Filmed in Cyprus, Emin & Emin (1996) features the artist and her father on the beach. A native of the island, Emin’s father was a complicated figure in her life, he abandoned the family when Emin was a young girl in Margate and as a result, both his presence and absence informed much of her art. Set against the sound of crashing waves, we hear her father softly singing a lullaby in Turkish. Emin recites a short poem about the near spiritual bond of family, the last words of which are, “I love you Daddy.”

Selected Exhibitions:
2011, Tracey Emin: Love is What You Want, Hayward Gallery, London, UK
2004, Tracey Istanbulda, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey

Selected Literature:
— Wells, Liz et al., Photography and Cyprus: Time, Place and Identity, London: I.B. Tauris, 2014. ill. p. 202
— Emin, Tracey and Freedman, Carl, Tracey Emin. Ed. Honey Luard. New York: Rizzoli, 2006, ill. p. 8
— Exh. Cat. Tracey Emin. I Need Art Like I Need God, South London Gallery. Ed. Honey Luard. London: Jay Jopling, 1998, ill. p. 60-61
— Exh. Cat. Visions du Réel Festival international de cinema. 2010, ill p. 428