Zihinsel Firar

Abstract

Human history is full of countless wars. While the history books talked about the causes and consequences of these wars, on the one hand, art depicted the battlefields. These depictions sometimes emphasize the severity of the collision, sometimes a document of destruction or victory. B.C. From the ruins of the 3000s to the contemporary works, we can see that the soldier figure is depicted in many different positions. The soldier sometimes filled the back of the painting and sometimes became the face of drama. Their identity is unclear. The goal is to show the war or the victory. However, one of the hundreds of figures shown in the background, and we know nothing about it, has a background, laughter, anger, experience, feelings, cultural backgrounds, thoughts and emotions. When we bring our view closer to the soldier figure a little more inside the battlefields, we can see the person who is camouflaged within the uniform of his feelings and thoughts. In this context, when we bring together the words of the ‘’soldier’’ and ‘’the individual’’, the concept of a ‘’soldier individual’’ emerges as an ironic discourse. When we look at the soldier more closely; It is obvious that the individual takes part in an atmosphere in which he is seen as the same with everyone, in his own universe, which he has squeezed into the uniform, with duties, order, beliefs, rules, loyalty and responsibilities that can affect his own life and the lives of other soldiers. While looking at the darkness of the night while keeping watch, when there is nowhere to go to the right place, you start to go towards yourself. That's where the Mental Escape comes out. To be the closest to yourself, the farthest away from yourself. Consciousness, which is a mediator between the orders and the body, follows itself out of the body where the soul is stuck in and out of the space, clothes and even time. Yunus Emre’s '' there's an inside within me, deep, deeper than I'' he pointed out that the inside, covered, hidden all the non-self that is beyond me has the chance to see me. With this approach, personal experiences become a source of light in the effort of making visible the reflections in the layers of consciousness of the individual soldier through artistic expression methods. Forming a pure narrative of internalized emotions and essences will create a strong bond with the viewer.