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Other| July 01 2017 Cover Art Concept Journal of Middle East Women's Studies (2017) 13 (2): 324–325. https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-3861389 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions Search Site Citation Cover Art Concept. Journal of Middle East Women's Studies 1 July 2017; 13 (2): 324–325. doi: https://doi.org/10.1215/15525864-3861389 Download citation file: Zotero Reference Manager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search Books & JournalsAll JournalsJournal of Middle East Women's Studies Search Advanced Search I am a cross-disciplinary artist and a researcher, and my work explores the collaborative potential between art and the biological sciences. My conceptual work Saltwater Heart (2015), installed on the deck of the Kaptan Paşa Sea Bus, is a large-scale model of the heart’s circulatory system through which saltwater flows, propelling the vessel. Matching in size the biggest living creature in the world, the blue whale, the boat becomes a whole new organism that runs on saltwater: seawater is pumped into the heart’s tubes with the aid of a compressor at the same rate as a whale’s heartbeat. By transforming this public transport vehicle, I offer a reminder that our oceans are governed by physical forces that create the effect of multiple pumps. When a pump we call the heart stops, life ends. I designed Saltwater Heart for the Fourteenth Istanbul Biennial curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev.The Turkish-born artist Pınar... Article PDF first page preview Close Modal Issue Section: Third Space You do not currently have access to this content.
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