Love is...
Mural with self-adhesive inkjet prints
Dimensions variable
2015
This work lists titles of existing songs that begin with the words "Love is", arranged alphabetically on a mural and styled as they would appear on a digital playlist. The musical artists that these tracks are written/performed by include familiar names such as Whitney Houston, Pet Shop Boys, David Bowie and Aretha Franklin, but the list omits their names and only includes titles and track lengths.
As an exhaustive list of all the titles that could be found online at the time of its compiling, the work presents an archive of definitions of love in popular culture, through an objective and impersonal approach. The systematic ordering of these definitions results in incidental suggestions of narratives and storylines, calling viewers to contemplate their personal experiences of what we collectively call "love".
Installation views: Reunion, Sakıp Sabancı Museum, Istanbul, 2015. Photos by Murat Germen.
