For there is a language of flowers. For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For elegant phrases are nothing but flowers. Christopher Smart, Jubilate Agno, 1759–1763With FRESHCUT, a processual and performative intervention that straddles the threshold between art and artisanry, the artist duo :mentalKLINIK (Yasemin Baydar, *1972, Istanbul, and Birol Demir, *1967, Ankara) invite the public to dive into a fascinating world of flowers, a “world of small wonders.” This evening, done in collaboration with florist Jérémy Martin (Paris), will see the artists arrange multiple varieties of roses, tulips, lilies, orchids, and many other flower species to create opulent floral sculptures. Thanks to custom-developed lighting and a space design concept that employs rolling office chairs, specific essential aromas, and music by Orkun Senturk (Istanbul) and :mentalKLINIK, as well as special light choreography, the event’s location will be transformed into a fictional, cinematographically staged reality, with the audience becoming witnesses to and a living part of this utopian narrative.This MAK NITE Lab event accompanies the exhibition SIGNS TAKEN IN WONDER. Searching for Contemporary Istanbul (23.1.-31.4.2013)Curator Marlies Wirth
For there is a language of flowers. For there is a sound reasoning upon all flowers. For elegant phrases are nothing but flowers. Christopher Smart, Jubilate Agno, 1759–1763
With FRESHCUT, a processual and performative intervention that straddles the threshold between art and artisanry, the artist duo :mentalKLINIK (Yasemin Baydar, *1972, Istanbul, and Birol Demir, *1967, Ankara) invite the public to dive into a fascinating world of flowers, a “world of small wonders.” This evening, done in collaboration with florist Jérémy Martin (Paris), will see the artists arrange multiple varieties of roses, tulips, lilies, orchids, and many other flower species to create opulent floral sculptures. Thanks to custom-developed lighting and a space design concept that employs rolling office chairs, specific essential aromas, and music by Orkun Senturk (Istanbul) and :mentalKLINIK, as well as special light choreography, the event’s location will be transformed into a fictional, cinematographically staged reality, with the audience becoming witnesses to and a living part of this utopian narrative.
This MAK NITE Lab event accompanies the exhibition SIGNS TAKEN IN WONDER. Searching for Contemporary Istanbul (23.1.-31.4.2013)
Curator Marlies Wirth
With FRESHCUT, a processual and performative intervention that straddles the threshold between art and artisanry, the artist duo :mentalKLINIK (Yasemin Baydar, *1972, Istanbul, and Birol Demir, *1967, Ankara) invite the public to dive into a fascinating world of flowers, a “world of small wonders.” This evening, done in collaboration with florist Jérémy Martin (Paris), will see the artists arrange multiple varieties of roses, tulips, lilies, orchids, and many other flower species to create opulent floral sculptures. Thanks to custom-developed lighting and a space design concept that employs rolling office chairs, specific essential aromas, and music by Orkun Senturk (Istanbul) and :mentalKLINIK, as well as special light choreography, the event’s location will be transformed into a fictional, cinematographically staged reality, with the audience becoming witnesses to and a living part of this utopian narrative.
This MAK NITE Lab event accompanies the exhibition SIGNS TAKEN IN WONDER. Searching for Contemporary Istanbul (23.1.-31.4.2013)
Curator Marlies Wirth