The title ‘RIVERS IN THE OCEAN’ playfully refers to the contrast and inseparable connection between global issues and localities, serving as a starting point to address the ontological and metaphysical aspects of water currents, as well as the abilities and inadequacies of individuals in dealing with contemporary life. The highlighted works here observe the physical/psychological, natural/synthetic, and systemic structures that form, guide, and sometimes destroy the foundations of human experiences.
The exhibitions are grounded in the artists’ collaborative works and their individual reflections on the concept of Amor Fati [the love of one’s fate]. Expanding on Friedrich Nietzsche’s discussion of Amor Fati as the act of confronting one’s own destiny, Alev Adil and Aslı Bolayır, in a broader sense, explore the ‘acceptance of our fate’ by delving into situations and experiences where alternative spaces and identities emerge, relating people’s disoriented closeness to nature and the natural movements, currents, and changes in life to narratives surrounding destiny.