The Fener topography line project 

View from Sancaktar Yokuşu, Fener, Fatih 

From a series of lines supported by the architectural structure of an old factory in Üsküdar designed for a previous project, to a straight line in Fener, the same basic geometrical shape tells a different story depending on the context.

The actual pure white line is set on the top of an ancient wall and a traditional wood house. It keeps its way along the top of this unique land that is the only Christian Orthodox Palestinian territory in the area. Indeed the background of Istanbul, as well as Turkey, is a multicultural, multilingual and multi-religious.

This line is a clear and simple statement but in a very conservative and poor neighborhood, it is quite hard to implement. It reveals, beyond the monochrome color, that nothing can comes alone. It underlines the need to keep both alternative and cultural multiplicity alive.

This installation is not about aesthetic matters, it is mainly designed to crab the attention and to stimulate our vigilance about the various elements of our environment.

In a globalised world where political agenda has become an oversimplification tool, it is important to keep history in mind as well as to keep the mix of cultural and human variety as the only possible genuine foundation for the future. 

This project was part of Official Parallel program of the12th Istanbul Biennial

  View from Vodina Cadesi

 View of the line fixed to wooden house at the top of the land, looking west

 View of the line fixed to wooden house at the top of the land, looking east

 view of the line in the urban context

 drawing of the line as implemented on the land in Fener between Vodina Caddesi, Sancaktar Yokuşu and Çimen Sokak