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One of the surprising things that we didn’t really account for on our residency was the cross fertilisation of other cultures and languages aside from Turkish. We had imagined that we would immerse… Continue reading
Tag Archive: culture
The day of the elephants in Ibrahimpaşa
Our friends, artists Sonja van Kerkhoff and Sen McGlinn came and visited us in IIbrahimpaşa for a couple of days. We met Sonja and Sen In Istanbul at ISEA2011. Sonja and I met… Continue reading
Kilim symbology
The Turkish carpets (kilims) provide a rich source of symbolism into the life of the region as well as personal information about the woman (men do not make these carpets) who made the… Continue reading
The beauty of light in Turkey
When recently doing some research into Turkish tulip designs, I came across a blog by Aaminah Shakur who is a poet, artist and writer. Some of her work is inspired by the art of… Continue reading
Mehmet Ali’s Wunderkammer
Yesterday, our host Willemijn introduced us to Mehmet Ali – a local artist and antique trader. He has the most wonderful collection of old maps, bric a brac, kilims and furniture. I find his… Continue reading
First steps for Cultural Strangers
Today we started to set up a studio space in a cave next to the Babayan Culture House. This is where we will construct an installation piece that we can move from location… Continue reading
Rumi’s poetry
I am finding many of Rumi’s poems very powerful and meaningful, both as life lessons and in the context of spirituality. Here is a few more I discovered today. The first one seems… Continue reading
Ibrahimpaşa – the village off the Google Map
We arrived at Ibrahimpaşa last night, the place where we will be doing our residency for the next month at the Babayan Culture House. One of the things that I think is… Continue reading
Rumi and Sufism
In an earlier post we explored briefly the Mawlawi Order and Women and Sufism. We were very pleased that our humble posts have been listed as references on another blog (Earth Pages) by… Continue reading