TURKEY

Çiglik 2 (Scream 2), 2020. Animatronic sculpture, 111 cm x 44 cm x 67 cm.

Supported by Bozlu Art Project Collection

Server Demirtass animatronic sculpture portrays a screaming woman, wrinkled with age. The work recalls the science-fiction author, Ursula Le Guin's upholding of the crone as an exemplar of the human race. Having liberated herself fronk reproductive / social obligations, and armed with unique experiences and wisdom, the crone signified to Le Guin an ideal spokesperson for humanity.

The visceral scream also evokes the Korean American artist Johanna Hedva's articulations of pain as well as the disassociation it causes from the body in their

'sick woman theory. Hedva finds mystical and socialist potentials in pain through her analysis of experiences of female mystics.

Occupying a sacred cove

composed of some of the oldest rocks in Mardin, the screaming woman gestures towards all of these potentials.