Object collecting_social clubs for housewife

social club

It was the first time to be invited into a turkish tea house in Kucuk Pazar, which was about 10 minutes' walk from the Grand Bazaar. This was a traditional neighbourhood in the central city.Beside a demolished wooden house's site, an old tailor was concentrating on sawing. Only kids were playing in the alley while their mums sometimes peeped them from the upstairs windows.

The tea house was not new to me,which i had known from the turkish movie "Distant". It was like social club where men gathered to play backgammon while being served steaming hot Turkish tea.They also watched TV or talked about daily things together.With a custom of "men domain",it is obvious that the existence of us three girls let them feel unexpected.These small tea houses can be easily found in villages,town squares,seasides and so on, where people spend day and night in this city.

The trip to Gulensu 2 days later was in the late sunny morning. It was a quiet and peaceful gecekondu village where i can see housewives doing housework in the balconies or chatting in the small garden in front of houses. Men went out to earn a living, women took care of families and prepared for dinner.This scene may be changed by the invasion of new built gate communities beside the village. Some day the inhabitants of Gulensu may move into those modern style apartment thanks to the city's policy,with the lost of their beloved garden, the family-like neighbourhood, the best girlfriends,and many pleasant moment.

object collecting_homemade play device

Playground for children can be seen every where in the open space of Istanbul,no matter in the sea side or high way's buffer zone. It supposed that people may use them for excises or relax in daily life,and sometimes the residents in nearby neighbourhood just come and use the facilities,though it may not so convenient. In some gecekondu settlement such as Tarlabasi, the inhabitants just made some play device for children by themselves. The spontaneous techniques are one of the urban life characters i found in Istanbul. The intention to made chance to get better living facilities by such informal activities always results in all kinds of creative built work in the city.The normal stuffs in daily life or recycled material are mainly used.

object collecting_wooden houses

“It is no more possible to take pride in these neglected dwellings,which dirt,dust and mud have blended into their surroundings,than it is to rejoice in in the beautiful old wooden houses that as a child i watched burn down one by one."---Istanbul Memories and the city

Istanbul has a long tradition of construction in wood.Those wooden houses from the Ottoman empire period are one of Istanbul's least appreciated architectural forms.But many of they have vanished and the survivors are under threat because of lots of new modern development and gentrification project take place in those historical areas. Some of the houses are demolishing now or neglect until collapse.You can easily find those demolishing house pieces or fragments as window/door frames in the city,which may be taken by local rural inhabitants to make some temporary structures or shelters.

The demolishing wooden houses' fragments and those isolated houses in bad condition are objects which i want to borrow from the city to relocate and recombine in the carnival site. To form some temporary platform and building by wooden house material and additional supporting structure such as cranes and scaffolds.The new looking and function may be totally different from the original houses, to achieve an overlay and penetration of various of memories.

object collecting_mobile vending machine

The morning in Eminonu belongs to those early birds, who can not wait to place their mobile vending machines to the square in front of the spicy bazaar, and looking forward of a brand new busy day. The vendors are also best friends of Buri, a 9-year old girl who live in Fener, one of the oldest neighbourhood in Istanbul. They always bring delicious home made "simit"(a kind of turkish bread)downstairs, she and her friends sometimes can get one for free. In Buri's dream, one day she becomes the first passenger of the vending "vehicle" and the captain is playing baglama like Mr.Orhan Gencebay.Mr."Orhan" has bushy green hair and took her to lots of places in Istanbul where she has never been before.Every time "orhan"droped in some place he liked singing and dancing with villagers into the late night. And one thing Buri feels so curious is that the captain's countless treasures in his Vehicle,which he always gives to people as gifts when starts a new journey.