Project Owner: Dilan Atasayar
Ceramic Production: Dilan Atasayar & Damla Mogulkoc
About the Project:
The tiles, which started to be used in our geography in the 11th century Anatolian Seljuk Period, have continued to be produced and developed with different techniques and compositions over time. Today, they are still used as art, craft and architectural construction material in different areas of use. Today's productions can be a means of expression depending on their purpose of use, as well as objects with commercial concerns. Although we can observe the most refined and well-known historical tile examples in museums or historical buildings, the majority of current tile productions cannot go beyond repeating tile designs from the past. These tiles, which cannot reflect today's lifestyle, thoughts and feelings, cannot become expressions and structures that today's people can relate to. Based on the styles of the 16th-17th century Classical Ottoman Period tile art, known for being one of the most characteristic periods of tile and belonging to Istanbul, we aim to reconnect with the needs, stories, metabolisms and symbolism of today and the people of the 21st century.
In this context, we will realize installations from tile, which is a production belonging to our geography and suitable for indoor/outdoor applications, that can respond to new potentials based on today's technological possibilities and human interaction. When the QR Codes in our installations are scanned, we address the contradiction between embracing and rejecting the conditions brought by time for centuries by human beings who are stuck between the comfort of tradition and the potential of the future. The Has Garden of the Palace, which is 16th-17th By examining the social events experienced in Gülhane Park, which has inspired the 20th century tiles, we emphasize through a tile panel that we have to break traditional norms and change and develop by remembering the past in order to keep up with the times; just like the process that tiles must go through. These tiles, which we see on their journey from classic to modern, are adorned with virtual networks/connections shaped by the needs of the 21st century and pixelated, will be presented to the site visitor on the page directed by the QR code, with gifs or music, showing the modernization steps hosted by Gülhane Park from the Tanzimat Edict to the present day and the moments of “No” when change was opposed.”
