Conquest of Argentina (2022)
Video - 4:04 minutes
Conquest of Argentina satirically criticizes the dominant narrative of Turkish history that constructs the history of Turkey around the concept of conquest centering "the Turkish race".
The satire is conveyed through text, set design, body language and voice. The film reuses memorized nationalist phrases and clichés, and displaces banal symbols such as the flag and the image of territory, challenging its audience to rethink them. The incompleteness of the scenographic elements underlines the fragility and artificiality of this historical narrative. Plastic rocks stacked on top of each other, appearing hard from outside but being soft inside, become a metaphor of nation-state historiography.
Thus, Conquest of Argentina criticizes the military aggressions and expansionism of the current government on the one hand, and the problematic relationship with the past, with minorities and with territory on the other hand.
Drift collective exhibition
La Friche la Belle de Mai - Marseille, France (2023)
La Friche la Belle de Mai - Marseille, France (2023)
Pebbles Underground Film and Video Art Festival - January 2025 - Online
Festival Parallèle, MAC Marseille - November 2023 - Marseille, France
Drift – Dérapage contrôlé, Friche La Belle de Mai - Aug.-Oct. 2023 - Marseille, France
7.8.7.5 Fundraiser / Gathering, Grey Space - February 2023 - The Hague, Netherlands
Festival Parallèle, MAC Marseille - November 2023 - Marseille, France
Drift – Dérapage contrôlé, Friche La Belle de Mai - Aug.-Oct. 2023 - Marseille, France
7.8.7.5 Fundraiser / Gathering, Grey Space - February 2023 - The Hague, Netherlands