Ebru
Over seven years in making, Ebru is a sweeping and poignant photographic journey that illuminates, through the faces of its people, the rich cultural diversity of Turkey.
The English translation of “ebru” is “marbled paper,” which refers to the fluidity of paint and water on paper. With its creative combination of water and paper, “ebru” inspires the possibility of conceptualizing historical flow and “passing solidity” at the same time. As such, it is a metaphor that offers a promising alternative to others like “the mosaic”or “the quilt” for thinking through the new and old dilemmas of cultural politics at the turn of the century.
BALNAK is supporting this exciting photographic journey of Attila Durak