Ne Dedin? (What did you say?)
Sound Installation by Hale Ekinci
Water glasses, brick wall, surround sound system, DVD player, lights, looping DVD with surround sound
2009

Ne dedin? (What did you say?) is an interactive installation that explores foreignness and the hardship of constantly deciphering meaning in a foreign land through sound. Even though there are tools for people living in a foreign country to understand their surrounding, even if you spend years in that country, you can never fully grasp your environment like a native person would. Ne dedin? (What did you say?) creates such a place for the American or non-Turkish audience through conversations and "tools".

Special thanks to David Markham-Gessner and Andrew Shapiro and all the voices (Onur Mumcu, Alper Bahadir, Selin Devranoglu, Aynur Taskan, Ayten Ekinci, Cevdet Ekinci and Sibel Aksan Rainone)