Here, life is a matter of negotiation; between a 14th century Genoese wall and a 21st century train bridge, between the stream of water and the tardy earth, between the sun-kissed outdoor spaces and consequently dim, shadowed voids. And the time acts like a flow of water, occasionally displaced by a bit of debris now and then. Some cosmic disturbance can cause a rivulet of time to rub away from the mainstream to make connection back stream. When this happens; birds, soil, people caught in the branching tributary find themselves suddenly carried to the past.

The travelers of the future whisper earie sounds. Cautious, as they are, not to make the slightest noise, the meager alteration, for it may destroy the future. Because these exiles of time recognize the right to city—decisions made for uses and abuses of the city—is a common right for city dwellers of the present.

Istanbul Technical University
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Aslıhan Şenel

from future to past