“ÇAMDİBİ PROJECT” IS A PERSONAL MONOGRAPHY ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A CRITIC FOR "THE NEW WORLD". THE IDEA OF “THE WORLD” WHICH STUCK IN “VERTICAL AND HORIZONTAL UNHAPPINESS OF SPACE AND TIME.” AS THE TURKISH POET TURGUT UYAR SAID.
ÇAMDİBİ CREATES SOME KIND OF CONFUSION IN PEOPLE’S MINDS ABOUT THE IDEA OF “NEW”, WITH THE POLITICS OF GENTRIFICATION WHICH IS THE SAME PATTERN EASILY TO BE FOUND IN THE REST OF CONTEMPORARY TURKEY. THIS BOOK IS ABOUT LOSING THE IDEA OF “THE WORLD” WHICH CONTAINS GRAVITY, NATURE, OR THE BASIC HUMAN FUNDAMENTALS SUCH AS JOY, ANGER, AND SADNESS. IN MARC AUGÉ’S FAMOUS TEXT, NON-PLACES: INTRODUCTION TO AN ANTHROPOLOGY OF SUPERMODERNITY, IT IS BEING DISCUSSED THAT PLACES LIKE SHOPPING MALLS, AIRPORTS, OR UNDERGROUND METRO STATIONS ARE NOT “PLACES” ANY MORE. THEY MUST BE CALLED “NON-PLACE”. FROM A SIMILAR POINT OF VIEW, NEIGHBOURHOODS MAY BE “PLACES” WITH ALL OF THE POSSIBILITIES FOR LIFE AND THE ANTI-SPACE FOR THE CITY, THE NEGATIVE, AND THE UNSEEN. FROM THIS CONTEXT, ÇAMDİBİ CONNECTS WITH “THE CENTER”, HIGHLY LIKELY “BECOMING THE CENTER” ITSELF.
ÇAMDİBİ PROJESİ / ÇAMDİBİ PROJECT
16X22CM, 120 PAGES
OPEN SPINE, WRAPPED WITH A MAP.
16X22CM, 120 PAGES
OPEN SPINE, WRAPPED WITH A MAP.
DECEMBER 2015
