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''... because he had no place he could stay in without getting tired of it and because there was nowhere to go but everywhere, keep rolling under the stars...'' 

The first act of the ''3 ACT MIGGRATION'' is about making a decision  about  leaving your own house and going on an unnkown country to protect your family. It's not easy to leave your home where you played, laughed, cried, made friends, had your first dreams, But you need to make a choice that can totally change you and the world around you. 

Take A Desicion!

Do you want to be an immigrant and have lots of angry people around you or do you want to stay in a conflict zone and have lots of angry people with guns around you?

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*** 50% of the proceeds will be donated to MALALA Foundation to help girls around the world go to school. ***
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Mazar-i Sharif / Balkh / Afghanistan - 2019

ACT 1 / Taking A Desicion

#17 For The Country: Survived

Birds 

A little background of the conflict:

10 June 2014 - ISIS captured city of Mosul after the Iraqi troops stationed there withdrew.

Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. Thousands of people were left to die en masse. Hundreds of women and children were subjected to torture and rape. Little girls who were left hungry and thirsty and tortured for days were forcibly married to older ISIS militants.

On 9 July 2017, the Iraqi Army backed by US Army announced it had launched a new offensive.

The Iraqi army, which started the ground operation after intense air attacks, captured the city on 21 July.

Airstrikes driven by the US Army demolished every single house placed in Old Mosul.

An entire city and thousands of lives were destroyed for A Fistful of Dollars

Collector will get the full copyright of the artwork.

Photographer: Osman Gülveren
Type: 1/1 Documentary Photography
Location: Old Mosul, Iraq
Time: 20 November 2018

A Fistful of Dollars #10

A demolished house in Old Mosul, Iraq

Background of the conflict:

10 June 2014 - ISIS captured city of Mosul after the Iraqi troops stationed there withdrew.

Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. Thousands of people were left to die en masse. Hundreds of women and children were subjected to torture and rape. Little girls who were left hungry and thirsty and tortured for days were forcibly married to older ISIS militants.

On 9 July 2017, the Iraqi Army backed by US Army announced it had launched a new offensive.

The Iraqi army, which started the ground operation after intense air attacks, captured the city on 21 July.

Airstrikes driven by the US Army demolished every single house placed in Old Mosul.

An entire city and thousands of lives were destroyed for A Fistful of Dollars.

Collector will get the full copyright of the artwork.

Photographer: Osman Gülveren
Type: 1/1 Documentary Photography
Location: Old Mosul, Iraq
Time: 21 November 2018

A Fistful of Dollars #17

All the art pieces are created for a purpose. Some for beauty, some for stories, and some for the sake of creating. My latest work LOST IN TRANSLATION is an art piece designed to express the sense of understanding that I have been missing for a long time.  
 
In the last 2 years, I always felt like my words and feelings were not important to others in this space. So little cared but the general opinion was to avoid me cause I was so dull. (That was what I thought) But then I realized that my words were actually lost in the translation like many of you and my works wasn’t good enough to fill that gap.


Most of us are trying to talk in a language that we are not used to it much before. People from all over the world who have different cultures, habits, feelings, and different goals are gathering around 1 single need; the need of being understood.

But as we try to be understood more we focus more on marketing techniques, being active in spaces, learning the English better, trying to trick the algorithm, and so on and so on.

And we end up forgetting why we set out. We are not trying to produce, we are trying to prove to ourselves that we can produce. We are changing more and more, in the wrong direction.

That's why we need Art more than ever these days. Art, which has never lost its value at any point in history, is the only tool that will heal us, meet our needs, and make us understand.

If we start listening to our own inner voice instead of the marketing tactics of others, get to know ourselves, and try to convey what we really want to express through Art, then we will be one step closer to being understood.

No tactic is more powerful, more impressive than a true work of art.

When we understand this, I believe success will come right after. But for this, you don't need to learn any language. That was my biggest mistake!  
 
Don’t create for others, don’t create to sell, and don’t try to prove anything to anyone. Forget the words, marketing techniques, the trick, and everything you learned before. Listen to your inner self and stick to your art. 


Lost In Translation #79/1000

There was no military base in Chernivtsi, but as other bases were attacked, the government began using the Chernivtsi airport for military purposes to defend the country. Because of this change, people started to think it would be an attack on the city.

Every time the Russian side fires a rocket, sirens sound and people go to shelters that unite the rich and the poor. Whatever their race, culture, life purpose, or political view, they come together for safety.

Will all this effort and courage bring security or destroy the sanity of ordinary people?

#2 Power and Safety


A demolished building in Old Mosul, Ninova, Iraq

A little background of the conflict:

10 June 2014 - ISIS captured city of Mosul after the Iraqi troops stationed there withdrew.

Hundreds of thousands of people were displaced. Thousands of people were left to die en masse. Hundreds of women and children were subjected to torture and rape. Little girls who were left hungry and thirsty and tortured for days were forcibly married to older ISIS militants.

