Lundy, Louis, Barge and Troy (2014)

Two channel synchronized (1080x1920) HD video, sound, 6’ 31”

The conceptual and the visual construct of the artist’s work is twofold: one screen presents the shipwrecks of the fleet of the Allies, Lundy, Louis and Barge that were sunk in their approach to the strait of Dardanelles in Turkey during the ‘Gallipoli Campaign’ of World War One. The second one shows the bustle of contemporary vessels crisscrossing the blue waters above. From an unfamiliar bird’s eye perspective, the camera tracks slowly over the length of the shipwrecks revealing decaying remnants that are both hauntingly beautiful and menacing. The 4th International Çanakkale Biennial exhibition catalogue text