* The main image is from Robert Smithson's Spiral Jetty. I have been fascinated by the spiral for a while. I guess it is related to the allegory of Alois Riegl's allegory that creates a parallel between artist production and the spin of a screw. 

** I wanted to state the link myself from the very beginning. If I hadn't seen Gizem Karakaş' work, Sanatçının kendine söylediği yalanlar, this text would have had a very different form.

(July 2020)