Filiz Puluc | - Ates 2 Ulas-mak

Audience members can write a message to “Ulaş” — any Ulaş — on a paper slip. If they wish, they can light it on fire in a ceremonial brazier outside the cube. Inside, Puluc watches the ash fall through a vent. She then dials a random number from an old Istanbul phonebook — all entries for people named Ates or Ulaş — and recites the burned message aloud. In an age of read receipts and ghosting, “Ates 2 Ulas-mak” asks: What if connection required sacrifice?

As for Filiz Puluc, she’s now working on a sequel: ( “Burn to Find” ). No one knows what it means. But knowing her, it will probably involve smoke signals, a fax machine, and someone named Cem. If you ever meet a Ulaş, light something for them. Just make sure it’s not a bridge. Filiz Puluc - Ates 2 Ulas-mak

In a review, ArtAsiaPacific called it “the most honest work about loneliness since Marina Abramović’s The Artist Is Present — but with more fire and better puns.” Audience members can write a message to “Ulaş”