Where Did I Lose You My Trampled Fantasies

Istanbul is the home of the Istanbulites, their universe and a true cosmos. The
obelisks are the historical symbols of Istanbul’s urban memory; they are the
cultural guards of the city reaching out to the skies... The project is addressed in
this context as the city’s roots and identities are fragmented and altered every
day; as the city’s memories are constantly emptied out and reshaped, Istanbul is
represented in the form of an “obelisk”, and the individual who can no longer take
shelter in it is forced to leave. Home is where a person lives in comfort and trust,
a place where one can sleep peacefully. In the composition, the image of the
pillow carried under the figure’s seat symbolizes this desire and longing for such
a place. As Gaston Bachelard expresses in “Poetics of Space”;“Are the towers of
our souls razed for all time? Are we to remain, to quote Gerard de Nerval’s famous
line, beings whose “towers have been destroyed”?