iloveyou

2015 Performance
Two barefoot performers dressed in black stand tightly pressed together on a brown floor against a dark background. Their arms wrap around one another’s upper bodies while their legs overlap at close range. Thick beige rope is wound several times around both performers’ ankles, binding their lower legs together, while another visible length of rope rises between and across their bodies. Their faces are close and turned toward one another.
Two barefoot performers dressed in black move while bound together by thick beige rope in a dark performance space. Several loops encircle their ankles and lower legs, while another visible length of rope crosses their joined bodies. One performer raises a bent leg against the other as both hold one another around the torso and shoulders. Their bodies and faces are blurred by movement.
Photography: Ceren Saner

iloveyou is a research of two lovers becoming "one" and moving together. When lovers become "one", what is the meaning of love, and what does movement evolve into?

VISIBILITY IN ART FESTIVAL, MIMAR SINAN FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY
Two barefoot performers dressed in black stand face-to-face in a close embrace on a waterfront promenade. Their torsos touch, their arms wrap around one another’s backs and shoulders, and their feet overlap as they stand closely together. A coil of thick beige rope lies on the concrete ground beside them. Behind them are water, passing boats, seated and walking people, and a long suspension bridge spanning the distant shoreline.
Two barefoot performers dressed in black bend forward together on a waterfront promenade while bound by thick beige rope. Multiple lengths of rope wrap around their waists, hips and upper legs, with additional loops binding their legs together. One performer folds across the other’s back, their torso nearly horizontal and one arm hanging toward the ground, while the other bends forward beneath them. Water, benches, passers-by and a suspension bridge remain visible behind them.
Photography: Zeyno Erdost
D22, ISTANBUL LGBTI+ PRIDE WEEK
Presentations
Visibility in Art Festival, with Derin Cankaya, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul, TR, 2015
Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week, with Derin Cankaya, D22, Istanbul, TR, 2015
Köşe, with Hakan Kökçü, Istanbul, TR, 2015
Credits
iloveyou, by Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu, live performance, 25 minutes, 2015
Concept: Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu
Performers: Leman Sevda Darıcıoğlu, Hakan Kökçü (Köşe, Istanbul), Derin Cankaya (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Visibility in Art Festival, 2015 and D22, Istanbul LGBTI+ Pride Week)
Acknowledgements: Burak Serin, Zeyno Erdost
Performance Friendship / Kinship / Bonds Intimacy Collaboration Rope / String
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