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On a December morning, I spoke with Atrek over Zoom—she in Istanbul, myself in New York. Our physical distance quickly dissipated as we bonded over complex mother-daughter relationships, personalities in different languages, and our love of writing postcards.
Me Seeing You Seeing Me Seeing You Seeing Me ad infinitum, until the walls break down, the plastic bags around our shoes decompose, the benches we’re sitting on decay, and the sound system breaks. Ad infinitum until there’s nothing left but the seeing and the me, no matter how unstable or temporary this arrangement ever was.
Anoushka Shankar’s music is about her struggles with her presence in and experience of this world. Beginning with Anoushka (Angel) recorded at age seventeen, most of her album covers are pictures of her; Anoushka with a mirror in hand, Anoushka in front of a large room, a painted portrait.
The Brooklyn Rail is a journal committed to providing an independent forum for visual arts, culture, and politics throughout New York City and beyond.
The Brooklyn Rail is a journal committed to providing an independent forum for visual arts, culture, and politics throughout New York City and beyond.