Direction
Ergun's patient, unblinking gaze demands surrender
Cinematography
Static shot becomes increasingly claustrophobic
Director
Köken Ergun
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of Turkish video art's 2000s renaissance, Ergun's work often interrogates masculine identity through mundane performance.
The headscarf here subverts expectations—typically coded feminine in Turkish culture, its accumulation on a male body becomes quietly transgressive.