Yuva 2, Eksibir on September 24/31, 2022
“The exhibition aims to capture a collective narrative; it tries to suggest new ways of life with critical representations of domestic and everyday behavior patterns while enabling us to establish relationships between different sources and perspectives. In this direction; While many ossified passive structures are being handled, the social expression of personal experiences and collective memory come to the fore. “
Before the exhibition and performances, the second stop of the Home series began at Eksibir with the workshop “Settling in the home” held by Aylin Vartanyan, one of the esteemed academicians from Boğaziçi University. in the workshop, the concept of home was examined through expressive art methods. individuals gathered their interpretations of home through somatic dialogue and then transformed them into the canvas altogether.
“The dynamics, occupations, operations, and destruction shaped around the hegemonic power axis are the subject of the exhibition as an undeniable part of this memory.”
Eylül Deniz gave a live performance accompanied by the experimental film screening. afterward, visitors to the exhibition and performance participated in an impromptu jam session. an experience area of collective production was created in the jam session, where artists from different styles and interpretations had the chance to produce together.
Beside open lectures were given by Fikret Adaman, Bilal yılmaz ve Eren Şenkardeş, Atlas is watched. the documentary that is directed by Osman Baran Özdemir is about the Boğaziçi Resistance.
The curatorial approach prioritizes witnessing and experiencing the space in line with the home theme and includes works that have site-specific qualities and establish spatial relationships. As an extension of this approach; After the space-human relationship is suspended during the pandemic process, a new perspective is designed around the concepts of trust, comfort, uncanny, alienation, and togetherness
