Spans in her practice from video to installations. Her work focuses on private stories, which are often humorous or ...
Asli Sungu (born 1975 Istanbul) is a German performance artist and painter.
6 Stop motion film produced from still photos, each 1 minute.
The still images are produced as postcards, too. At the back of the postcards appears the poem of Sait Faik Abasıyanık called “ Red and Green” translated by Talat S.Halman.
Red.Green and Others
2022
In this work I rebuilt some of my dreams with the help of photo-collage.
These dreams are for me in a sense very personal but at the same time they belong to the whole universe, they are a part of mythology, religion, culture.
In these dreams the city that I live in is a mixture of İstanbul and Berlin. The photography helps me to show it.
Photo-collages, each 150cm x 112,5cm
Dreams
2011- 2013
In this work I asked my mother and father separately to style me according to their expectations of a daughter. As my mother turns me into a primary- school aged little princess, my father turns me into a business woman with high-heels and mini skirt.
2 Videos, Screen, 12 minutes and 14 minutes.
JUST LIKE THE MOTHER & FATHER
2006
In this work I asked a cook, dentist’s assistant and a cleaning lady to come to my flat in Berlin and stand behind the camera as I’m brushing my teeth, cleaning the window, ironing a shirt and making a salad. They’re invisible but we hear them making judgements, telling me how I do everything wrong. I try to follow their instructions.
Four channel videos, shown simultaneously on monitor with headphones.
7Min. 4Min. 6Min. 16Min.
FAULTY
2008