hematom – adam, ceset ve ben’in maceraları by Suhan Lalettayin

Publisher: Knownas Collective, Istanbul, 2025. 

Format:  Hardcover, mixed-media publication with black-and-white typography, illustrations, documentary collages, ready-made collages, and archival material

hematom – adam, ceset ve ben’in maceraları is Suhan Lalettayin’s first artist’s book, operating simultaneously as an experimental poetry collection, a crime archive, and a mixed-media narrative. Blurring the boundaries between poetry, fiction, visual art, and documentary material, the publication unfolds through fragmented texts, fabricated evidence, courtroom documents, found imagery, and layered visual interventions. Developed over five years, the book features conceptual design by Suhan Lalettayin, mixed-media illustrations and layout by Gizem Akgün, documentary collages produced with Pembe Panzer, Tennx, Dilan Kapar, and Ömer Faruk Karaşahan, alongside translations by Ömer Faruk Karaşahan and Esen Arıkan. Rather than offering a conventional reading experience, hematom invites the reader to navigate an unstable psychological landscape where poetry becomes investigation, narrative becomes evidence, and every page functions as both artwork and forensic fragment.