Osman Bozkurt

Domestic Archeology / Covid-19 Studio Logs

2020 

A small window in my studio leads onto the rooftop; my only access to the outside world amid a group of tall buildings in one of the busiest areas of the city that has been deserted nowadays. This reminds me of the Neolithic site of Çatalhöyük dwellings that people entered and left by means of ladders leading to the rooftops. I spend my days recovering material remains from the neighboring old building that was being torn down, demolition was underway before the virus locked us in. Then I meticulously clean and classify my findings, looking for fragments of individual and collective histories. A very modest collection of Marseilles roof tiles with inscribed names allows me to identify the manufacturers, some bricks, concrete, and nails... Compiling a series of photographs that were taken at the dig, Domestic Archeology chronicles my ongoing fieldwork during the days of quarantine.

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