On 9 July 2017, the Iraqi Army backed by US Army announced it had launched a new offensive.

The Iraqi army, which started the ground operation after intense air attacks, captured the city on 21 July.

Airstrikes driven by the US Army demolished every single house placed in Old Mosul.

An entire city and thousands of lives were destroyed for A Fistful of Dollars.

Collector will get the full copyright of the artwork.

Photographer: Osman Gülveren
Type: 1/1 Documentary Photography
Location: Old Mosul, Iraq
Time: 20 November 2018

A Fistful of Dollars #8


100% of the proceeds will be used to create a documentary in Ukraine about the recent events to show the world what people are experiencing and to help people with emergency aid.

100% of the proceeds of the documentary movie will be donated to a non-profit organization working for Ukraine that will be chosen by the community.

Description:
A collection of 10 photos taken in Iraq after the ISIS war. The purpose of this collection is to document and show the world the two sides of the coin.

There are many deliberate mistakes in the frames, just like the war and post-war mistakes.



A Fistful of Dollars

Lost In Translation #71/1000

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#7 Day 1 - Military Training For Civilians

Description: Russian troops entered the Ukraine territory on 22 February.
2 days later, on the morning of 24 February, the Russian military carried
out air and missile strikes throughout Ukraine. President Putin described
the operations as ''demilitarizing and denazifing Ukraine''.

People who were the targets of Russian artillery started running in other
countries. The lucky ones managed to escape the bombs and crossed the border
through Romania, Moldova, and Poland.

Directed by: 
Osman Burak Gülveren & Cemal Cihan Kırlı

Produced by:

  UnknownCollector  / Pixel Jindo    / Corsican Emperor  / Ely     
Dominic Eskofier   /  Novole.eth  / andede / Y4Si   / CardoLove.eth  /   SPARS3  


Russian Invasion of Ukraine: What's Next?

''We shall meet again before long to march to new triumphs.''

The third act of the ''3 ACT MIGRATION'' is about standing behind the decision made.

No matter what was your choice, you need to stay strong and remember those hard experiences you had that were given by strangers. Work hard for your future till we meet again.

*Storyteller: Osman Burak (@takashiiyoko)
*Location: Mazar-i Sharif / Balkh / Afghanistan *Time: 2019
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*** 50% of the proceeds will be donated to MALALA Foundation to help girls around the world go to school. ***

ACT 3/ Till We Meet Again

Foundation


“you must be ready to burn yourself in your own flame;
how could you rise anew if you have not first become ashes?”
-Friedrich Nietzsche

Then I Watched It

“Ultimately, it is the desire, not the desired, that we love.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

July 15, 2023 - 1/1 artwork
Designed with AI by Osman Gülveren

Digital Immigrants

BurnYourDesires

“When we want to give expression to a 
dramatic situation in our lives, we tend 
to use metaphors of heaviness. We say 
that something has become a great 
burden to us. We either bear the burden 
or fail and go down with it, we struggle 
with it, win or lose. And Sabina - what 
had come over her? Nothing. She had 
left a man because she felt like leaving 
him. Had he persecuted her? Had he 
tried to take revenge on her? No. Her 
drama was a drama not of heaviness but 
of lightness. What fell to her lot was not 
the burden, but the unbearable lightness 
of being.” - Milan Kundera

scene #1 - lightness of being

scenes collection is an experimental collection

Image number 6 from my journal ''I Hear You''.

dead hope

scenes

from 0 to 1 in the blink of an eye

The journey to "success" always starts with the obstacles set up by those who ''succeeded'' before. Those at the top don't take everyone with them!

You have to overcome them one by one. Every obstacle overcome becomes an experience, and every experience turns into knowledge. If you have overcome all the obstacles and now have enough information, your journey is over. 

Congratulations, you can now create new barriers so that others do not displace you.

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BluePrint. #7

BluePrint. #11

BluePrint.

The red at the bottom embodies the chaos and fear, while the black above mirrors the profound despair. 

Yet, a broad light blue swath symbolizes resilience, the human spirit enduring. 

At the top, a blurred white sun represents distant peace. It's the emotional journey of war survivors, echoing the pain and hope we carry within us.

The Blood Lake & The Blue Sky

Image #13 from my journal ''I Hear You''.

“Luck is where preparation meets opportunity. ”
― Randy Pausch, The Last Lecture

last lecture


𝚋⃨𝚢⃨ 𝙾⃨𝚜⃨𝚖⃨𝚊⃨𝚗⃨ 𝙱⃨𝚞⃨𝚛⃨𝚊⃨𝚔⃨ 𝙶⃨𝚞⃨𝚕⃨𝚟⃨𝚎⃨𝚛⃨𝚎⃨𝚗⃨

Image #7 from my journal ''I Hear You''.


last thoughts

I Hear You

The world unravels outside, yet our path remains forward.

day 4 - time line

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My confession.
My slow-motion apocalypse.

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