Music Room Istanbul 2014

Installation view, Rampa, Istanbul, 2014
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Chair Classic Guitar, 2014
Wood, pad, classic guitar strings,
H 80,5 × W 63 × D 56,5 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Chair Acoustic Guitar, 2014
Wood, pad, acoustic guitar strings,
H 90 × W 37 cm × D 51 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Chair Drum, 2014
Wood, leather,
H 83,5 × W 43,5 × D 47 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Coffee Pot Tabor, 2014
Copper pots, leather, thread,
H 20 × W 25 cm, Ø 12,5 cm,
H 13,5 × W 14,5 cm, Ø 7 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Stewpot Tambourine, 2014
Enameled stewpots, leather, thread,
H 9 cm, Ø 27 cm,
H 5,5 cm, Ø 22 cm
(photo credits: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Pot Tabor, 2014
Terracotta, leather, thread,
H 30 cm, Ø 34 cm,
H 22 cm, Ø 24,5 cm,
H 14 cm, Ø 26 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Frame Harp, 2014
Wood, harp strings,
H 96 × W 76 × D 10 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Hanger Harp, 2014
Wood, harp strings,
H 180 × W 67,5 cm, Ø 67,5 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Hoover Horn, 2014
Metal, pipe,
H 105 cm, Ø 4 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Newspaper Rack Violin, 2014
Wood, metal, acoustic violin strings, bow,
H 44 × W 40 × D 27,5 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Shelf Chimes, 2014
Wood, metal,
H 47 × W 75 × D 25 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Side Table Tabor, 2014
Wood, cotton band, synthetic leather,
H 62 cm, Ø 42 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Tea Pot Kudum, 2014
Coppper tea pots, leather, thread,
H 14 × W 30 cm, Ø 15,5 cm,
H 11 × W 23 cm, Ø 12,5 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Tea Pot Kudum, 2014
Steel tea pots, leather, thread,
H 16,5 × W 27 cm, Ø 14,5 cm,
H 10,5 × W 21 cm, Ø 12,5 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)

Music Room Istanbul, Tea Pot Kudum, 2014
Aluminium tea pots, leather, thread
H 16,5 × W 26 cm, Ø 13,5 cm
H 10,5 × W 24 cm, Ø 11,5 cm
(photo credit: André Carvalho and Tugba Carvalho - Chroma)
Quotidian household objects and furniture are converted into sculptural musical instruments to transform Rampa’s gallery space into Akaretler (originally the residential district of the staff of the Dolmabahçe Palace) into a music room. This new work by the artist is inspired by the music rooms, which originated in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries to accommodate recreational musical events in private homes and palatial residences and had an important role among larger cultural and social changes of the era. In Music Room various domestic objects are transformed into percussion and string instruments. A coat hanger is converted into a harp with a few strings, a table is covered with a piece of drum skin, a chair is rigged with guitar strings, and a newspaper rack is dressed as a violin. Whilst Music Room hints at the possibility of an improvised performance session by people who randomly meet at the same place and time, it also embodies the experiential potential of creating an assemblage whose members have had the chance to harmonize with each other during a given time.
(excerpt of a text by Başak Doğa Temür)