Echo
Mehveş Topçuoğlu
3 min | Turkey
“Echo”, a peculiar pigeon, navigates the city and different environments within it in search of validation and affection. Echo offers his branch, a symbol of his identity and personal values, but fails to attract anyone’s attention. When he learns to transform into the style of each group, he gets caught in the rush of validation and steps on his branch, which he only realizes after the rush wears off. Devastated to find it broken, he finally recognizes the value of his own identity once it is lost. He attempts to salvage the branch, but it is poorly fixed with pieces from other environments. Although he is content to have mended his relationship with his identity, it is forever altered by the various environments he has been part of and his obsession with external validation.
Mehves Topcuoglu
