Exhibition reveals momentary encounters in memories

An exhibition titled 'A Sharp Cliff after a Soft Landing' aims to discover how memory affects the making of art while focusing on momentary shifts in memory. Curator Mehmet Kahraman divides the exhibition into two different galleries, aiming to show audiences the influence of momentary encounters in our memories
As a curator, Mehmet Kahraman aims to focus on the actual thought of space, memory and psychology and how these three terms affect our point of view. 

In his newly curated exhibition, "A Sharp Cliff after a Soft Landing," he questions how certain moments influence the act of art-making. While the works in the exhibition focus on momentary shifts in memory, Kahraman aims to show audiences the methods of expression when faced with the influence of momentary encounters in our memories.

The exhibition takes place at two different galleries, Gaia Gallery and REM Art Space, and features works by Burçak Konukman, Elif Süsler, Gül Ilgaz, Ferhat Özgür, Vahit Tuna, Ani Setyan, Emre Zeytinoğlu, Çınar Eslek, Gözde İlkin, Metehan Özcan, Yasemin Özcan, Serda Camlı, Ali Miharbi and Erdem Ergaz.

The division of the exhibition at two galleries makes the show more powerful as the works in the galleries appear to be a part of the memory of the artists and all of them somehow complete each other. 

"Even though the intellect has to forget sometimes in order to survive, the traces of blocked-out memories remain," said Kahraman. "These traces, which are neither enunciated, nor revealed, show themselves as character-building reflexes, without the awareness of the subject. However, on the other hand, forgetting is just an upside metaphor for remembering." 

As such, "A Sharp Cliff after a Soft Landing" focuses on these momentary...