712223896204-4YFVAETAEA26OHEOJM1Y/image-asset.jpeg flow - 5. Flow “Wherever the Dionysian prevailed, the Apollonian was checked and destroyed.” Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1472382574239-H2MDW3UHW5C80P2JBLS2/Meltem_SAHIN_still2.jpg flow This animation is inspired by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche’s book The Birth of Tragedy, and specifically his ideas on Apollo and Dionysus. Apollo is the God of reason and rationality—of the intellect and thought. Dionysus is the god of the irrational and chaos—of emotions and instincts. Nietzsche establishes his aesthetics theories from the archetypes of Apollo (order) and Dionysus (passion) and offers, specifically that art is based on polarities and tensions rather than delight and imitation. The main character in this animation is a sculptress who travels through Apollonian and Dionysian states. http://www.meltemsahin.info/eye-and-mind daily 0.75 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712224309769-5WUQBE09DXC8ZKXXVS1D/image-asset.jpeg eye and mind - Eye and Mind “The eye is an instrument… which has been moved by same impact of the world, which it then restores to the visible through the traces of a hand.” Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eye & Mind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712224309769-5WUQBE09DXC8ZKXXVS1D/image-asset.jpeg eye and mind - Eye and Mind “The eye is an instrument… which has been moved by same impact of the world, which it then restores to the visible through the traces of a hand.” Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Eye & Mind https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459915723371-Q1PSOKJB6JL95JQ8BRN7/goz.gif eye and mind Inspired by Ponty's Eye & Mind proposes an aesthetic approach to certain ideas of his philosophy, which have always evoked in me visual images. Each gif in the animation is my vision of a passage in Ponty’s last published essay, “Eye and Mind”. Each frame was created with mono-print and stencil technique. My intention was to achieve the mood or the environment created by Ponty's words by means of the cyclical nature of the gif and the randomness of the mono-print. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712224653531-8ZCBP7OJ75JYQ3L7Z4FG/image-asset.jpeg eye and mind In this version, the animation is divided into 3 animated gifs for an exhibition held in MICA, Baltimore, USA. http://www.meltemsahin.info/flawsome daily 0.75 2024-04-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712225988705-46X9BT55EXXWQCQY41I9/image-asset.jpeg flawsome - flawsome “flawsome” is an animation series commissioned by GIPHY for the launch of their new feature "clips." Scars are not to be stigmatized but to be celebrated. In this one, 5 different animations can be seen in one video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712225988705-46X9BT55EXXWQCQY41I9/image-asset.jpeg flawsome - flawsome “flawsome” is an animation series commissioned by GIPHY for the launch of their new feature "clips." Scars are not to be stigmatized but to be celebrated. In this one, 5 different animations can be seen in one video. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712225988691-7U9Q2QBUJEY07O46IQ5I/image-asset.octet-stream flawsome https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712226300157-T5UEL81M6CTEKMSH0F8H/meltemsahin_topsurgery.gif flawsome - post top joy This one is "post top joy" celebrating top surgery scars. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712226379500-S8RID3ISYWVTQTVEFGPY/meltemsahin_strechmark.gif flawsome - zebra marks This one is "zebra marks" celebrating stretch marks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712226368588-O7Y9PRKRCMZ3FDV5TUZH/meltemsahin_birthmark.gif flawsome - strawberry tattoo This one is “strawberry tattoo” celebrating birthmarks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712226373955-WOKKGNG1A397PHNTVMHH/meltemsahin_openheart.gif flawsome - zebra marks This one is "zebra marks" celebrating stretch marks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1712226297246-BUHGFOJBG21GI64EB8XL/meltemsahin_zitvolcanoes.gif flawsome - zit volcanoes This one is “zit volcanoes” celebrating acne scars. http://www.meltemsahin.info/woven-self daily 0.75 2026-02-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726137203102-MHVZDFKF9BAIPAOZL2J9/image-asset.jpeg woven self - woven self 'woven self' is a personal project I developed during the SVA Artist Residencies in New York in June 2024. The project was first exhibited in September 2024 at the Cuando Se Abren Las Puertas exhibition, held at ILGAZ YILDIZ GALLERY in Spain, followed by a screening at Festival PROYECTOR’s 17th Edition, an International Moving Images