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Artist Kutlug Ataman attaches the first cloth to start his art project "Silsel" at Galata Greek Primary School in Istanbul May 12, 2012. Part performance art, part sculpture, Ataman's "Silsel" consists of hundreds of pieces of cloth inscribed with messages written by visitors, then stitched together to form a giant patchwork draped over a scaffold of wires. Picture taken May 12, 2012. To match story TURKEY-ART/ATAMAN REUTERS/Murad Sezer (TURKEY - Tags: SOCIETY)