If These Stairs Could Speak
Poem by artist, photo print on fabric (Photo: Kıvılcım S. Güngörün), embroidery
70 × 106 cm
2025
Since 1969, Nancy has lived in a family building in Istanbul that now faces the possibility of demolition and reconstruction. Using personification to imagine the voice of the stairs, Atakan reflects on generational memories.
You were young
You aged
You Laughed
You cried
I always heard you
I always saw you
I was always beside you