The 2 main things that I feel I missing in my life are:

1. Financial stability-- it causes me lots of stress at times, but I'm learning not to let it bother me
2. A support system--- I really miss being near my family & close friends. I feel it's very hard to really connect with people in CA (at least for me)
Oh- I do remember losing a black leather jacket that I loved years ago when someone borrowed it & lost it. It still bugs me a little when I think about it.
I guess the obvious thing to hope to find in the Middle East would be peace, but unfortunately I don't think that will happen. As far as Turkey goes, I would settle for one of those embroidered throws, some beyaz penir, that fabulous green melon & some raki :)
(from a friend of Kloe who was with her in Turkey; dark house image by beginning drawing student)

Gentrification, Turkish Style

Here’s another little video of the Odunpazari neighborhood in Eskisehir, where my “Missing” flyers will be posted soon. The old Ottoman houses are being restored. There’s not much tourism yet in the area, but hopes are high.

Reward

Have you lost any objects recently that you would like back?

What?
• 18 kt gold puzzle ring had for 30 years.
• An interview I did with a photo-mart guy.
• My wedding ring that was given to me by my grandmother. It was stolen.
• When I lose things, I let them go rather quickly.
• My grandfather’s mother-of-pearl cufflinks.
• A diamond.
• One Tahitian pearl earring—in a Paris hotel. DANG!
• Camera, it was a good one.
• Two NG4 controllers, countless CDs, toys from my childhood packed into boxes.
• One of my mom’s pearl earrings that she let me borrow.
• I'd like to regain a good erection.
• $600 in an unmarked envelop.

What is Missing in Your Life?

Here are some (mostly serious) answers from Americans…
• Direction.
• A sense of good, wholesome food that nourishes...but without the White pretentious, yuppie, upper-class associations of today's American society.
• My father; I have never met him.
• A well husband—hugs and flirting from him.
• Competition, thrill, a job.
• My youth.
• Friendship, friends you can really count on.
• Financial security.
• A man—a wonderful, adventurous, compassionate, bright human being who loves to travel.
• Certain old friends.
• A granddaughter.
• A supportive partner.
• Risk and exercise and sex and poetry.

Odunpazarı Projesi, Eskişehir

Odunpazarı’nda gerçekleştirilecek olan bir sanat etkinliğinde katılımcı
olarak yer almaktayım. Bu etkinlikte gerçekleştirilecek olan işler,
geleneksel bir yerleşim merkezi olan Odunpazarı’nın farklı pek çok noktasına
yerleştirilecek ve izleyici olarak bu yerleşimde yaşayan geleneksel halkı ve
işçi sınıfını hedef alacaktır.

Benim gerçekleştireceğim proje, “kayıp” ilanları üzerine olacak, Türkçe ve
İngilizce olarak hazırlanan kayıp ilanları, insanların değer yargılarını
sorgulamaya; farklı ülkelerde nelerin değerli, nelerin değersiz olduğunu
düşünmeye yönlendirecektir. Bu ilanlar aynı zamanda 9/11 New York saldırısı
ve 1999 Türkiye depremi gibi daha derin kayıplara da gönderme yapacaktır.
İlanlar, metin ve görsel içerikli olacak ve Odunpazarı evlerinin duvarlarına
ve pencerelerine asılacaktır.

Aşağıdaki soruları yanıtlayarak projemin detaylarında bana yardım ederseniz
çok sevinirim. İsminiz saklı tutulacaktır.

Çok teşekkürler, Kloe Among the Turks

• Hayatınızda ne kayıp? Neler eksik?

• Yakın zamanda kaybettiğiniz ve geri gelmesini istediğiniz bir
eşyanız var mı? Varsa nedir?


• Türkiye/Avrupa/Orta Doğu’da bulmak istediğiniz bir şeyi tarif
ediniz.

• Hiç bir evcil hayvanınız kayboldu mu? Lütfen tarif ediniz
(fiziksel özellikleri, adı, belirgin davranışları vs.)

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Odunpazari Project, Eskisehir

I am participating in a public art festival with many artists in a
traditional neighborhood in Turkey. The art will be placed in various
locations in the neighborhood, and is meant to involve the local residents,
who are mostly traditional, working-class Turks.

My project is to make “missing” flyers, translated in both Turkish and
English, to get people thinking about what is valued in different cultures.
The flyers will also refer to more serious loss, such as 9/11 and the
Turkish earthquake of 1999. These fake flyers will contain text and imagery.
They will be posted on walls and windows of the neighborhood.

Please help me with details if you can. No names will be used.
Thanks, Kloe Among the Turks

What are you missing in your life?

Have you lost any objects recently that you would like back? What?

Please describe something that you'd like to find in Turkey/Europe/Middle
East:

Have you ever lost a pet?
Please describe the pet (physical description, name, any special behaviors)


Thanks to Melike Tascioglu for translation
and
Esin Kucukbicmen for video

Art Challenge

I’ve been invited to participate in an art exhibition that will take place in the old neighborhood of My Anatolian City. In this area the houses are Ottoman style, and the people are mostly working class and traditional (as opposed to conservative). Their understanding about Art is most likely limited to craft, and the idea of this exhibition is to involve the locals.
I can’t travel to Turkey now, so I’m doing a conceptual project I will email to assistants who will install it. The idea is to post “missing” flyers, the kind you make if your cat has disappeared, or more poignantly, if a loved one is lost after planes fly into a building. I’ll write more as I develop the themes, and the text will be in Turkish and English.
Are you missing anything that might be found in Central Anatolia? I'm taking suggestions!