"COME AGAIN AS YOU ARE, COME AGAIN!" - MURAT GERMEN

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"‏‎ ‎The project I produced for Cappadox 2024 entitled Matrix #3 is a continuation of my works featured in the 2015 and 2016 editions of the festival. In 2015, I layered the current socio-cultural structure of Cappadocia into the under-world / middle- world / upper-world and questioned the alienated image of Cappadocia created by various forms of consumption culture. In 2016, I pointed out the need for experiencing the intrinsic soul of the living culture, as an alternative to the hasty touristic visits that make it impossible to perceive and absorb the genuine character of the region. I have proposed various routes for independent and individual access to unusual neighbourhoods, which are indispensable components of local culture but often skipped by tour groups. The perception map no.1, serving as a compass, contained the combinations of public transportation, private vehicle, bicycle and walking routes; in addition to photographs on the back, providing the opportunity also visually to choose from various destinations. For the 2024 edition of Cappadox, the 5th edition of which is organized in memory of the esteemed Fulya Erdemci, I have updated the map of perception to v.2 with all new destinations. Both of the two maps will be presented together during the 2024 festival. 

Thanks for the cooperation, help, support, advice, muse, chat, excitement, incentive
Fulya Erdemci, Kevser Güler, Sema Uygur Germen, Duygu Doğan, Gaye Gönülal, Atıl Ulaş Cüce, Mehmet Türkeş (Middle Earth Travel), Udo Hirsch - Hacer Özkaya, Nilüfer Peker, Pozitif. 

The maps provided can be accessed and experienced online via the QR codes below using the Google Maps app." - Murat Germen