SMS LOVE by Gul Kozacıoğlu / SMIL @ yama
Yama: Marmara Pera Hotel Ekrani / Screen Istanbul, Exhibition : 18.09 - 18.10.2008
Send your sms messages: 00 90 534 698 69 28

Write the world a Love Poem, send an sms, and watch as your message spreads, dancing, across the world. SMS Love sets up a tragic-romantic space between censorship in the public space and expressions of love. When messages are received, a program filters them and choreographs a dance according to content, beaming messages to the public over the course of a month. SMS Love was developed through an ongoing fascination with the Sufi love poetry and dance of Rumi and the relationships the artist found between the Japanese Haiku / Beat Poetry and the contemporary instant expressions of everyday life we find in the SMS mobile text message.