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Artists and Poems: Istanbul 2022

In this world where our person plays an unclear role
you and I shall grow old like the old king in the tale;
our life is burning down, the glimmer of patience
in protected places; inevitable fate
encountered in silence.
One day ropes of silver will overshadow your temples and then
I will tear up those notebooks and abandon my poems;
let my soul be lapping as it were a lake
at the underground gates, where purple foliage
clear of the surface shakes.


						

					

				

	
	
				

				
				
Artwork

				Folliage 2019

				29cm x 38cm

				pen, pencil on watercolour paper with some PS colouring

				Zafer Aracagök   @zapharz

				

				
				
Poem

				The Tale 

				Translated by Peter Levi and Robin Milner-Gulland 

				
				Nikolai Zabolotsky 
				

				
				

				

				
				
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Özge Enginöz, Özlem Zeytin, Aida Teimourlouie, Arzu Arda Kosar, Beyza Acar, Elvan Alpay, Engin Güneysu, Ferhat Özgür, Gülay Alpay, Gul Cagin, Hülya Küpcuoglu, Ilknur Demirkoparan, Mehmet Reşat Başar, Melike Kilic, Nilhan Sesalan, Pinar Derin Gencer, Yesim Agaoglu, Zafer Aracagök
	
			
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"Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen."
			
Leonardo da Vinci
			
The tasks of the artists in Suturo Istanbul are two-fold: to search for a poem that
			echoes today's problems, specifically those of Istanbul and to powerfully
			juxtapose the words with their images. Moments described and unveiled in the
			chosen poems have clear affinities to today''s world even if written by a poet from
			the past. The atmosphere in the poems mirrors some uncanny similarities and
			concerns of these contemporary artists' works.
			
Gul Cagin
July 2022