Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG
Out of sight, out of mind
Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer
10 Nov till 1 Dec 2024
Opening: Saturday 9 Nov 2024 — 17:00 till 19:00 hrs

Exhibition Open: 10 November - 1 December, Saturdays & Sundays 14:00 - 18:00

Part of the puntWG Open Call Series

Finissage Event: 1 December 14:00 - 18:00
Jake Caleb will give a lecture performance on his work ‘without start without end’. The
talk will guide the audience through details of the print panels, montaging references,
poetry and reflections on the work and its making process.

Merve Kılıçer presents a story telling session which takes inspiration from traditional folk
fables of Anatolia. The story will focus on Cybele, the goddess figure who was considered
the protector of mountains and wild life in Anatolia. Lili Huston-Herterich will accompany
her with interventions by conducting the analogue projector.

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'Out of sight, out of mind' goes the saying. Strip mines destroying remote rural areas, deaths in the neighbourhoods due to a novel virus. These events—both destructive to environments and the lives that live within them—are often quickly forgotten. Is this a human behaviour when dealing with loss or is this an enforced cultural amnesia with a political agenda behind it?

For the exhibition 'out of sight, out of mind' Merve Kılıçer (TR) and Jake Caleb (UK) present individual works examining these questions by reflecting on personal experience and bringing in voices of those affected. Their exhibition intends to create space for considering how such events are remembered and discussed in public life.

The work "without start without end" by Jake Caleb is a series of prints made following a visit to his family home. During his stay, he re-traced the circumstances surrounding his father's death due to Covid-19. Containing photographs and poetry made during his visit, the pieces reflect on loss, trauma and accountability.

Merve Kılıçer presents her ongoing project "When The Gods Have Been Done". The field research took place at active strip mines and archaeological sites in West Türkiye. By comparing the historical and contemporary landscape, the work examines the shift from worshipping the land to its commodification.

Jake Caleb's work has been supported by Mondriaan Fonds, CBK Rotterdam and Frans Masereel Centrum. Merve Kılıçer's work was commissioned within the scope of the SAHA Studio program and produced with the support of SAHA.

Photography by Ilya Rabinovic

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Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG

Jake Caleb and Merve Kılıçer - puntWG