Tuğba Demirbaş
Hysteria, passion, freedom
Tuğba Demirbaş rewrites her disquiet. The pain she feels - she stays with it, stretches it out, lets it unravel. She lets it be, and in that, she finds freedom. What starts inside, she ends in drawing, where the rules are hers, the story is hers, and so is the freedom.
I asked Tuğba about her work.
Tuğba Demirbaş: I exaggerate my own neurotic states and transform them into stories. I distort the forms of people in my life and recreate them, which I truly enjoy. In fact, I constantly explore themes connected to what unsettles or fascinates me in my own life.
DP: What are those themes?
TD: Hysteria, passion, and freedom.
DP: What is it about these that holds you?
TD: I believe that the excessive and uncontrollable nature of hysteria reflects the pure and uncensored state of human nature.
Since I experience all my emotions at their most intense levels, I sometimes put too much strain on my body; as a result, my feelings return as physical reactions. But this is a natural process born out of my passion. I don’t try too hard to control it because it makes me feel free.
DP: Why drawing to tell these stories?
TD: I guess it’s completely instinctive. Drawing gives me the freedom to tell the stories I want without adhering to any rules or realities, entirely in my own visual language.
No matter which technique or method I use, I see art as a means of communication, and for me, that’s what matters most.
