Curator: S. Çağatay Özkefeli
Artists: Elif Zaim
The works address the processes of "existing order - threshold / rupture - reconstruction" within a single composition. In the first phase, traditional motifs represent a fixed order; in the second phase, they represent the threshold moment where the form begins to dissolve while still remaining legible. In the third phase, the dissolution does not remain a mere dispersal, but generates an entirely new order through a new rhythm. Thus, the process ceases to be a fixed explanation tied to a single reference. It transforms into a state that circulates on the surface, continuously reconstructed. The production technique used in the works forms the foundation of what is being narrated. In the wet-on-wet technique, each drop of ink disperses according to its own flow. Each time, a new possibility, a new distribution emerges. My intervention is limited to establishing the ground and boundaries within which this flow will occur. The ink moves independently of my consciousness, yet can only exist within the boundaries I have consciously drawn. This dilemma stands alongside the questions that arise today in connection with big data networks and artificial intelligence. Is production without consciousness possible? What are its limits? In the works, each drop of ink behaves like an individual. The encounters and juxtapositions of individuals construct the composition, that is, the "social whole." Yet it is impossible to anticipate how they will evolve and what form they will take. For this reason, Kozmos & Kaos exists not only through the totality of the work, but also through the production process itself.
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