Artists

Aziza Kadyri, Alpin Arda Bağcık, İz Öztat, Sandra del Pilar, Neriman Polat, Sim Chi Yin, Cengiz Tekin

Press release

Opening: 28 November, 6-8.30 p.m.
Curated by Ece Ateş, Lotte Laub, Lusin Reinsch

The exhibition Swaying the Current brings together works by Alpin Arda Bağcık, Aziza Kadyri, İz Öztat, Sandra del Pilar, Neriman Polat, Sim Chi Yin and Cengiz Tekin – artists who go in quest of the history surrounding their origins, whether by reconstructing it on the basis of surviving diaries, photographs, textiles, and other personal objects or by imagining their unknown ancestors. In so doing, they create counter-narratives to official discourses, which always serve the interests of the powerful. The artists take various approaches, such as that of critical fabulation: They integrate speculative and fictional elements into their works, in order to delve into the thoughts and feelings of those who have been sidelined in historical memory. The title Swaying the Current refers to the subtle power one may exert to nudge the course in a different direction, gently but deliberately.