I participated in the workshop with a conceptual work titled: “They Are There… Behind the Smoke” This work explores the human presence amidst the transformations of daily life. Characters move within the vortex of existence until their features dissolve behind the smoke, leaving behind only shadows and a certain transparency—a transparency that reflects the purity of their souls and their innate human kindness. My aim was to portray the human being as a trace rather than a physical body, highlighting the fragility of existence in the face of life’s rapid pace. I employed photography, video, and X-ray film—media rich in connotations regarding absence and presence, visibility and the unseen—to craft a visual experience that invites the viewer to contemplate the human being as memory and trace. Diyarbakır Workshop – Turkey For the Diyarbakır workshop, I created a conceptual piece in an abandoned building—formerly a prison—that people tended to avoid due to the heavy memories and sense of gloom it evoked. The workshop took place in winter; the trees were bare, prompting me to ask: How can art breathe life back into a place that has lost its meaning? I selected a tree and hung colorful balloons from its branches, transforming them into a visual metaphor for fruit that had not yet ripened but held the promise of the future. I then invited local children to play and “harvest” this fruit. The balloons were not merely festive elements; they symbolized hope and the possibility of reimagining the space. Children represent the future; they are the ones capable of sowing the seeds of life and reaping the fruits of the place’s renewal. Through the act of play, the memory of the prison was—if only briefly—transformed into a space of joy, underscoring art’s capacity to turn places burdened by the past into open spaces for life and possibility.