What Remains on the Rug

“What Remains on the Rug” is a durational performance in which the artist brushes a Turkish carpet stained with fake blood. The gesture mirrors a domestic act of care, yet becomes a quiet ritual of reckoning. The rug, deeply tied to heritage and femininity, absorbs the weight of what cannot be entirely removed.

As the artist scrubs, the red traces resist disappearance, revealing the persistence of memory, violence, and unseen labor. This work explores how trauma lingers in intimate spaces, how the act of cleaning can become a form of witnessing, and how care and resistance are often intertwined.