Seçil Yaylalı

small pains, great songs

2024- ongoing 

The book fair I Never Read, Basel (12.05.2024-15.05.2025)

PASAJ @ Barın Han (29.12.2024–8.02.2025)

 

 

Artists have been using artist books as a medium of artistic expression for a long time. In this
project, we ask artists to produce small artist books (but big in meaning). We want 5
handmade books are similar, but each can be a different art object. Each one will be
a single object on the same theme. These books can be understood as a continuation of a multiple
production.
These books will be exhibited at the book art fair "I Never Read" in Basel between June 11-15,
2024.
One of the books will remain in the PASAJ collection (for subsequent international exhibitions), and one will return to the artist. Three of them will be for sale; the proceeds will be divided between the artists and PASAJ.

 

Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen

Mach’ ich die kleinen Lieder;

Die heben ihr klingend Gefieder

Und flattern nach ihrem Herzen.

 

Sie fanden den Weg zur Trauten,

Doch kommen sie wieder und klagen,

Und klagen, und wollen nicht sagen,

Was sie im Herzen schauten.

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Aus meinen grossen Schmerzen German source: Heinrich Heine

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Out of my great sorrows
I make little songs;

They raise their resonant wings

And flutter to her heart.

 

They found their way to my dear one,

But they come back and lament,

Lament, and will not tell me

What they saw in her heart.

 

Translation © Richard Stokes, author of The Book of Lieder (Faber, 2005)

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Artists:Abdullah Güler, Alannah Robins, Arzu Arbak, Beatrice O’Connell, Eda Sarman, Ekmel Ertan, Elvan Erdin, Esin Turan, Eser Epözdemir, Gülşah Bayraktar, Günseli Baki, Nergiz Yeşil, Seçil Yaylalı, Selin Atik ve Züleyha Altıntaş, Almıla Yıldırım, Anıl Özge Avcı, Aslımay Altay Göney, Ayşecan Kurtay, Betül Akzambaklar, Başak Karafaki, Ceyda Oskay, Deniz Varlı, Desen Halıçınarlı, Elif Bursalı, Elif Köse Akdemir, Erkan Nazlı, Ferahi Mengeş, Giorgio Caione, Giulia Gentilcore, Hatice Şencan, Hatiye Garip, İpek Kay,, Loya Kader Öztürkmen, Meryem Koç, Özce Coşkun, Özge Enginöz, Şükriye İnan Çalapkulu, Türkan Akkulak Koç ve Zekiye Nazlı