Banu Birecikligil
dal 19/3/2015 al 17/4/2015
Segnalato da
19/3/2015
Banu Birecikligil
The Empire Project, Taksim
In her most recent collection of works Banu Birecikligil takes in hand the weight of being a woman in contemporary society peering at it through the context of mythology.
In her most recent collection of works Banu Birecikligil takes in hand the weight of being a woman in contemporary society peering at it through the context of mythology. These characters bare the full weight of existence anxiety in their dark and hopeless environments, this plight which transends time, past current and future.
Kassandra - from whom the exhibit draws it name has said to have been embued with the gift to see the future. Yet Kassandra spurned the advances of Apollon the benefactor of this power and hence was cursed by him, so that no one would ever believe Kassandra's visions again. This seer is no longer believed or trusted. Forced to suffer these visions of truth she is crushed by the weight and becomes a hysteric, lunatic, tormented soul.
As in the case of Kassandra, from the very beginning of recorded history, women who have had to fight for the most basic human rights such as freedom of speech and expression have been labelled as damaged, broken, crazy and suffered as outcasts from society. Thus, women have been forced to deny their femininity, to reject anything else outside of the five common senses, to loose touch of intuition, their natural connection to nature, to ignore their inherent wisdom and have fallen prey to this unhealthy culture where having more masculine attributes has become if not the norm at the very least a positive attribute.
Image: Banu Birecikligil
Opening: Friday 20 March 18-21pm
The Empire Project
Defterdar Yokuşu, Numara 35,
Cihangir, 34425 Taksim, Istanbu
Tue - Sat: 11 am until 6:30 pm
Closed on Sunday, Monday