Olgaç Bozalp, Leaving One for Another

Leaving One for Another

Olgaç Bozalp

Publisher
Void
Year
2022
ISBN
978-618-5479-23-7
Specifications
Softcover with Silkscreened Vinyl oversleeve
24 x 29,4 cm
88 pages
750 copies
Design by João Linneu
Edit by Myrto Steirou
Art direction collaboration with Raphael Hirsch
First monograph
Foam Talent 2022

Leaving One for Another' by Olgaç Bozalp combines documentary with stylised constructed imagery to explore both the journeys and disparate causes of migration. Drawing on his own experience of migration, Bozalp's work tells the more universal story of human movement through often playful and absurd images which are heavy with symbolism. In the book, documentary photographs taken on Bozalp's travels are interspersed and contrasted with staged interventions created in collaboration with art director Raphael Hirsch. Some of the constructed imagery depicts figures in the landscape, all faceless with their identities hidden. Other imagery depicts sculptural installations incorporating significant objects from migrants' lives and journeys—family photographs, life vests and bags of possessions. The theme of transport runs through the work—precariously loaded motorcycles, rafts, cars—illustrating how lives are physically carried through the passage to a new life. The documentary element in the project is inspired by Bozalp's observations, travels and personal stories. He has visited nearly fifty countries, focusing on those with complex histories in the Middle East, Asia and his home country Turkey.

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