Botanical Fragments of Istanbul

Zuri Camille de Souza is an artist from India. She took part in a research residency at MAD Beyond Istanbul. Zuri reflects on Istanbul’s biodiversity through her walks in Kuzguncuk, Roma Bostan, and the Islands…

beyond.istanbul
beyond.istanbul
4 min readOct 23, 2017

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“The following images are of botanical matter found during my walks in Istanbul. Rather than taking a photograph of each space, I collected leaves, stems and stalks to remember the diversity, ecology and landscape they are each a part of through the architecture of the plants themselves.” — Zuri

Kuzguncuk

Prince Islands

Roma Bostan

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by Mekanda Adalet Derneği | Center for Spatial Justice