Calligraphy

In the Resistance series (2012 onwards) the body becomes a medium for signs to be transmitted, an object of study. The series includes the film Calligraphy, in which the gestures of the Turkish calligrapher Ömer Faruk Dere are brought into focus from different angles. The human body is portrayed in the continuous personal effort to ensure its own continuity through action. The calligrapher is filmed sharpening his writing tool and tracing on a white sheet the characters and symbols of traditional Islamic art. The gestures are precise and disciplined, testifying to the high level of skill required. The body becomes the place where each of us can put up resistance, and which, through action, creates a dialectic with the world.