~ tracking down this book ~
Istanbul-based Seza Bali documents her father's eccentric business card collection amassed over decades as a salesman in Turkey. She writes in her artist statement: "My father retired long ago from this business. However, to this day he has kept all his envelopes and cards, even though he understands that they are no longer of any use to him. The mystery of his attachment to this obsolete form of communication, reference, and human connection - not to mention his unique archival system - is the source of inspiration for this new body of work entitled One Man Show. "