Nil Yalter - Kara Kum
The exhibition takes it's title from the material transformation of burnt sand into black, as observed at a foundry in the neighborhood of Hasköy, Istanbul. Focusing on a series of relationships that are central to art, science and mythologies such as those between the concepts of production and destruction, chaos-balance, black holes and universe(s), Nil Yalter observes Hasköy, currently undergoing a process of urban transformation, through its streets and its sand-casting foundry workshops. The book is a very dark tone of grey to sustain the dark feel of the exhibition. The type font of the book is inferred from the video art of the artist, was redrawn by hand and applied and it was published in 2018.
The exhibition takes it's title from the material transformation of burnt sand into black, as observed at a foundry in the neighborhood of Hasköy, Istanbul. Focusing on a series of relationships that are central to art, science and mythologies such as those between the concepts of production and destruction, chaos-balance, black holes and universe(s), Nil Yalter observes Hasköy, currently undergoing a process of urban transformation, through its streets and its sand-casting foundry workshops. The book is a very dark tone of grey to sustain the dark feel of the exhibition. The type font of the book is inferred from the video art of the artist, was redrawn by hand and applied and it was published in 2018.
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