Platform, also in Spain. In October 2024, Woven Self was further exhibited at the CODAME ART+TECH Festival in Italy. Additionally, the piece was screened in The Virtual Gallery, a space built on the New Art City platform, as part of the CODAME ART+TECH Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726137203102-MHVZDFKF9BAIPAOZL2J9/image-asset.jpeg woven self - woven self 'woven self' is a personal project I developed during the SVA Artist Residencies in New York in June 2024. The project was first exhibited in September 2024 at the Cuando Se Abren Las Puertas exhibition, held at ILGAZ YILDIZ GALLERY in Spain, followed by a screening at Festival PROYECTOR’s 17th Edition, an International Moving Images Platform, also in Spain. In October 2024, Woven Self was further exhibited at the CODAME ART+TECH Festival in Italy. Additionally, the piece was screened in The Virtual Gallery, a space built on the New Art City platform, as part of the CODAME ART+TECH Festival. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726648912900-26GBF5BHS5MN5MEON7Q8/WOWEN+SELF+PRINT+FILES-05.jpg woven self https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726652799210-MEDV00RB4E3JZ3FYK5TV/image-asset.jpeg woven self - woven self https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726137203090-RS4YHR9KOR2CGEK0FZ0E/image-asset.octet-stream woven self https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726649601409-L9DDTP723CSJ5ZYZKHAB/7-IMG_8119.jpg woven self Fabric samples for the carpet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726649034713-IY1L90MG7G32P6HFI7GS/5-IMG_9045.jpg woven self The green screen I used to shoot my videos in my studio during the SVA residencies in New York. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726652874376-FIIKWYHMSLW2PKMZPTUE/image-asset.jpeg woven self - worm https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726652922978-6J0L6TEN1M8KR8CILV5O/image-asset.jpeg woven self - upside down bird https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726648244435-O0AF5M2TVM1RJ2RV13P4/1-kilim+acilis.jpg woven self http://www.meltemsahin.info/new-gallery daily 0.75 2024-11-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726649065068-9WCXDVIE9DG66NJ635M1/image-asset.jpeg serpentia - serpentia A limited edition art toy by Meltem Şahin, modeled in Nomad Sculpt and 3D printed in her studio. This piece was featured in the ToyArt•Ist exhibition at the Mamut Art Project and is now available for purchase online through Meltem Şahin's Shopier account. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726649065068-9WCXDVIE9DG66NJ635M1/image-asset.jpeg serpentia - serpentia A limited edition art toy by Meltem Şahin, modeled in Nomad Sculpt and 3D printed in her studio. This piece was featured in the ToyArt•Ist exhibition at the Mamut Art Project and is now available for purchase online through Meltem Şahin's Shopier account. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1731241907097-MTP6SJJOBLG04UYNAXA6/CQ4A9225%2Bkopya.jpg serpentia Serpentia, embodies the mystical essence of Anatolian and Mesopotamian hybrid creatures. Featuring a snake tail, crescent moon-shaped ears, and a tiger-patterned body with ancient motifs, this spiritual being unites virtues from various animals into a singular, enchanting form, celebrating the harmony and wisdom of these ancient lands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726649233231-B1Q8B6PKG2LFYGME050G/CQ4A9213+kopya.jpg serpentia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726649264789-O207F4UQOCJCKQLU89NW/CQ4A9209+kopya.jpg serpentia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726649613774-39P5ELNWK7L4AVHX12HX/CQ4A0030.jpeg serpentia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726650157653-HAZZRIDUZ48WLU38IVFZ/CQ4A0027.jpeg serpentia https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1726650436855-IYHZE2EIDLO19JGTQ28Z/CQ4A9233.jpeg serpentia http://www.meltemsahin.info/unseeing-eye daily 0.75 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572434895142-H1QN7PDB8EG1YENPYSNF/IMG_7454+%281%29.jpg un-seeing eye - un-seeing eye "un-seeing eye" is a ytong-carved face, shaped by nature's influence and crafted with stones and wood. The subtle scar symbolizes human impact, while plaster marks on the back reveal its origin. The engraved face with a blind third eye signifies the uncertainty of our future amidst the climate crisis, urging collective responsibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1572434895142-H1QN7PDB8EG1YENPYSNF/IMG_7454+%281%29.jpg un-seeing eye - un-seeing eye "un-seeing eye" is a ytong-carved face, shaped by nature's influence and crafted with stones and wood. The subtle scar symbolizes human impact, while plaster marks on the back reveal its origin. The engraved face with a blind third eye signifies the uncertainty of our future amidst the climate crisis, urging collective responsibility. