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BITTER MEDICINE #02 by :mentalKLINIK

Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
Curator: Dr. Necmi Sönmez

17 September 2020 – 31 January 2021

“The starting point of the presentation of this series at Borusan Contemporary, the second rendition after the Belgrade Museum of Contemporary Art, is the Puff Out installation set up in the gallery space. Instant patterns are created by the endless and repetitive movements of 8 intelligent robotic vacuum cleaners in the glitter-covered space, producing combinations of light and form. The site-specific installation, which reaches the recipients digitally 24/7 via the Borusan Contemporary’s website, has a multi-layered structure. Visuality presented here is based on stimulations both technically and methodically. It is created by the glitter constantly moving with the enthusiasm of robots. Every instant “situation” not only presents the colors and forms that change in an unrepeatable way, but also turns the gallery into a space where different visual experiences are fermented. This feature, which is defined as the “microclimate area” by :mentalKLINIK, is a step taken in the name of the future, just like the soil in which a seed has fallen. ACI REÇETE # 02 / BITTER MEDICINE # 02, which is physically designed and represented on the digital platform, shapes its hybrid identity 24/7 in a virtual environment, examines the form of “moving image”—a primary expression of discourse in New Media Art—, shedding the barriers which determine the perceptions of the recipients, such as accessibility of the exhibition space, social distance, etc.”

Exhibition catalogue – curator Dr. Necmi Sönmez