Istanbul

Istanbul is presented as a city projecting an image of itself into its own sky. Within the projection, an historical map of the Bosphorus appears, placing the geography of the city inside the image that hovers above it. Yet the movement does not remain one-way. The projected light, map, and fragments of the city begin to seep back into the dark silhouettes of the mosque and minarets below, weakening the boundary between the physical city and its projected image. What appears above is therefore both a reflection of Istanbul and a force that alters the city from which it emerged.

The work creates a reciprocal relationship between place and representation: the city produces its own image, while that image returns and becomes part of the city. Istanbul is no longer divided into original and projection, but exists as an exchange between physical form, memory, geography, and light across different layers.