Flat Earth / W Axis

2019

Pilot Gallery, Istanbul

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At the exhibition “Flat Earth / W Axis”, I refer to Rosalind Krauss’ concept sculpture in the expanded field by researching the experiences of the 4th dimension. Along with the form I explore the elements that constitute the environment and social life. The sociological case that inspired the exhibition is the Flat Earth Society which claims that the world is flat with a sensational belief ignoring the last 600 years of history. I am trying to understand why this form of belief which corresponds to empiricism and the Middle Ages is popular again. 

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During my research on this irrational flat earth theory, contrary to its defenders, I interpret the Earth by using the multi-universe theory and non-Euclidean geometry that even refuses the classic laws of physics and Euclidian geometry. I encountered with stereographic mapping method while trying to reduce the earth’s sphere onto a plane. In the process, she also experimented with tesseract, a form of four-dimensional cube analogy in modern geometry. Examining the form, I discovered that the star motifs used in architecture and decoration, developed around 1000 years ago, are stereographic projections of the four-dimensional cube. And with these motifs, four-dimensional analogies, interdimensional transitions and the realization of the divine, I made an installation, a witness to knowledge’s journey during the last few thousand years. The illusion of this installation points out to our times that truth and facts lost their importance. I was interested in approaches that suggest that knowledge can be acquired through sensation and experience, the refusal of evidence, and the underlying causes of the ignorance of positive science. I examined how knowledge is used in the social construction of reality. “How did we come to the point where feelings and personal opinions became more effective than objective truths in the formation of public opinion?” I asked.

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