06.2023-35-exhibition
2023
Project Coordinator: Sergen Şehitoğlu
Participants: Ahmet Doğu İpek, Ali İbrahim Öcal, Begüm Güney, Berkay Tuncay, Burak Delier, Burçak Bingöl, Dilara Sezgin, Ece Ağırtmış, Eda Sütunç, Ekin Kano, Huo Rf, Ilgın Seymen, İz Öztat, Kemal Özen, Kerem Ozan Bayraktar, Lara Ögel, Mehmet Dere, Melih Aydemir, Melike Bayık, Merve Şendil, Mesut Öztürk, Nergis Abıyeva, Nermin Er, Özge Güven, Sena Başöz, Sevil Tunaboylu, Suat Öğüt, Şafak Şule Kemancı, Tuğçe Kaprol, Tutku Bulutbeyaz, Ulya Soley, Yonca Karakaş, Yunus Emre Erdoğan, Zeynep Birced, Zeyno Pekünlü
SANATORIUM hosts the exhibition titled 06.2023-35-exhibition between the dates June 17 – July 22, 2023, under the coordination of the artist Sergen Şehitoğlu, to which thirty-five participants dealing with visual arts have contributed with their works.
The exhibition consists of images of correspondences that the participants have carried out in the last six months on any one of the communication interfaces they use in daily life. All the participants, who have approximately the same occupation, have chosen from communication content they have created while experiencing similar conditions in a certain period of time. These conversations are exhibited in a definite and indeterminate arrangement in the exhibition.
Regardless of the subject matter of the correspondences, they somehow mark the period of high social and personal intensity between December 2022 and June 2023. These correspondences, which occurred within a span of six months, unveil the personal dialogues that transpired within a particular community during that time period, ultimately forming a political stance.
This exhibition is not a unique approach to the art world per se. In today’s fast-paced world, the importance of correspondence between people has increased thanks to digital communication tools. These correspondences not only mark a personal history but also bear witness to a social history. In this context, the exhibition shows how personal experiences are transformed into social experiences and, in doing so, draws attention to the impact of digital communication technologies on our lives.
It is also possible to find similar approaches in art history. For example, in the 1960s, the artists of the Fluxus movement brought art to everyday life and everyday objects, transforming elements of ordinary life into artworks. In this exhibition, digital correspondence, a communication tool frequently used in daily life, is transformed into artworks and the artists use this medium to address elements in ordinary life. (Generated by ChatGPT)
In the publication 06.2023-35-magazine, to be published in the same period as the exhibition, the content of the exhibition will be presented through the installation of a selected one out of potential sequences.
Exhibition List
- Sanatorium, 2023