Some pieces, such as hair clips, toothbrushes or cologne, hinted at the fictional lovers’ bodily presence some at everyday life in 1970s Istanbul through newspaper clippings, tin spoons and salt shakers and some at key moments within their love story, such as the formal invitation to Sibel and Kemal’s engagement party. More than the sum of their parts, each vitrine lent insight into the private world and passions of the novel’s characters as well as Istanbul as a city. The exhibition at Somerset House focussed on 13 vitrines filled with everyday objects that each represent a single moment within the relationship, interwoven with film by celebrated director Grant Gee, original material about the making of the museum and facsimile manuscripts of the novel. Both the novel and the museum tell the story of engaged wealthy socialite Kemal Bey’s obsessive love for Füsun, his twice removed cousin and a beautiful shopgirl, through an array of everyday items which have taken on special emotional significance as mementos and keep-sakes of the couple’s ill-fated romance.
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