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729502630102-2F8N0613RF85GQ5NCN3T/IMG_4105.jpg un-seeing eye - when trees speak “un-seeing eye” was part of the “When Trees Speak” exhibition at Cendere Sanat Müzesi, co-curated by Ebru Yetiskin, and it encourages empathy while reflecting on our collective journey toward solidarity and foresight. This installation titled "Bearing Witness," incorporates "The Tree of Gezi Park," "Un-seeing Eye," and "my father says the red pines sulk," works I’ve created over the last decade. This exhibition took place in Istanbul, Türkiye in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729502651544-LQE1VXBPV4DIVJKFD4EY/IMG_4063.jpg un-seeing eye http://www.meltemsahin.info/the-tree-of-gezi-park daily 0.75 2024-10-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729669901320-6F3GE8ZUHEE19Q3SJ6PE/gezi-+30x20cm-+400.png the tree of gezi park - the tree of gezi park ‘The Tree of Gezi Park’ was created during the Gezi Park protests in 2013. The protests united thousands of people across the country against the demolition plan of the Gezi Park. The traces of various demonstrations, civil disobedience, and forms of protest were archived and preserved in the log of the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729669901320-6F3GE8ZUHEE19Q3SJ6PE/gezi-+30x20cm-+400.png the tree of gezi park - the tree of gezi park ‘The Tree of Gezi Park’ was created during the Gezi Park protests in 2013. The protests united thousands of people across the country against the demolition plan of the Gezi Park. The traces of various demonstrations, civil disobedience, and forms of protest were archived and preserved in the log of the tree. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729669921060-BQHFFSXUXVP3WD74X4RZ/644c8613348743.56272ce817626.jpg the tree of gezi park “The Tree of Gezi Park” was featured in Bant Magazine, Art and Culture Magazine based in Istanbul, Türkiye in 2013. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729669957881-32V2LB53MJAXJSYGCPPM/fb00f413348743.56272bceb8c7d.jpeg the tree of gezi park “The Tree of Gezi Park” was part of the “Torun” exhibition based in Ankara, Türkiye in 2014. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729669979981-85A46TIR392WX612Q5YI/IMG_4104.jpg the tree of gezi park “The Tree of Gezi Park” was part of the “When Trees Speak” exhibition at Cendere Sanat Müzesi, co-curated by Ebru Yetiskin, and it encourages empathy while reflecting on our collective journey toward solidarity and foresight. This installation titled "Bearing Witness," incorporates "The Tree of Gezi Park," "Un-seeing Eye," and "my father says the red pines sulk," works I’ve created over the last decade. This exhibition took place in Istanbul, Türkiye in 2024. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1729669996422-5F7RGN29I5RJVM1LU5JD/IMG_4069.jpg the tree of gezi park http://www.meltemsahin.info/deluze daily 0.75 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732874056187-ZDU4KFBOOHAZH54FA07X/Melville-becoming-Moby-Dick-.gif deleuze - Melville becoming Moby-Dick This is Cezanne's enigma, which has often been commented upon: Man is absent from but entirely within the landscape. Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari Deleuze and Guattari write about American writer Herman Melville becoming Moby Dick, Vincent van Gogh becoming sunflowers, and Paul Cézanne becoming landscape in the absence of man. He says during the process of creating art, artists become the piece itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732874056187-ZDU4KFBOOHAZH54FA07X/Melville-becoming-Moby-Dick-.gif deleuze - Melville becoming Moby-Dick This is Cezanne's enigma, which has often been commented upon: Man is absent from but entirely within the landscape. Gilles Deleuze & Felix Guattari Deleuze and Guattari write about American writer Herman Melville becoming Moby Dick, Vincent van Gogh becoming sunflowers, and Paul Cézanne becoming landscape in the absence of man. He says during the process of creating art, artists become the piece itself. