Bucak’s photographic series are psychological explorations of social rules about marriage and virginity , cultural ties and the deep structures of the human personality . These theme is expressed and resolved through a very personal point of view, that always recalls the artist’s own life. Bucak bares her soul, accepts and examines her experience through the process of making her works. This goes further beyond the frequent use of self-portrait. The emotions depicted are intimately shared with the viewer, who is encouraged to enter into what seem to be immortalised still-frames of life, traces of a real events. this time Bucak focuses her self-reflection on the sexual taboos. The striking duality between the artist’s own cultural and sexual ties and the sense of fragility of the virginity characters depicted contributes to create a deeply felt sense of uncanny.
"They killed her then they discussed between themselves"
Koran 72
"In many societies being a virgin before the marriage is still an obligation. As a woman from one of the this countries I should tell and show what is happing outside of your world to the young girls when they want to have their life, their freedom"
Bucak’s photographic series are psychological explorations of social rules about marriage and virginity , cultural ties and the deep structures of the human personality . These theme is expressed and resolved through a very personal point of view, that always recalls the artist’s own life. Bucak bares her soul, accepts and examines her experience through the process of making her works. This goes further beyond the frequent use of self-portrait. The emotions depicted are intimately shared with the viewer, who is encouraged to enter into what seem to be immortalised still-frames of life, traces of a real events.
this time Bucak focuses her self-reflection on the sexual taboos. The striking duality between the artist’s own cultural and sexual ties and the sense of fragility of the virginity characters depicted contributes to create a deeply felt sense of uncanny.
"We don't want to die for our virginity, we don't want to suicide because we have to share our life with a stranger chosen by our parents"