OZLEM MEHMET - IDENTITY UNKNOWN

IDENTITY UNKNOWN,2008
DIGITAL LIGHTJET PRINT

THIS SERIES OF FOUR APPROPRIATED EXPIRED PASSPORTS, PLAY ON THE WESTERN FANTASIES OF THE EASTERN FEMALE. IN THE PHOTOGRAPH SHE HAS TAKEN ON THE PHYSICAL IDENTITY OF WESTERN STEREOTYPICAL FEMALES FROM THE SILVER SCREEN. THESE IMAGES SHOW WESTERN INFLUENCE ON EASTERN WOMEN. WHETHER CONSCIOUS OR UNCONSCIOUSLY THEY MOULD THEMSELVES IN TO THE WESTERN ICONIC FEMALE FIGURES OF THE 1970’S AND 1980’S. THE FEMALE FIGURES, STRONG, INDEPENDENT WOMEN, A CONTRAST OF THE EASTERN WOMEN.

THE SUBVERTED DOCUMENT TAKES ON A NEW LEASE OF LIFE, NO LONGER THE AUTHORITATIVE OFFICIAL DOCUMENT BUT THE REPRESENTATION THAT FULFILLS THE DESIRE OF THE FEMALE, OF HOW SHE SEES HERSELF.