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732872302529-VQDYU71C1023T0YTOT3H/image-asset.jpeg deleuze - Cezanne becoming Mountain https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732876588832-N8F2HUEY90GKJOJYJOVG/ezgif-5-5ecfb686dd.gif deleuze - Van Gogh becoming sunflowers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732872302515-8QTN51I1PJLN59MY3KKP/image-asset.octet-stream deleuze https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169164852-V9FG02FWUO9TBK8CJNSX/Ce%CC%81zanne-becoming-Mont-Sainte-Victoire-min.gif deleuze - Cézanne becoming Mont Sainte Victoire http://www.meltemsahin.info/collective-headsciousness daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732873717980-RMGP5WY3H3WXOE0OE7S9/Collective+headsciousness+in+green.gif collective headsciousness - Collective Headsciousness in green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732873717980-RMGP5WY3H3WXOE0OE7S9/Collective+headsciousness+in+green.gif collective headsciousness - Collective Headsciousness in green https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732873702608-3TIALGX2K9V17KTABXNH/Collective+headsciousness+in+purple.gif collective headsciousness - Collective Headsciousness in purple https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732873714011-X4J8DFKO95VL44QA4441/Collective+headsciousness+in+red.gif collective headsciousness - Collective Headsciousness in orange http://www.meltemsahin.info/quarantine-survivors-in-stanbul daily 0.75 2024-11-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732875463014-FAQGFI5NGQLWGRE8W7SG/Quarantine+Survivors+in+Istanbul+%281%29.gif quarantine survivors in istanbul - Quarantine Survivors in Istanbul Animated illustration created for “Istanbul The Lights” designed by the Contemporary Istanbul Art, Culture and Education Foundation between 7th of December and 3rd of January. By bringing together the motifs from different periods and cultures from Göbeklitepe to the Ottoman Empire, I tried o depict the diversity and cultural history of the lands we live in. Also, I wanted to show our quarantine moods: some found the cure in their plants, some found it in their sun inside. Quarantine Survivors in Istanbul been selected as Winner in the Environmental Illustration Category for 2021 Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732875463014-FAQGFI5NGQLWGRE8W7SG/Quarantine+Survivors+in+Istanbul+%281%29.gif quarantine survivors in istanbul - Quarantine Survivors in Istanbul Animated illustration created for “Istanbul The Lights” designed by the Contemporary Istanbul Art, Culture and Education Foundation between 7th of December and 3rd of January. By bringing together the motifs from different periods and cultures from Göbeklitepe to the Ottoman Empire, I tried o depict the diversity and cultural history of the lands we live in. Also, I wanted to show our quarantine moods: some found the cure in their plants, some found it in their sun inside. Quarantine Survivors in Istanbul been selected as Winner in the Environmental Illustration Category for 2021 Applied Arts Photography & Illustration Award. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732874850269-BE291O3QR5UJVXY5I0Z8/quarantine+survivors+in+istanbul.gif quarantine survivors in istanbul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732874864206-8MXNBYVCJ2ULYHMDRYKR/insta1+copy.gif quarantine survivors in istanbul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732874884676-TY2P9YVCOF5Z6FEKMBRY/insta2+%282%29.gif quarantine survivors in istanbul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732874902141-EDC35NUWWE49NSRNV7B6/insta3.gif quarantine survivors in istanbul https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1732874916367-DZZQMLT53TU7UB0HRRR8/insta4.gif quarantine survivors in istanbul http://www.meltemsahin.info/those-fruits daily 0.75 2024-12-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205124533-Q85C6KCLOFIBATV3OBEE/image-asset.jpeg those fruits - those fruits Suspended from the ceiling, two ceramic heads—a monkey and a woman—face each other, their forms resembling organic vessels. Their mouths are sculpted mid-song, emitting a uncanny and sorrowful duet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205124533-Q85C6KCLOFIBATV3OBEE/image-asset.jpeg those fruits - those fruits Suspended from the ceiling, two ceramic heads—a monkey and a woman—face each other, their forms resembling organic vessels. Their mouths are sculpted mid-song, emitting a uncanny and sorrowful duet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205124516-1IR6IYNI8R9AOIK1P50R/image-asset.octet-stream those fruits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205293674-OFNU1HKARR452UHOXFY5/uzaktan.jpg those fruits The piece draws on two intertwined narratives. The Vakvak Tree, a mythical creation, portrays women as fruit-like beings, hung by their hair and used for sexual purposes before being discarded—a chilling metaphor for objectification and commodification. Paired with this fiction is the historical reality of the monkey massacres in Ottoman-era Istanbul during the 16th century. Monkeys were accused by an imam of being used to satisfy women’s desires within their homes. This accusation incited religious fervor and mass hysteria, culminating in the hanging of monkeys from trees, described as “trees bearing monkey fruit.” Both stories expose how patriarchal systems scapegoat and exploit the vulnerable, crossing species boundaries to perpetuate cycles of violence. