States Of Matter: Material Taking Shape From The Industrial To The Artistic

Official URL: https://risc01.sabanciuniv.edu/record=b3403591

This artistic research statement focuses on the role of industrial and architectural material in contemporary art production with a specific focus on spatial art practices. I am interested in the spaces we inhabit and how we shape them, and how we are also shaped by the industrial materials used in those surroundings. I try to reflect this in my work through a transformation of the interior and exterior, the hidden or the surface materials that shape architectural settings in the form of standardized functions, objects or tools. Various examples of art from the 20th and 21st century that reflect the transforming of such an industrial context into an artistic context are brought together to shed a light on my thinking. These examples echo my work through a correlation of how materials and space can come together; and how the industrial can be transformed into the artistic and the personal. The section focused on my studio practice is thus followed by an additional appendix which is a personal glossary of materials and tools I use in my work.