During his artistic residency, Eduardo Cruces explores the Bayrampaşa district and its surroundings in search of traces of the Lykos (Bayrampaşa Deresi), whose course is no longer visible. This imaginative investigation invites us to trace the transformation of the landscape and its inhabitants over time, like a “ghost stream” flowing through different dimensions coexisting with the present.

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Eduardo Cruces (Lota, 1987) is a Chilean artist and writer who has lived in Istanbul since 2021. He holds a Master of Arts in Public Spheres from édhéa, Switzerland, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts specializing in engraving from UdeC, Chile. He currently also works as a Spanish teacher. His personal and collective research focuses on the intersection between collaborative artistic practices and sociopolitical contexts, particularly in places/zones transformed by economic cycles.

www.reconversionruina.org