Submission
January 18, 2024

I’ll see it when I believe it 

Group show @Büyükada, Istanbul
November 04 — 05, 2023

Can Yıldırım, an honest membran 2023 Red pigmented silicon

‘I’ll see it when I believe it’ is an off-site project located in one of the islands of Istanbul called ‘Büyükada’. Exhibition takes place in an abandoned area on top of Büyükada, which was built 100 years ago by a German general from W.W. I. What is left from the area is the ruins and traces of the old houses. The artists discovered the area and produced their pieces inspired by the area and the process. Zeynep Yılmaz, one of the artists, wrote a Turkish poem regarding the exhibition:

inanmadan bakılan hiçbir şey gerçek değildi.
hangi parçasını eline aldıysan da gerçek oldu.

ormanda bir ağaç düştü,
kimse duymadı.

niye diye sorulduğunda:
anlattık ama kimse inanmadı.

oyulan taşlar yerinden,
evin çatısı duvarından,
ağaç kendi kökünden,
ve çakallar etrafta,
yazılan oyunu oynadı.

yolda yürürken bir yer bulmuştuk,
bugün hala soruyoruz:

neresiydi orası?

— Zeynep Yılmaz 

Can Yıldırım, aaaaargh!, order fell into place 2023 Rocking horse translated and produced from firwood from Lalin Mercan’s drawing, her donation of two tarot cards, (The Magician and The Moon) from tarot deck Elisa Seitzinger designed, on the grounds that they were extra, fake palm leaves and medical waste bin donated by Deniz Kulaksızoğlu, prayer bead knot paracord, screenshots taken from various videos and films watched from the beginning of 2023 until 19th of September UV printed on scuba fabric, selected on the condition that they trigger sensations of heat and cold
Can Yıldırım, 𝙡𝙪𝙣𝙜𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙠 (𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙜𝙝𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙤𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙨) 2023 Icetea bottles, gas pipe clamps, cable clips, nescafe
Can Yıldırım, words and tongue thus killed the killed yet again 2023 Improv steel xylophone designed and fabricated by taking as reference a relief mold taken from the bark of a tree engraved by engraving beetles, digitally manipulated fish patterned mother heirloom ‘temple cloth’ UV printed on polyester fabric, saddle pad made from aluminum coated and honeycombed thermal insulation sheet and bird spikes, a 5m6s long video accidentally shot slow-motion inside pant pocket whilst sky gazing under a dry tree resembling a nosediving merperson turned into a 112-page book, pages printed on waterproof raincoat fabric, bound through silver coated eyelets with mad max style paracord survival bracelet knot onto a steel plate, gas pipe clamps, 6 plastic ice tea bottles, resin, nescafe, plaster cast of clay sculpture, custom fit white paracord muzzle, steel pins
Deniz Kulaksızoğlu, I love nature when it’s all natural (2bbf5c) 2023 2 artificial palm trees mounted together, green tinted pictures of surrounding plants UV printed on papyrus paper, nails
Deniz Kulaksızoğlu, to eat with dirty hands 2023 aluminium doomsday dish rack design, porcelain plate, clay, cast soap with food residue, happy dinner image from internet, fishing line, fishing hook, dish cloth used without being cleaned for 1 month, mold
Deniz Kulaksızoğlu, to eat with dirty hands 2023 aluminium doomsday dish rack design, porcelain plate, clay, cast soap with food residue, happy dinner image from internet, fishing line, fishing hook, dish cloth used without being cleaned for 1 month, mold
Deniz Kulaksızoğlu, warm, sweet, soft, and protected 2023 laser cut iron hive, iron hexagonal profile, mdf, tapestry seat fabric, honey colored resin, synthetic hair, 10 cm construction nail
Deniz Kulaksızoğlu, night_dark_wolf_nocturnal_forest_real_tree_panther 2023 oil on 25x30 cm canvas, branches and dry leaves collected from Suadiye, polyurethane foam
Fırat İtmeç, Summoning! 2023 engraving on stainless steel, found objects, latex
Fırat İtmeç, Summoning! 2023 engraving on stainless steel, found objects, latex
Fırat İtmeç, Summoning! 2023 engraving on stainless steel, found objects, latex
İrem Apak, Pheromone Traps I-VI 2023 found objects, animal bones, steel wire, plaster, human hair, papier-mâché, latex, tree branch
İrem Apak, Pheromone Traps I-VI 2023 found objects, animal bones, steel wire, plaster, human hair, papier-mâché, latex, tree branch
İrem Apak, Pheromone Traps I-VI 2023 found objects, animal bones, steel wire, plaster, human hair, papier-mâché, latex, tree branch
İrem Apak, Pheromone Traps I-VI 2023 found objects, animal bones, steel wire, plaster, human hair, papier-mâché, latex, tree branch
İrem Apak, Pheromone Traps I-VI 2023 found objects, animal bones, steel wire, plaster, human hair, papier-mâché, latex, tree branch
Lalin Mercan, thin-skinned, eclipse of the body 2023 blue pencil, plexiglass, lead, digital print
Lalin Mercan,gravity and grace 2023 lead, epoxy, plexi, acrylic over aechmea 'blue rain’
Lalin Mercan,into unguessed abysses 2023 organza, phantom thread, UV print on chiffon, lapis lazuli, red jade, PVC 80x140cm
Lalin Mercan, not all pity descends from higher to lesser 2023 blue pencil, plexiglass, lead, digital print
Lalin Mercan, the void and the waltz inside 2023 pine, lead, plexiglass, liquid metal, powder pastel on electrode, powder grass (autumn palette), collodial silver spray
Serra Bilgincan, MEGARON 1: ANACRHONIC WHISPERS 2023 Andesite stone carved back into having organic stone form and texture, oak, ochre paint made from found stones and flaxeed oil, speaker
Serra Bilgincan, MEGARON 1: ANACRHONIC WHISPERS 2023 Andesite stone carved back into having organic stone form and texture, oak, ochre paint made from found stones and flaxeed oil, speaker
Serra Bilgincan, MEGARON 2: AN INVITATION TO DINNER 2023 hand carved branch of an olive tree, stainless steel
Serra Bilgincan,MEGARON 2: AN INVITATION TO DINNER 2023 hand carved branch of an olive tree, stainless steel
Serra Bilgincan,MEGARON 2: AN INVITATION TO DINNER 2023 hand carved branch of an olive tree, stainless steel
Zeynep Yılmaz, I SLIPPED ON MY OWN CRUX 2023 performance
Zeynep Yılmaz, I SLIPPED ON MY OWN CRUX 2023 performance
Zeynep Yılmaz, I SLIPPED ON MY OWN CRUX 2023 performance

I’ll see it when I believe it 

Büyükada, Istanbul
November 04 — 05, 2023

Artists: Lalin Mercan, Fırat İtmeç, Serra Bilgincan,Deniz Kulaksızoğlu, İrem Apak, Can Yıldırım, Zeynep Yılmaz

Text author: Zeynep Yılmaz.

Photography: Duygu Yasa, Can Yıldırım / All images copyright and courtesy of the artist and the gallery.

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