Dilara Fındıkoglu “Unite & Rise & Pray for the Mother” Manifesto 2020

I have come across this manifesto from Dilara Fındıkoglu on instagram from her 2020 fall winter collection. This has inspired me a lot as she is also a turkish designer like me and I felt really connected to her words and I understood her purpose and what the message was whilst reading it. My purpose for this project is also about proving a point which is detachment and rebirth. Going back to my initial research I see it again that I was drawn to the symbolism on the page alongside the words and I think it is a really powerful was of using spoken poetry/words alongside symbolism.

While Unite & Rise & Pray for the Mother is brimming with mythology and poetry, like much of Findikoglu’s work, it also speaks to reality, specifically issues of gender inequality and the lived experience of women around the world. The film is a response to femicide in Turkey, an issue that Findikoglu was aware of but confronted with when she returned to the country earlier this year, following the national lockdown here in the UK.

“As a designer, I always wanted to make a positive impact on the issues in the world through my designs,” she says. “I feel like I’m a storyteller and with this project, I wanted to tell the story of the victims of these awful incidents and raise awareness on this issue.”

Stansfield, T. (2020) Unite & Rise: Watch Dilara Findikoglu's mythical new short film, AnOther. AnOther Magazine. Available at: https://www.anothermag.com/fashion-beauty/12940/unite-rise-watch-dilara-findikoglus-mythical-new-short-film (Accessed: February 22, 2023).

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