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STATEMENT / “hive” “hive” takes a look at the unplanned urbanization, which has been paraded under the guise of “urban renewal”, Istanbul has been undergoing for many years. This unplanned urbanization creates mega cities made out of concrete, by destroying the existing historical and cultural legacy. This situation is conveyed through the visualization of Marx’s bee and machine metaphor. This metaphor exemplifies how, due to the heavy work load, the workers become mechanical, how they are not only exposed to the adverse effects of this workload but even pay for it with their lives. They are forced to work at such a speed and yet this speed leads to the creation of both abundance, but also nothingness. At the same time, the metaphor represents the impossibility for the workers to own the very building they help produce. In this sense, “hive”, focuses on the workers’ working conditions, contract labor, human rights and urban renewal. STATEMENT / “chaos in cosmos" Duygu Nazlı Akova aims to criticize political authority with her political themed works. By using the experimental language that puts viewer perception and the plurality of these media in the center, she examines issues such as human rights, freedom, social inequality, consumerism, urban life, immigration, media and justice. The equilizer effect of photo collage creates a dynamic form in the video “chaos in cosmos”, which addresses these issues through their social, cultural and economic outcomes. Istanbul, which once was cosmos, has now turned into chaos according to the migration policy of Turkish government and the roles given to the individual and the society are becoming vague as time, space, subject and object are all intertwining. STATEMENT / “gyes" https://www.dropbox.com/s/lnxuf8n0tbm16ga/Statement_Gyes_Duygu%20Nazl%C4%B1%20Akova.docx?dl=0 STATEMENT / “cronos" https://www.dropbox.com/s/oxzkk9lql9q3bow/Statement_Cronos_Duygu%20Nazl%C4%B1%20Akova.pdf?dl=0