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205281472-E1ZKRG3VMXM3ZICMGFKX/maymun.jpg those fruits Together, the monkey and woman hum fragments from Pergolesi's Stabat Mater. They mimic each other's fragments and interchange until they become together and vocalize their own natural sounds. This cyclical dialogue of mimicry and harmony becomes an exchange of grief, defiance, and resilience. 5533, located in Unkapanı—where monkeys were historically hung—adds an eerie resonance to the work, grounding its speculative fiction in historical truth. The duet becomes a memorial for silenced beings sharing a single tree—human and non-human. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205271036-2X18V6RBOJSUG48WUXUR/kadin.jpg those fruits Those Fruits is featured in the exhibition You&I&it, organized by Didem Erbaş with exhibition space design by Evrim Karacan, was held from December 21st to December 28th 2024 at IMC 5533. Artwork by Meltem Şahin Music by Mert Kocadayı https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205273085-Z97TNZ0CKQJCG68QBBIW/alttan.jpg those fruits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205285407-VD2BIFWYPMM8U91VDVZ3/rana+arka.jpg those fruits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205280908-4LHL0VTC799E6BFBIN98/meltem+onden.jpg those fruits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205284415-DOLV236PH4KN08NF12FS/toplufoto.jpg those fruits https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1735205274173-CK102RQ8UDJRDSMYEJ06/kurulumdan.jpg those fruits from installation day with my father http://www.meltemsahin.info/artemis-of-ephesus daily 0.75 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741167602928-Z9G7X3LMJ2GDP52NRLLR/IMG_3565.jpg artemis of ephesus - Artemis of Ephesus "Artemis of Ephesus" is exhibited at @mixerarts as part of the PRINTED'23 exhibition. This piece, created from my original pastel work, is available in 10 editions and printed with archival pigment on Hahnemühle matte fiber paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741167602928-Z9G7X3LMJ2GDP52NRLLR/IMG_3565.jpg artemis of ephesus - Artemis of Ephesus "Artemis of Ephesus" is exhibited at @mixerarts as part of the PRINTED'23 exhibition. This piece, created from my original pastel work, is available in 10 editions and printed with archival pigment on Hahnemühle matte fiber paper. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741167510330-O0NBOQDXQ5ZHHU6JZKBK/f40d3d4e-9f72-4901-adcf-66a67670b318+copy.jpg artemis of ephesus Why "have balls" when dozens of balls are already hanging on you? Artemis of Ephesus, who was believed to carry sacrificial bull testicles, embodied female strength and empowerment and fiercely protected women and girls from harm. This piece has been created for International Women's Day to embrace her spirit of rebellion and fight against the oppressive systems that seek to control and diminish us in Turkey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741167504978-H3SFZ2EIETSOS85HH4EW/artemis.jpg artemis of ephesus original pastel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741167507214-FT4IHQ6N45TBSSKPX5OQ/artemis2.jpg artemis of ephesus http://www.meltemsahin.info/monoprint-drawings daily 0.75 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169580855-FR74SB1OATM7A7DEIPB2/IMG_20201213_0002%2B%25281%2529.jpg monoprint drawings - There are thick lines, tightly stretched threads for us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169580855-FR74SB1OATM7A7DEIPB2/IMG_20201213_0002%2B%25281%2529.jpg monoprint drawings - There are thick lines, tightly stretched threads for us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741168891496-RF85YHUXJXSXPVY2FV90/IMG_20201213_0002%2B%25281%2529.jpg monoprint drawings - There are thick lines, tightly stretched threads for us https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169646537-NCFRRP18DCHYX67VZROB/1741169618271-67270040-a8dc-40b3-8f3f-87c8b0aa9c04_1.jpg monoprint drawings - A man locked his wife in the house, put his cigarettes out on her skin https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169187011-AC547J6ID7WO9RJ2XB9C/1741168927532-eadb085d-9e9e-4f16-846f-cf282fa98add_1.jpg monoprint drawings - Cover our mouths while smiling https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169783252-VM3CMVHJ1MTSGABRGVNJ/1741169740560-367bfd78-7991-45f7-98cd-19c4de1ae0ae_1.jpg monoprint drawings - That’s enough, enough. . . let’s get out and loosen our tongues