Fatma Bucak's 'So as to find the strength to see' at Fondazione Merz, Turin

Key facts

• Fatma Bucak was born in 1984 in Iskenderun, Turkey, near the Syrian border.
• She belongs to a Kurdish minority.
• She studied at Accademia Albertina in Turin before moving to London.
• The exhibition 'So as to find the strength to see' is held at Fondazione Merz in Turin.
• The show opened in 2018.
• Enduring nature of thoughts (2018) is a large installation of white ceramic basins.
• De Silencio (2015) uses abandoned clothes from migrants at the US-Mexico border.
• Damascus Rose brings endangered Syrian rose varieties to Turin.
• Yto Barrada is another Mediterranean artist who engages in botanical preservation.
• An Empire of Imagination (2016) is a video set in southern Turkey.
• Omne vivum ex ovo – Nomologically possible anyhow (2013) is a multi-screen video.
• Four ages of woman: Fall (2013) reimagines human genesis from a female perspective.
• Fantasies of Violence (2017) consists of zinc plates with newspaper impressions.
• 342 Names (2017-2018) is an aluminum basin with floating nameless plates.
• The outdoor sound installation is I must say a word about fear (2014-2018).