The booth takes the form of a diorama. It is dedicated to a new series of works in homage to Kurdish women fighters. The artist looks at the new forms that struggles can take once weapons have been laid down: how do they become part of ordinary life, femininity, traditional knowledge, daily routines and care?
Bahar Kocabey's installations, traversed by the elements of fire and water, depict Kurdish landscapes whose historical, natural or imaginary status has not been established. Human and non-human presences appear, the indecipherable alphabet of an elusive people.
Over the centuries, in the relief of these disputed lands, populations have tried to find refuges in which to resist and protect themselves from the many ecocides forcing them to move. In her charcoal landscapes and studies of water and vegetation, the artist also inscribes a more intimate, familial and carnal relationship with this land. The land, steeped in tales and myths dating back thousands of years, also contains childhood memories, the vast terrain of family stories and the land that nurtured and cared for her.