https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169353659-EDJRK4RPNNGJLAJNGZ0M/1741168930439-09d615b5-4b67-4107-bb93-670ad0111572_1.jpg monoprint drawings - The pain of one doesn’t bleed into the other https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169224737-2EM4MSMTLK2JEXVXSERA/1741168928441-e337167a-0fad-42be-b243-45d3e0a71c1c_1.jpg monoprint drawings - We were made of a single rib https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169865529-EEPQ6T0FSQ74RGKFTU20/1741169847445-04fe315b-fc90-490f-972e-3e170ebc347d_1.jpg monoprint drawings - Yet each man kills the thing he loves https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741170563923-RGOMM36JIVFWCYS685A2/1741169954870-27c97c06-68d2-4851-9157-d9bb36361142_1.jpg monoprint drawings - The strong prey on the weak in the animal kingdom https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169372163-HMMDNNFV3YCWTOGVM3HN/1741168931722-c5e7b228-d876-4056-936b-58b20c15141b_1.jpg monoprint drawings - Why is the woman in an ironing commercial naked https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741170581952-T0DT7UTJGXBDW3E0JC5O/1741170029736-bf6b0728-85de-44dc-b8d5-dd2bc072d9e9_1.jpg monoprint drawings - To squat https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741168976980-6NH7Y1UT7LXA2VR4OQKO/1741168931521-c4895dbe-1740-441c-9615-a096305f87a4_1.jpg monoprint drawings - “fiercely” recommend from now on all women be “fierce” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169386563-CLW9YDBGBIWGWO8O8Y5E/1741168932507-87b6f1d3-6eba-463e-8efb-5197e5836f0f_1.jpg monoprint drawings - With an elephant, for instance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741170284776-V7XF26PU7QNGHX3JV3AF/1741170264283-d845705e-b7ec-4991-a197-d9af7bf27f2e_1.jpg monoprint drawings - There is Adam and his rib https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741170362020-K0W6P5YKKXTJ8EEKU4AW/1741170344814-ecd7a499-dbe1-44d8-85a3-45290056d853_1.jpg monoprint drawings - Adding to "favorites" https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741170489594-SEW7NTWA14DZS7BUQJIG/1741170472110-60d13052-4f18-4396-8d81-1f0cddbb1c24_1.jpg monoprint drawings - Two different animals https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741168979017-1XA4K4RH1ATT36LVMC6T/1741168933019-03930747-98ec-4f98-845b-837401bff622_1.jpg monoprint drawings - Like autotrophs, etc http://www.meltemsahin.info/white-spot daily 0.75 2025-03-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169740083-1Z7FC8A90T59WKAQ1FOE/Bored+Face+Sticker+by+Meltem+S%CC%A7ahin.gif white spot - white spot “White Spot” is a series of three artworks—“Fading Inward,” “Muted Voices,” and “Darkening Within”—addressing the oppressive regime currently experienced in Türkiye. The government seeks to intimidate, dishearten, and silence those who advocate for fundamental human rights. In today’s political climate, opposition from academics, intellectuals, and the media is punished, while violence and instability are encouraged. Through these works, I aim to capture the psychological toll of living under oppression: the erosion of ideas, the loss of motivation, and the slow decline of mental well-being. Using lenticular print technology, viewers witness this transformation as they move past the artwork. Walking to the right reveals a descent into repression and despair; walking to the left reverses the process, offering a glimpse of normalcy and resilience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169740083-1Z7FC8A90T59WKAQ1FOE/Bored+Face+Sticker+by+Meltem+S%CC%A7ahin.gif white spot - white spot “White Spot” is a series of three artworks—“Fading Inward,” “Muted Voices,” and “Darkening Within”—addressing the oppressive regime currently experienced in Türkiye. The government seeks to intimidate, dishearten, and silence those who advocate for fundamental human rights. In today’s political climate, opposition from academics, intellectuals, and the media is punished, while violence and instability are encouraged. Through these works, I aim to capture the psychological toll of living under oppression: the erosion of ideas, the loss of motivation, and the slow decline of mental well-being. Using lenticular print technology, viewers witness this transformation as they move past the artwork. Walking to the right reveals a descent into repression and despair; walking to the left reverses the process, offering a glimpse of normalcy and resilience. