Cross-Pollinated is part of the Trilogy: Locus of Power in which Doğrusöz since 2017 examines the culture as well as the economic and political history of the ancient city Dura-Europos located near Deir ez-Zor (Syria). He borrows documentation of archeological excavations of the site and the objects that were unearthed and distorts the colors into highly saturated hues. He compiles fragmentary clips of information, including from the archive of the Cold War-era Corona space telescope, to create what he described as “a proto-fictional space” that allows him to “unfold all the elements about Dura-Europos that are not at the core of narratives, or used for soft power by many countries in their relationship to war, civilization projects, and as political propaganda.”