Applying techniques of collage to the moving image, I create video art and mixed-media drawings. Fusing painting, collaged solvent transfers, embroidery, and crochet, the exhibition references the rich visual history of Turkish textiles and its method of storytelling to negotiate my hybrid immigrant identity. Combining images of the collective with figures from my heritage, I tell the story of an immigrant like an indigenous tapestry that weave together colorful symbols. Political scenes of the masses peak through layers of textile patterns over abstracted archetypes. Applying techniques of collage to the moving image, my multi-layered, animated videos explore immigrant identity as seen from both Turkish and foreign perspectives.
