{"id":5336,"date":"2023-10-16T16:48:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T13:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5336"},"modified":"2023-10-17T09:02:33","modified_gmt":"2023-10-17T06:02:33","slug":"art-installations-evoke-loyalty-to-bilkent-and-hacettepe-universities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bilkentnews.bilkent.edu.tr\/?p=5336","title":{"rendered":"Art Installations Evoke Loyalty to Bilkent and Hacettepe Universities"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>\u201cVefa,\u201d the ceramic work by artist Assoc. Prof. H\u00fcseyin \u00d6z\u00e7elik, faculty member of the Ceramics Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Hacettepe University, has been installed at the entrance of the rectorate building.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. \u00d6z\u00e7elik tells the story of his work: \u201cAt the opening ceremony of the Do\u011framac\u0131 Building, the structure built by the Do\u011framac\u0131 family as a gift to the Beytepe campus of Hacettepe University, Prof. M. Cahit G\u00fcran, Rector of Hacettepe University, turned to me and said, \u2018H\u00fcseyin Hoca, let\u2019s make two wall ceramics as examples of loyalty for service to our university. Let them be similar. Let\u2019s install one of them in this building and the other in Bilkent University, in a place chosen by the Do\u011framac\u0131 family. The way they have supported our university will never be forgotten and will be remembered with loyalty.\u2019 I gladly accepted this task, which would be very meaningful for both institutions.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over two months, Dr. \u00d6z\u00e7elik produced two separate works of circular form and integrity, with Earth as the main theme of the compositions. He named his works \u201cVefa-1 and Vefa-2,\u201d in that they evoke continuity and integrity, unity and necessity, brotherhood and friendship. They represent the starry world and the power of science, education and technology. His work Vefa-2 will hang at the entrance of Hacettepe University Senate hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. \u00d6z\u00e7elik briefly described Vefa-1: \u201cIt is a composition organized with a square form representing the mainland in the center of the circle and geometric forms representing the seas flowing around it. The figure at the top symbolizes a human being with arms outstretched and triple windows below him; the blue circular bands surrounding the mainland form from the right and left of the square plan symbolize the lives surrounded by light. With my feelings of loyalty, I tried to show that nature is an indispensable partner in human life through the spike form on the center left of my work. I tried to blend the fact that the voice of nature should always be heard, that it should be respected and that it is an integral part of our lives. I completed my work with the center circle held by two hands, reminding us that loyalty is a value we should always cherish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It will be a great honor for me to have a place in the memories of Bilkent University and Hacettepe University, which have added great value to the science and art of our country.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cVefa,\u201d the ceramic work by artist Assoc. Prof. H\u00fcseyin \u00d6z\u00e7elik, faculty member of the Ceramics Department of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Hacettepe University, has been installed at the entrance of the rectorate building. 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