Escape Velocity Kaçış Hızı
The Escape Velocity (2019) series explores enigmatic forces that are hard to decipher but nevertheless tend to have an intense impact. A fly somehow pushed to the far edge of the space, a crashed Formula 1 car, a vehicle designed to crash into the Moon but failed, a smashed war helicopter, a rain of frogs that had possibly started as a result of a heavy storm. The big black spaces that dominate the field almost function as surfaces where unseen forces impact each other.
Resimsel boşluğun kütle çekimini vurgulayacak şekilde kurgulandığı seride, üç boyutlu modellerin sanal olarak parçalanması belgesel fotoğraf fikrini, geniş zamanı imleyen, özel bir zamana ve mekana referans vermeyen resimsel bir imgeye doğru genişletiyor.
Musca domestica (2019) captures the last movement of a fly before it leaves a scene and traps it in the corner. Musca domestica is the Latin name of the most well-known type of fly, and in literature it is used as a symbol for the brevity of life and the fact that humans barely have any control over death.
Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk (2019) features a four-bladed twin-engine combat helicopter produced by Sikorsky Aircraft. Named after a Native American warrior and used by the US Army after the 1970s, the image falls against the so-called glorious past of this helicopter, positioning it not as a war hero but as a broken, failed and defeated inanimate object.
Rare Meteorological Phenomenon (2019) consists of frogs floating on a centerless plane in different positions. The rain of frogs is a rare meteorological phenomenon thought to be caused by strong storms. This unusual event is a threat to humans, and the work brings humanity’s relationship with nature into question. The space-like black background allows the image to be perceived almost as three-dimensional, potentially existing far away from a known natural environment, possibly in a different universe.
Mecha (2019) is presented as a diptych. It brings together a Formula 1 car crash and the first spacecraft that reached the velocity necessary to escape Earth’s gravity. The spacecraft, Luna 1, was designed to crash into the Moon but failed because of a miscalculation. Since then, it has been stuck in an orbit in the solar system. It was named Mechta, meaning dream. Mecha has also become the generic name of humanoid robots controlled by humans.
Exhibitions
- Art Brussels (Sanatorium solo booth) catalog ↗