This is the final project I made for my graduate studio class. It is a series of photograhs that explore and deconstruct the absolute.
Absolute as a Concept
Absolute is not simply a word but a concept that contains various sub-meanings and contexts. My journey with the word began while I was still a philosophy major. I first heard of it during a talk about Hegel. I don't remember the context exactly but I am pretty sure that it had more than a few things to do with the existence, anxiety and above all God. Surely, not only for me, but for anyone who has the slightest interest in functioning of things around them, those subjects must be of great importance.
Nevertheless, thinking about absolute does not necessarily require philosophical thinking skills or a particular knowledge about Hegel and his predecessors. What I have been doing for some time now is only to pick the concept and then think about it broadly by looking at the hints of it visible around me. Basically, my project comprises three different point of views I have about absolute: Death, Religion and Love. This one here is
Religion: "Friday"
When I say absolute, I can imagine it clinging on religion in other minds without hesitation. It is not only in the concept's nature but also the uprising moderate Islam movement going on in Turkey in the last decade. I can see that a new kind of border betnween the us and the them is emerging that almost squeezes two possible worlds of contrasting lifestyles into one society. The other possible world is in Kocatepe, the biggest mosque in Ankara; I recommend you to "cross over" whenever you can. Even our president is there every Friday.
Year
January, 2012
Location
Ankara, Turkey