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169746862-G6OQ6X95QCM2PO3QV6WA/Face+Eyes+Sticker+by+Meltem+S%CC%A7ahin.gif white spot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1741169751099-0I1EEFRPFZW3YTE3UHER/Sad+Face+Sticker+by+Meltem+S%CC%A7ahin.gif white spot http://www.meltemsahin.info/singularity-zoetrope daily 0.75 2025-03-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459742265629-GAKSTNKL8HSGND2NKPNA/circle.gif singularity zoetrope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461429214851-WUJBG3WVI50N2ZX5J3OJ/Thesis-33.jpg singularity zoetrope 4. Vinyl Zoetrope “Becoming minoritarian is a never-ending process. It is a escaping from the sameness of majority.” Gilles Deleuze, A Thousand Plateaus According to Deleuze, on the road to singularity, one needs to escape from the axiomatic model of the majority. On the disk of the toy, one can observe a woman walking with the heads falling onto her constantly, but the woman moves away from them with the shake of her head. In order to see movement of the image on the disk, there is a stroboscopic light (white LEDs) that flickers on certain times like in 3D Zoetrope. Along with the linear animation that happens on each slice of the disk, there is also radial animation that can be observed in the totality of the disk. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1461429006448-X8ZMFQSZAT6RNUXIRLL8/Thesis-32.jpg singularity zoetrope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459742509578-46P1LAJW1LJZSY4BO1HQ/singularinstgram.gif singularity zoetrope https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1469132175656-WUJGOI4T8BOCVWHHRDQM/image-asset.jpeg singularity zoetrope - Vinyl Zoetrope http://www.meltemsahin.info/severance daily 0.75 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750670655616-TP1GFGH2SLPBZV1YH3ZR/image-asset.jpeg severance - severance In Ottoman-Islamic Mythology through Miniatures (Minyatürlerle Osmanlı-İslâm Mitologyası), Metin And describes the myth of the Waqwaq Tree, depicting women as passive objects of desire, suspended by their hair from branches. In this artwork, however, women rewrite their own narratives: The central woman refuses to be plucked and subjected to rape; she cuts her own hair, liberating herself. As she falls, she passes her scissors to another woman—one woman's escape enables the liberation of others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750670655616-TP1GFGH2SLPBZV1YH3ZR/image-asset.jpeg severance - severance In Ottoman-Islamic Mythology through Miniatures (Minyatürlerle Osmanlı-İslâm Mitologyası), Metin And describes the myth of the Waqwaq Tree, depicting women as passive objects of desire, suspended by their hair from branches. In this artwork, however, women rewrite their own narratives: The central woman refuses to be plucked and subjected to rape; she cuts her own hair, liberating herself. As she falls, she passes her scissors to another woman—one woman's escape enables the liberation of others. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750670655352-J8F12XRTUNKTDSWPJHY6/image-asset.octet-stream severance https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750670741405-EEDSYZXPFGMQE4FVF3PP/WhatsApp+Image+2025-06-23+at+10.25.11.jpeg severance The piece reinterprets the depiction of the Waqwaq Tree found in the manuscript Kitab al-Bulhan (Book of Wonders). The original Arabic text accompanying the illustration is replaced by "The Liberation of the Woman from the Waqwaq Tree." The artwork not only rewrites a historical myth but also references Iran's Jin, Jiyan, Azadî (Woman, Life, Freedom) movement. Here, cutting hair symbolizes not loss, but defiance. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750754392219-50Q8DDMFOG112BGMJUGI/DSCF5397.jpg severance This mono-print GIF was exhibited in Tightly Knotted to a Similar String at Quick Art Space, curated by Nergis Abıyeva, with exhibition design by Kubilay Ozmen and assistance by Gönül Abıyeva. http://www.meltemsahin.info/when-i-break-away daily 0.75 2025-06-24 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750754337586-H22OA34M5859IR2MF88K/DSCF5440.jpg when i break away - when i break away This piece is an installation created specifically for Quick Art Space. The “Severance” GIF was produced using the monoprint technique, and the work on display features the original monoprint prints used to create the animation. The individual prints, generated during the production phase, are hung sequentially one below the other to form the motion sequence of the animation. Twenty frames have been selected from the moment a woman cuts her hair as an act of liberation. This arrangement makes the relationship between digital and physical production processes visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750754337586-H22OA34M5859IR2MF88K/DSCF5440.jpg when i break away - when i break away This piece is an installation created specifically for Quick Art Space. The “Severance” GIF was produced using the monoprint technique, and the work on display features the original monoprint prints used to create the animation. The individual prints, generated during the production phase, are hung sequentially one below the other to form the motion sequence of the animation. Twenty frames have been selected from the moment a woman cuts her hair as an act of liberation. This arrangement makes the relationship between digital and physical production processes visible. