Notes on Hatayi

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Throughout the 16th century, blue and white Chinese porcelain was traded via the Silk Road, and local artists in Asia Minor adopted the technique, allowing it to influence the evolution of the highly distinctive Ottoman Court style. Hatayi is Bingol’s visual and conceptual reflections on how artistic ideas traveled along this famous trade route. Revolving around a 16th century ceramic panel by Shah Quli located in the Topkapi Palace, the project offers an interpretation of the panel in the form of a three-meter sculptural installation and suggests ways in which the ancient medium of ceramics served as an integrating link across various regions of Eurasia, Central Asia, the Middle East, and the Far East.