A bit of Unruly Complexity

Misal Adnan Yıldız

 

This exhibition is dedicated to what science brings to our lives as complexity considering our interpretations of nature with our perception of reality and cognitive limits. A BIT OF UNRULY COMPLEXITY is hungry for emotional intelligence, genuine connections, visual poetry, and painting. In the age of ‘complicated’ relationships, it proposes acknowledging, recognizing, and understanding various forms of ‘complexity’ -specifically the notion of complexity- within the contingent nature of things or events. Either a human being with developmental issues and social dilemmas; or a ‘machine’ with its parts; individuals, societies, and communities; or our universe with its unimaginable scale are examples of “the complex’’ in their full meanings.

 

As an exhibition, it consistently magnets specific artistic perspectives that reflect on complexities, which emerge from interconnectedness, ecological regularities, and geo-centered subjects through engaging with critical forms, which connect us around/against this question -or problem of (Western) humanism/subjectivism. As an ironic gesture for its mission-impossible, the phrase added for the title, “-a bit” critically asks some space for the local context, experimental approach as well as contextual thinking regarding the limits of any exhibition space, calendar, or budget.

 

The making of the exhibition, research materials, and curatorial text with all its further notes will be included in the December 2022 issue of the publication “xx-yy-magazine” led by Sergen Şehitoğlu.

In this booklet, we share the artists’ answers to our questions aiming to make their voices more present, and their statements more clear during your visit.

 

Art is complex, as life, and science, and needs your attention, connection, and care.