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ISTANBUL. JAN 2008. "STATUS IMPRECISE" SIEMENS SENAT. CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART.

WORK IN MY LONDON STUDIO, SOME STILL DRYING THE NIGHT BEFORE DEPARTURE.

BIRDS EYE VIEW. THE BEST THING ABOUT FLYING.

LAYING OUT WORK IN THE SIEMENS SPACE.

FINISHING TOUCHES IN MY HOTEL ROOM/STUDIO. (PAINTED DRAWINGS ON FOUND BLUE PRINTS)

BEAUTIFUL VIEW FROM THE 11TH FLOOR. OVERLOOKING SNOW COVERED ROOF TOPS.

THE BLUE MOSQUE.

ACROSS FROM THE FAMOUS 'BLUE MOSQUE', THE NOT SO FAMOUS, BUT EQUALLY BEAUTIFUL, 'BIG OLD WOODEN HOUSE', I GOT VERY HAPPILY LOST IN THESE BACK STREETS, FULL OF OLD TIMBER DWELLINGS, LIKE GOING BACK IN TIME, ALL HAND MADE, PERFECTLY IMPERFECT.

ERKUT TERILIKSIZ (http://www.erkutterliksiz.com/. ALSO IN THE 'STATUS IMPRECISE' SHOW AND NATIVE TURK, AN AMZING ARTISTS AND BEAUTIFUL HUMAN BEING. CHECK OUT HIS STUFF...

A FEW DAYS BEFORE THE SHOW, THE BIG GUNS COME OUT AND MY FACE IS CENTRE OF ATTENTION.

MY WORKS UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL. A FEW OF 99 PAGES FROM OLD BOOKS.

ONE OF THE CURATORS, T.MELIH GORGUN, HANGING MY WORK, GETTING TO GRIPS WITH THE SPACE AND DOING A GREAT JOB OF TELLING ME WHATS WHAT.

"SIGN LANGUAGE OF A SOUL CONDUCTOR"

SOME VERY GROOVY WALL SCRAWLINGS.

SOME VERY GROOVY KABABS.

A VERY GROOVY BUILDING ABOVE . THE ARCHITECTURE IN ISTANBUL IS AMAZING, VERY FUNKY NEW STUFF SET AGAINST SERIOUSLY OLD.

PHOTOS FROM THE PRIVATE VIEW. 08/01/08

MY SKETCH BOOKS (NOTE THAT NOONE IS USING THE WHITE CLOVES PROVIDED)

ERKUT TERILIKSIZ(CENTRE LEFT) | AKSELZEYDAN GOZ (CENTRE RIGHT)

SIEMENS

SOME AMAZING FOOD FOR THE AFTER DINNER AND 'WE LOVE TO BOOGIE' TIME.

I FORGET THE NAME OF THE BAR, BUT THEY INSIST YOU DRAW ALL OVER THE WALLS, WHICH MAKE S A NICE CHANGE. IN LONDON YOU USUALLY GET ARRESTED.

THE NIGHT TIME ISTANBUL STREETS ILLUMINATED.