A sincere confession,
The fusion of space, the union of connections, technical boundaries, and limitlessness. Finding the connection between two spaces was not difficult for me. Is it possible to find a connection through a mistake? Finding a connection through a mistake is difficult, but making it is easy. What was easy became difficult. I couldn't find it. It persistently eluded me. After all, who was I, a ceramicist standing in front of the marbling basin? It was normal for me to struggle, and suddenly I found myself in the midst of uncanniness for no apparent reason. Maybe I created it. My concern with the material changed the rules of the game again. Well, what could I do? I also became a player in my own game. Then it didn't suit me.
I threatened it and cut it off. Then I regretted it, tried to reconnect. One by one, gently, with the rules I set...
This exhibition, which focuses on strengthening and knotting the existing connection between Barın Han, where I continue my marbling works, and the exhibition space Büyükdere35, is constructed on the presence of mistakes in marbling, covering the vitrine like a book cover. Many marbling works to be exhibited in the space will be displayed on the entrance glass, while on the back, clues will be given to the audience about how the works take different forms with woven marbles made of reed and panama marbles. In the process, I focused on the transformation and change of marbling during the time spent at the helm of each basin. Although the material resulted in a flawed outcome, its appearance was always referred to as "decorative" or "beautiful." While trying to deviate from its usual form for six months, I found myself immersed in the river. I began to achieve intertwined connections by transforming paper into reed form through intervention. Navigating between these layers, my goal was to immerse myself in the mistakes of marbling and give it a place.
Perhaps the connections would get mixed up; I, paper, and colors would find ourselves searching for a way in an endless maze. This similarity turned me upside down.
-Lütfü
