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Between two things, a crevice could always emerge

EXHIBITION
Between two things, a crevice could always emerge

Reha Keskin

Reha Keskin received her Ph.D. in 2024 from the Department of Theatre Criticism and Dramaturgy at Istanbul University. Her academic interests include late Ottoman and Republican-era modern theatre, Armenian theatre, the sociology of literature, gender studies, and contemporary art.

Between two things, a crevice could always emerge

The project titled "between two things, a crevice could always emerge" draws both its inspiration and name from Leyla Erbil's book "Kalan," published by İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları in 2011.

“Kalan” is a narrative focusing on the socially violent events laden with losses from recent Turkish history and structured through a narrator named Lahzen who is afflicted by the mental disorder despite doctors all attempt to suppress her continuous remambrance with the help of medication.

This is accomplished by interweaving references, at times to myths and sacred texts, at times to historical writings, and at times with excerpts from poems, songs, and films, establishing intertextual connections within a multilayered structure.

Within the narration of what remains, "Kalan" prompts reflections on "witnessing" and the "responsibility of remembrance," opening the door to exploring the connection between these concepts and the "quest for truth". “between two things, a crevice could always emerge" also embarks on an inquiry into the realm of artworks, guided by these very concepts.

The narrator/author sets out on a quest for truth, armed with the knowledge that "truth" cannot be found, leaving behind questions that linger in one's mind regarding the artist, the artwork, and the form. Then more questions are added to these: How do artworks remember, how do they evoke remembrance, where does an artwork stand in the pursuit of truth, how do artworks establish connections between the past and the future, or lead to which resolutions and fractures?

In "Kalan," the moment when Lahzen recalls her friend Rosa, a moment marked by a "crack" sound, signifies a fracture. The sound that emerged when Rosa split her pen in half to share with Lahzen. This moment, this aporia, is a moment of sensory perception for Lahzen. It's the moment when she becomes aware of both her separation from Rosa, whom she couldn't see again after the Pogrom of 6-7 September, and their connection. Her constructed narrative lies precisely here. From this point onwards, the sound of this "crack" will echo in her ears with every remembered event. This fracture will lead to an unclosable "crevice" in the narrative. Between the lived moment and the remembered moment, between denial and acceptance, suppression and expression, loss and what remains, forgetting and the responsibility of remembering... "between two things, a crevice could always emerge."

Artists & Works

Maaria Wirkkala

Untitled, 2013

Glass

289 x 43 x 4

Courtesy of the artist

Osman Dinç

Elegy for Ahlat, 1984-2014

Music stands, black and white photographs

80 photographs: 13x18 cm each

80 music stands: 116.5 x 43 x 43 cm each 

Courtesy of the artist

Hera Büyüktaşçıyan

The Island, 2012

Installation

Carpet and wooden chair

500 x 300 cm 

Installation view: “Envy, Enmity, Embarrassment” Exhibition ARTER

Photo: Murat Germen

Courtesy of the artist and ARTER

Mariana Vassileva

Boat People, 2015

Shoes, white paint, LED

1000 x 100 cm

Courtesy of the artist

Itamar Gov

Anatolian Phantom-Limbs, 2022

Installation

Stone and metal installation

130 x 130 x 70 cm

Courtesy of Zilberman Gallery Berlin/İstanbul

Mert Yavaşça

Toys Funeral, 2022

Installation

Courtesy of the artist

Eleonara Arhelaou

Untitled, 1996

Six photo prints, 35 mm, negative film

Variable dimensions

Salt Research, Eleonara Arhelaou archive

Fatoş Dikenova

Untitled, 2021

Installation

Glass material, mixed media

75 x 120 x 100

Courtesy of the artist

Viron Erol Vert

Ufak Ufak Bize Yol Göründü, 2017

Video installation

4:3, colour, 19’ (loop)

Photo: Koray Şentürk, Yapı Kredi Culture and Arts

Courtesy of the artist 

Zafer Akşit

Comfort Zone, 2017

Video installation, 6’32

Courtesy of the artist

Yasemen Cemre Gürbüz

Fountains, Hills, Shadows, 2022

Booklet, 30 pages

12,5 cm x 17,5 cm

Courtesy of the artist

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