“Synesthetic Beings” is an installation consisting of a series of sculptures in which I combine cloves with my daily waste, such as a showerhead, an egg carton, a tube of cream end a disposable hair dye comb. On one hand, it engages the viewer through a very powerful sensory mode: smell(cloves) , which is directly connected to the limbic system,the area of our nervous system that handles emotional life. On the other hand, it brings the work closer to the Kurdish ritual of Sêva Mêxekrêj, a traditional Kurdish practice in which an apple is completely covered with cloves. It is a symbol of gratitude offered to loved ones to express love and affection. It can be given to a dear person far away so that they remember each others or to a loved one with whom we have quarrelled as a sign of reconciliation. It is said that the smell produced by Sêva Mêxekrêj spread for ahundred years. The work contrasts the frenzy and speed of daily consumption with the slowness and constancy of traditional practices that require time and dedication to be completed. In this way, waste, now devalued objects of human (human world), take the form of reptiles (animal world) and through the practice of Sêva Mêxekrêj hybridize thanks to the scent of cloves (plant world). Thus, by transforming the waste of my daily life, a sort of temporal effect is created that manipulates and recreates the present. By mixing the products of my material life, my waste, and the products of my immaterial life, my memories, I aim to reimagine them with new agency and fresh meaning, highlighting the interconnectedness and interdependence of nature, culture, and self-representation. In doing so, I strive to evoke “things” beyond mere semiotics, nestled within the intricacies of semiotics, thereby crafting an archaeology/paleontology of the future imaginary.