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750754213376-Y3FABWJKH8HI77L1D888/severance+severed.jpg when i break away This piece was exhibited in Tightly Knotted to a Similar String at Quick Art Space, curated by Nergis Abıyeva, with exhibition design by Kubilay Ozmen and assistance by Gönül Abıyeva. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750754246734-YWHK2UYFXOPVO8EOM6ZW/DSCF5397.jpg when i break away https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1750754216683-W1NYSCT0V6CEUFBJ9HAX/WhatsApp+Image+2025-06-23+at+10.25.11.jpeg when i break away http://www.meltemsahin.info/ucruh daily 1.0 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764595967538-8UBJREY8R8SANLLA56CR/main+photo.jpg üç ruh - üç ruh / three spirits This piece is the second in a series of digital carpets, created within the scope of the Vancouver Biennale through workshops with Indigenous, BIPOC, and 2-Spirit participants who are survivors of violence or relatives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2-Spirit people (MMIWG2ST). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764595967538-8UBJREY8R8SANLLA56CR/main+photo.jpg üç ruh - üç ruh / three spirits This piece is the second in a series of digital carpets, created within the scope of the Vancouver Biennale through workshops with Indigenous, BIPOC, and 2-Spirit participants who are survivors of violence or relatives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and 2-Spirit people (MMIWG2ST). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1770195263436-G36IXHJN6BNYNTVOY96U/image-asset.jpeg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1769417379848-GP8TEHTSGOZUJ1K85LTZ/ucruh.png üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1769417375338-AYA91Y8E16FEFNWTVKU8/ucruh2.png üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1769506645045-1IA1SWHTH5HX3EG0O6BL/ucruh3.png üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764595917013-LVW315OHI36QQ6L5L3UO/wide+shot+with+didactic.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764596006949-OR37Q3FYOTELYOORZN4J/detail+back.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764596057866-XUX0SXI6KFFDGAR7WMID/braids+detail.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764596165961-FIUBF71CXO58YM7UVT4I/Portraits_Session+2-09.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1769423386715-2JIBEP3V13NR8ETKA14R/image-asset.jpeg üç ruh - Life-Givers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1769423504424-0MY01NZAYSQ93048QVY1/image-asset.jpeg üç ruh - Warriors https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1769506269070-R47AOKTIAFPQ4G7RSU72/image-asset.jpeg üç ruh - Weavers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764596188257-55I5KF5SOJRQLPIG22AN/BTS+Photos_Session+2-12.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764596239394-PO1JDJQAQCA1EU4RYC6F/Portraits_Session+2-27.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764596238614-9LG4ODQISELWXY9EA9QG/Portraits_Session+2-28.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764596247583-9DDJ1DBCNT59N1SEXH2L/Portraits_Session+3-17.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764596249402-UV4J37U0XL72VYLYFVLN/Portraits_Session+3-24.jpg üç ruh https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1764843042962-1ANA8ELYFMD0DHSUWE78/image-asset.jpeg üç ruh - üç ruh / three spirits workshops Tracing the workshop process that grew into üç ruh / three spirits, seventeen Indigenous and other BIPOC women and 2-Spirit survivors came together over four sessions to share stories, transform grief into movement, and create their own spirits through writing, drawing, and dance. Guided by the archetypes of the Life-Giver, Weaver, and Warrior, these gatherings became spaces of connection and resilience, honouring those who are missing within the ongoing crisis of MMIWG2ST (Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, 2-Spirit, and Trans people). Filming ∙ Talya Florian Editing ∙ Hilal Şimşek http://www.meltemsahin.info/contact daily 0.75 2024-09-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/1459745803860-L634RVVEPCQ4X5XUPM6Y/foto2.jpg contact https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/570179fef699bbaade580265/3f60f994-3f03-416a-9516-f72be54ed6fb/meltemsahin+foto+%283%29.jpeg contact http://www.meltemsahin.info/privacy daily 0.75 2017-09-08