My Multitasking Mother – Screen print 2025


Beirut - Lebanon





“Çok Yönlü Annem” – Ari Sarkis Alpert

‘Çok Yönlü Annem’ adlı baskımın arkasındaki fikir şöyleydi: 80’lerde Londra’da yaşarken annem orada oryantal (göbek dansı) yapardı. Dans ederken aslında oldukça ünlü hale gelmişti, çünkü ona kostüm dikmeyi ve dans etmeyi öğreten ünlü bir dansöz, Prenses Banu tarafından yetiştirilmiştir.

Bir gün okuldan sonra beni yanına aldı. Erken yatmamı söyledi, sonra gece geç bir saatte beni uyandırıp dans ettiği kulübe, Gallipoli’ye götürdü. O gece beş ya da altı farklı performans sergiledi. Sahne adı Aysel’di. Önce zillerle (parmak zilleriyle) dans ederdi, sonra bastonla. Ardından, karnının üstüne küçük bir mumluk koyar, içinde yanan bir mumla dizlerinin üstüne çöker ve karnını kullanarak o mumu göğsüne kadar yükseltirdi.

Tüm bu performansları yapardı ve ben annemin yeteneğine inanılmaz hayran kalırdım. O zamanlar oryantal dans bir sanat formu olarak kabul edilmiyordu, bu yüzden annem yıllarca bunu gizli tuttu. Ama ben annemle gurur duyuyorum. İki çocuğunu tek başına büyüttü ve geceleri çalışarak bize bakabilmek için elinden geleni yaptı. Bu baskıyı yapıyor olmaktan gurur duyuyorum.

The whole concept behind my print called ' My Multitasking Mother' was. Back in the 80s when we used to live in London. My mother used to belly dance there. When she belly danced she became actually pretty famous because she was brought up by a famous belly dancer called Princess Banu who taught her how to sew costumes and how to dance. One day, she took me after school. She made me to go to bed early and then she woke me up late at night to take me to the the club that she used to play dancing called Gallipoli. She would do five or six different performances. Her her stage name was Aysel. At first she'd used the finger symbols. Then she'd use the cane. After that she would place a candle holder with a lite candle on her belly ,then go on her knees and bring it all the way up to her chest by using her stomach. So she would do all these performance and I was very very amazed to see how talented my mother was. Back in the days belly dancing was not accepted as an art form , so my mom has kept it under the rug for years, but I'm proud with my mother, She raised two kids by herself while working at night to provide for her kids. I'm proud that we're doing this print.












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GOODBYE CANIM KIZIN, SENİNLE COK GUZEL BİR 14 SENE GECİREDİK. GULDURUDUN, SALYALARINI UZERİME AKITTIN, MİSAFİRLERİMİ OZEL İLGİ GOSTERDİN, RAHAT BIRAKMADIN. OUT OF MY CATS YOU WHERE REALLY THE VERY SPECIAL ONE WİTH A SPECIAL CHARACTER. I LOVE YOU 50/50. YOU ARE NOT IN PAIN ANYMORE EVEN THOUGH YOU DID YOUR BEST TO HANG IN THERE. I WILL LOVE YOU AND KEEP YOU IN MY HEART FOREVER. CANIM KIZIM. BABAN. ARİ XXX


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2017




Gun aksam gec saate vet aradı, sabah a kalmayabılır. aksam gitiim vedalaştım. Sabah vefat etti…Canım kızım:(


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fifty bgn kan nakliyesi yapildi, yarin ameliyat olacak…;(






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Bu konu ile ilgili yapacagim son post bu, cunku surekli negatif seyler postlamak istemiyorum. Merak eden bnm blogumdan takip edebilir. Simdi kedilerimi son durumu, bildiginiz gibi ikiside kan parasitinden, saraliga donusmus. Spesifik toparliyor ama 50/50 nin durum hic iyi degil. Yarin kan nakliyesi olacak, akabinde dalagan operasiyinla alinmasi lazim. Ama cok iyi gozukmuyor ama herseyi ama hersey yapmaya calisacsgim. Tabi zaman acisindan yeni isten cikartilmam cok iyi olmadi, simdilik 50k tutuyor... daha once soyledigim gibi yardim etmek isterseniz, benim websiteden is secip fiyatini sorabilirsiniz, ya da @buyukdere35 ten kartla martla alinabiliyor (tabi galeri %50sini aliyor, but thats ok) . Ayni zamanda is birligimiz olan @cathunter.app bir donation seyi yapmaya calisacak...If not arayip soran herkeze cok tsk... It really means alot...hayat fani ama en azindan birlikte duygularimizi, yanliz zamanlarda hep yanimizda olan tuylu hayvanlarimiz icin hersseyimi veririm "Ayni bakiyoruz, farkli goruyoruz' iCat ... love A.A





This will be my last post about this topic, because I don’t want to keep posting negative things. Anyone who wants to follow more closely can check my blog.





Now, about my cats’ situation — as you know, both were diagnosed with blood parasites that turned into anemia. Spesifik is recovering, but 50/50’s condition is not good at all. Tomorrow she’ll have a blood transfusion, and afterward, her spleen needs to be surgically removed. She doesn’t look great, but I’ll do absolutely everything I can.





Of course, getting laid off from my job right now hasn’t helped with timing. So far, costs are around 50k... As I mentioned before, if you want to help, you can pick a piece from my website and ask for its price, or buy something through @buyukdere35 (they take 50%, but that’s okay).





At the same time, our collaborator @cathunter.app is working on setting up a donation option.





If not, thank you so much to everyone who has called or checked in — it really means a lot. Life is fleeting, but at least we can share our emotions and give everything we have for the furry friends who’ve always been there for us in our loneliest times.





“We look the same, but we see differently.”
iCat — love, A.A.






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