Space as Reassurance

by Defne Oruc

The series of photographs are developed from old negatives (end of 80s) that I came upon in a family album back in Turkey. Only blown up segments of the negatives are exposed onto the photographic paper, while the total scene remains inaccessible. The resulting images revolve around the notion of estrangement and temporality, questioning the role of the archive as both a personal and collective reserve for oblivion/memory.

Defne is a 1 st year on the BA Fine Art and History of Art course. She spends her time trying to write and make/sculpt things that trouble the notion of inhabitance. She wishes she was an active Instagram user with an impressive profile showing her works but that is not really the case.