DREAMS ON HOLD

Istanbul, Turkey

April 2025

On a street in Istanbul, a teenager sits on a scooter, motionless at the edge of the movement. The slope draws the eye towards a city that carries on without him. His hand resting on his face, his dangling foot and his absent gaze tell of the fragile waiting of an age when dreams already exist, but leaving still seems impossible.

Soundtrack

BURKHARD DALLWITZ

Truman Sleeps from the film THE TRUMAN SHOW

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The repeating motifs of Truman Sleeps envelop the scene in an almost unreal softness. Philip Glass’s piano gives waiting the shape of a waking dream, while the street becomes both setting and boundary. The music suggests a world ready to open up, if only the boy dares to leave it.

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Photograph “DREAMS ON HOLD”, Istanbul, Turkey (April 2025).

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DREAMS ON HOLD — fine art print in situ.

Fine Art — 40 × 60 cm

A fine art print on Hahnemühle paper, signed and numbered, for an intimate and sensitive experience of the image.

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Gallery — 60 × 90 cm

A matte acrylic finish, mounted on aluminium and ready to hang, revealing the full depth of the photograph.

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DREAMS ON HOLD — monumental print in situ.

Monumental — 100 × 150 cm

A collector’s piece produced to order, finished under matte acrylic, mounted on aluminium and delivered ready to hang, giving the work a spectacular presence in the space.

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