ALPER AYDIN | FATA MORGANA | 20 JUNE - 20 AUGUST 2023

Bend

2023

Iron, grass

(a) 100 x 165 x 165 cm

(b) 135 x 90 x 400 cm

(c) 145 x 165 x 165 cm

(d) 185 x 71 x 385 cm

 

The time of destruction we are in is named the Anthropocene, where the human factor has the leading role as opposed to the other geological ages, and sudden and inescapable disasters occur due to global warming, the annihilation of habitats, and the decline of ecological diversity day by day. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution and shaping the modern world with rapid urbanization, this epoch also has revealed how the need for shelter and construction has transformed into new landforms. Bend, a sub-nature to live in peacefully, renders a utopian way visible. Searching for whether new living spaces could be created by processing the data of nature, the installation offers an apology to the landforms destroyed by humans by creating a playground and an experience by imitating the landforms with constructivist interventions.