Deniz Uster
  • Deniz Uster
  • work
    • lens-based >
      • Homo-Scylla
      • The Polity of Φ promotional video
      • Beyond is Before
      • 69
      • Being an Ear Guest to a Gossip
      • Prelude
    • space-based >
      • Citadel (Bricolages)
      • Citadel
      • The Polity of Φ: The Consulate
      • The Polity of Φ: The Call
      • Beyond is Before installation
      • The Spine That Binds Us Together
      • Folly for the Short-Lived
      • Türgen Culture and Heritage
      • Somewhere in the Middle of Two, Southwest of One and North of The Other
      • Looking For a Needle in a Hay-Barn With No Eyes and No Hands
      • Invited and Volunteered
      • In the Memory of Four
      • Finger to a Blind Eye
      • Hide the Straw, Wait for its Time
      • Egg Washing Machine
      • A Machine or an Ifrit
      • Said and Put
    • paper-based >
      • mixed-media
      • ink
      • pencil
  • info
    • statement
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somewhere in the middle of two
southwest of one and north of the other

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The distinctive windcatchers of Bastakiya could be regarded as one of the clearest and oldest references to ‘cultural crossbreeding’ in Dubai with its Persian influence. They are also one of the earliest basic mechanisms in Dubai that were built and expected to fulfill a specific function.
       
Utilising reverse functionality as her methodology, Uster constructed three windcatchers dedicated to Istanbul, Glasgow and Dubai, the cities that have welcomed her and shaped her identity and practice; undressing them from their ‘capturing’ function, and turning them into ‘disseminating’ monuments. The kinetic components of each tower fortifies the idea of influx, transition and even failure if necessary. Furthermore, spreading respectively scent, humidity and sound; these towers house inner mechanisms as well as carrying a ‘vagrant’ look on the exterior.


The Glasgow windcatcher: water, pump, tree, car tyre, expanding foam, wood, steel, plaster
The Istanbul windcatcher: Turkish coffee, wicker, lace, Turkish coffee cup and saucer, wood, steel, plaster
The Dubai windcatcher: Toy cars, Emirati drum, sand, steel,wood, plaster

2012, 320X100X100 cm

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