9 Channel Public Space Sound Installation (Excerpt)
48stunden Neukölln Art Festival
Richardplatz, Berlin

We are fragile animals, insecure ones that need constant reassurance – we forever desire the reminder that we are loved. And yet the repetition of this phrase can take on many understandings. It can seem sweet, romantic, painful, move into a mantra or it can begin to lose feeling and meaning. The phrase can take on countless forms and, depending on how it is said and the context, it is the emotion behind the phrase that gives it its true meaning. The artwork explores this in the different tonality of voice in the different channels. The phrase is repeated, but nuances occur within each channel, different situations arise in the one’s mind. What is the meaning and feeling of each phrase said? Does it seem real, or theatrical? Is it acting, is it a lie or the truth?

There are subtle differences in the emotional weight of “I love you” across different languages, all unique within their own context. Every language, every culture, every family, every relationship, every person develops a unique connection with “I love you”, “Seni seviyorum”, “Ich liebe Dich”.

Love: forever the extremities of passion, suffering, euphoria, it can make you crazy or ‘Kafayı yemek’.

Each version performed by a native speaker in English, German, Turkish.