Serpent
5 May - 5 June 2015 / Artnext Istanbul
SEEING THE UNSEEN IN THE LIGHT OF THE SEEN: We, as the living creatures on Earth, are going through a delicate phase. Not only humans, but all living creatures are in a difficult, critical, painful, anxious, contradictory, incredulous transition phase seeking the entity in the natural balance. This is a phase we all feel and experience, a transition we all perceive and again experience, on an extremely subjective level. Since the earliest known or presumed eras of civilization, both humanity and Earth have gone through many transitions alike, separately as well as simultaneously; resulting in either a civilizations evolution and progress, or destruction and extinction. The snake as a symbol is present in almost every culture on the planet. Having both positive and negative representations and meanings, perhaps it is one of the best symbols to define duality. Humans perceive other humans, other beings, the World, the universe, the cosmos and the macrocosm in conjunction with their own conscience. They form those around them and develop various behavior patterns upon their perception. Same as the Yin-Yang symbols representation, the good and the evil intertwines and meanings alter, process and reproduce depending on our aspect. In that respect, I see the snake as a far-reaching symbol to interpret this rough transition period to tell us stories of ancient times and to remind us time’s cycle. I choose the snake as a gateway to see the unseen, in the light of the seen; to perceive the imperceptible, hidden behind the perceived.









