Chairs, Fire, Birds

This work was created in Istanbul during a residency at KTSM, the art and design centre of Kale Group, and revolves around its environmental motto “Iyi Bak Dünyana” (take care of your world). The chair, the fire and the birds are used symbolically. The chair stands for the logics of power that dominate individuals and destroy the natural world. It represents our collective apathy towards change, and the sense of status quo that prevails. The fire depicts both destruction and the possibility for the advent of something new through the burning of the old. The birds represent anger at the patriarchal systems that oppress women and consume the planet. Their act of flying is the impulse to break away from this suffocation. They symbolise a new potential, a new narrative, the feminist utopia we need to spark hope.