Cansu Yıldıran’s (They/Them, Istanbul, 1996) practice can be regarded as a persistent and passionate quest for ‘home.’ Throughout this journey in pursuit of the concept of home, the stops can be a body, a place, an emotion, friends, or a community.
Yıldıran documents various stories and stages tales and rituals through visual arts, focusing on alternative histories inspired by personal experiences. While the starting point of their stories may originate from personal connections and concerns, they also draw inspiration from social movements, collective memory and oral history delving and gaining layers through prolonged examination. They explore ways to convey the past, present, and future, and to bring new meanings to them. Through sculptural creations where photography and sculpture merge, they evoke traces of the past not only visually but also physically.