# kurulu an / the wound-up moment

> Performative installation (2016–2021) by Ece Eldek: stream-of-consciousness poems written onto a found English book of verses from the holy scriptures.

- URL: https://eceeldek.com/kurulu-an-the-wound-up-moment/
- Published: 2021-03-23
- Updated: 2025-02-18
- Author: Ece Eldek

![The book Kurulu An / The Wound-up Moment leaning on a clock mechanism](https://eceeldek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/E770369_k.jpg)

 2016-2021 performative installation

![Red book Kurulu An (The Wound-up Moment) standing on a wooden table](https://eceeldek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/E770360_k-1024x766.jpg)

The visual material used by Ece Eldek in this work is based on a found book written in English. This book contains certain verses from the holy books. While reading the book, which she came across by chance, Eldek realized that the translations of the verses into English were very poetic and began writing stream of consciousness poems on several pages of the book. She changed the title of the book to _“Kurulu An / The Wound-up Moment”_, considering holy scriptures as mechanisms that set up life like a wind-up clock. Stream of consciousness is a writing technique used by certain writers and poets to transfer glimpses of thought, associated to momentary feelings or triggered by other ideas, on paper. By interpreting the book with this method, the artist also wants to reflect on the moments and techniques involved in the writing of holy books.

![Red book Kurulu An displayed on a wooden table in a dark room](https://eceeldek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/E770358_k-1-1024x766.jpg)

![Visitor reading the book Kurulu An at the table](https://eceeldek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/E770399-1024x766.jpg)

![The book Kurulu An / The Wound-up Moment leaning on a clock mechanism](https://eceeldek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/E770369_k-1024x766.jpg)

![Brass wind-up clock mechanism with the red book behind it, Kurulu An](https://eceeldek.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/E770363_k-1024x766.jpg)