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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WoMyDFntd4k
Looking Back is an autobiographical short movie which represents our stories in which we try to create coherent connections among our experiences that are supported by memory. It is created in Boulder and Istanbul and is displayed on the screen installed on a sculpture. The sculpture is a woman figure looking back.
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https://youtu.be/eKMN0q9r2pM
Floating Children Installation
With the “Floating Children” I intended to display the fragility of children in times of war. I collaborated with photojournalist Brian Rutter from Ireland for this exhibition.
Black and white photographs of Syrian children printed on sheer fabric are hung from the ceiling in a way to seem like they are floating in the wind. I was inspired by a Japanese woodblock from 18th century of a woman whose handkerchief and concealed letters were carried away by a s
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https://youtu.be/jnF3eS_EwB8
Clothes from the Past Installation was installed at the Dole Mansion in Illinois in March 2017 as part of a solo exhibition series by the Turkish American artist Belgin Yucelen, https://belginyucelen.com/.
"Costumes of a period portray the status of the people, their traditions and the sophistication of a culture. I created garments similar to the ones worn by Turkish women and children in Anatolia and Europe from 17th to 19th centuries in a way to bring back and portray my culture. I referre