İBRAHİM KARAKÜTÜK - ZIGZAGS IN THE CHEST CAVITY

'Zigzags in the Chest Cavity' offers an inward journey—from the physical boundaries of the body into the porous layers of memory and forgetting. These photographs search beyond the visible surface, tracing the imprints of memories that have seeped in over time, settled, and grown heavy. The dissolving forms in close-up resemble the fragmented geography of memory—unclear, yet deeply felt.

In my work, the body is more than a vessel. It carries emotions that have leaked from the past into the present, stories both embraced and denied, and memories that may have been consciously forgotten but remain stored within. Every wrinkle, every texture, every shadow becomes a threshold that leads inward. Through these images, I aim to reveal how the body transforms over time into an archive—how it gains weight, softens, and eventually dissolves.

'Zigzags in the Chest Cavity' invites the viewer not just to look, but to wander within themselves. Here, photography does not freeze memory; rather, it evokes the damp, heavy sensation of remembering. It is a quiet and fragile narrative—one of confrontation and of returning to the self.