Are people still self-determined when they expose themselves unchecked to the consumption of
clothing? The internationally renowned performance artist Nezaket Ekici examines this question
in her most recent long-duration performance. During her ten-month scholarship stay at the
German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome in 2016 17 the artist presented herself each day in new
clothes that she purchased from the innumerable public clothing vendors in Rome and recorded as
a photo in front of her Studio 1. Ekici wore the clothes the entire day and consequently
interrogated her own identity. In photos and texts the accompanying publication shows how the
artist approached the question of her own identity emotionally using over 500 pieces of
clothing.
