Spin
KASA Gallery, Istanbul/Turkey
24.01.2014 - 22.02.2014
Curated by Elif Gül Tirben
Press Release
Inspired by the poem Electronic by Ozdemir Asaf, Spin focuses on the conflicts of becoming through wandering and traveling in nature. Traveling does not just represent the physical act of moving from one location to another. It is a phase of self-search and contemplation. I juxtapose the fragments found on these journeys to create open-ended sentences.
The exhibition was designed according to the unique space of Kasa Gallery. It has three separate rooms connected with each other, like a tunnel, with no windows. The first room starts with “Notes,” where the viewer sees the fragments/flashbacks of travels and the poem’s pieces intervene. The second room, “Routes,” symbolizes the immersion in a journey in nature with city lights getting out of focus and sea waves become like routes. The last room, “Tours,” is a 14 channel video installation where fragments of my journeys are seen as loops and together repeating once every minute.
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Tours-Video Installation
Sound Design by Emre Malikler
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KASA Gallery, Istanbul/Turkey
24.01.2014 - 22.02.2014
Curated by Elif Gül Tirben
Press Release
It's not easy to stand in my spot
I seem to sense the call of other spots
Yet could my standing-in-a-spot be called just that
When that spot I stand in will not standstill
Özdemir Asaf, Electronic
I seem to sense the call of other spots
Yet could my standing-in-a-spot be called just that
When that spot I stand in will not standstill
Özdemir Asaf, Electronic
Inspired by the poem Electronic by Ozdemir Asaf, Spin focuses on the conflicts of becoming through wandering and traveling in nature. Traveling does not just represent the physical act of moving from one location to another. It is a phase of self-search and contemplation. I juxtapose the fragments found on these journeys to create open-ended sentences.
The exhibition was designed according to the unique space of Kasa Gallery. It has three separate rooms connected with each other, like a tunnel, with no windows. The first room starts with “Notes,” where the viewer sees the fragments/flashbacks of travels and the poem’s pieces intervene. The second room, “Routes,” symbolizes the immersion in a journey in nature with city lights getting out of focus and sea waves become like routes. The last room, “Tours,” is a 14 channel video installation where fragments of my journeys are seen as loops and together repeating once every minute.
Notes-Acetate Prints
Routes(The Sea)-100x70 cm, Diasec Prints
Routes(The Lights)- 15 Archival Injket Prints, each 30x21 cm
Sound Design by Emre Malikler
