Treat Me Like A Friend | Bir Dost Gibi Davran Bana

2019 

2 Channel Video Installation | 2 Kanallı Video Yerleştirmesi

“In the two-channel video installation, “Treat Me Like a Friend”, in which Tuncay fast-motion cycles through hundreds of costumes and props in a commentary on Turkish and American gender stereotypes, embodied in movie and media icons and advanced through consumer culture. Like a human paper doll, the artist tries on a range of styles, from cowboy to pin-up girl to military camouflage to Ottoman robes, head-wraps, and belly-dance outfits, the pieces often paired in hilariously anachronistic ways.”

Excerpt from the exhibition review “Collaging an Alternate Reality for Gay Life in Turkey” for Hyperallergic by Vanessa H. Larson →link