2025
charcoal on wall (variable dimensions), vacuum cleaner dust and plastic miniatures in a small plastic bag (5.5 × 10 × 0.5 cm
The image of the robot vacuum cleaner drawn with charcoal is painted directly onto the gallery wall. Hanging above the image is a small transparent bag filled with house dust and colorful miniature human figures, held in place with a blue paint strip. The bag contains figures and dust particles that the vacuum cleaner accidentally collected during a previous project.
The work emerged from a real accidental collection incident and documents the moment when machine activity intersects with unintended human remnants. The robot, designed for cleaning, becomes a collector and archivist of human presence.
Within Bayraktar's focus on artificial intelligence, this work reframes automated labor as a random curatorial process. The artist playfully associates the hanging bag with forensic evidence and alien specimen jars, evoking UFO abductions. The vacuum cleaner is reimagined as a fake sentient entity that captures fragments of domestic life and rearranges them into artworks.