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Merve

I write about sinkholes.

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lights, studios, and other people

I was people-watching on the subway, thinking about the lighting. The specific shade of harsh, not-flattering yellow-white glow was bathing all of us. Some were napping, some were reading, most were on their phones. I imagined everyone at t...

7 days ago
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pulls, hollows, and sinkholes

Harry Clarke’s 1919 illustration for “A Descent into the Maelström”

I stood on the edge of a sinkhole for the first time in December 2023. This particular sinkhole in central Anatolia, Turkey, had formed centuries ago. At the time, it was...

a month ago
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translations, non-Is, and wounds

I recently had the privilege to spend a day translating a poem in a group of four. The process developed spontaneously as we did not arrive at the workshop knowing what or how we would translate. The idea was to be entangled with the method...

2 months ago
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fogs, coups, and images

Istanbul is blanketed by a dense fog this morning. I was part of a collective artistic effort in the summer of 2016 called SiS [fog, mist]. The idea was to discuss and arrive at vocabulary, syntaxes, and methods of making work when freedoms...

2 months ago
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hazes, falls, and sinkholes

Image from Sinkhole Archive (2025-).

In a vertical image, we see an urban cross-section, brightly lit by shops in the background. It is evening. Some motor vehicles move through and past the frame rapidly while others slow down, lingering...

2 months ago
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