In the Garden series, the garden appears as a contradictory space where nature and human desire intersect. Although it resembles a natural environment, the garden is shaped by continuous acts of selection, placement, care, and removal. Some plants are protected, while others are excluded. This logic closely mirrors structures of belonging and exclusion, settlement and displacement.

The garden where plants of uncertain origin grow side by side. Some take root and remain, while others appear briefly before disappearing. This landscape became a metaphor for migration, adaptation, and fragile belonging, resonating deeply with my personal experiences.

Gradually, the garden expands beyond a private memory into a broader social framework. Despite increasing global connectivity, boundaries of identity and nation become more rigid. The garden functions not as an idyllic natural space, but as a constructed system where human intervention, classification, and quiet resistance coexist. The work asks under what conditions we survive, and where we are allowed to take root.