Kovan
08.06. - 11.06.2023
Kovan’s artistic practice is based on ecology, which supported by the CultureCIVIC Artistic Production Fund. At the same time it was born in Şırnak and Tekirdağ and it keeps growing.
Although we are in different circumstances, our connections to the world are very similar. Like all other creatures living in our regions, the connection between bees and the world changes according to geographical conditions and climates. In all these variables, we observe that every structure in nature has an impact on another.
Throughout its entire process, Kovan has created itself by experiencing the nature and bee colony with its real and metaphorical meanings instead of just feeding from it. Beekeepers describe geography, sculptures co-existing with bees, and maps stand at the intersection between personal experiences and geographies. Today, like non-human creatures, bees need human protection, again for human reasons. With this information, Kovan followed the life cycle of the hive and bee colony and took care of their needs. Today, while the world is in an irreversible collapse, it will continue to argue that nature is no longer a place to be fed and inspired.We must cooperate with nature.
Collective
Beyza Durhan & Aslıhan Mumcu
ArtOda, where temporary projects and exhibitions take place within the body of the Museum Evliyagil, hosts the Kovan project, the project exhibition of Aslıhan Mumcu and Beyza Durhan. The exhibition can be visited between 08.06.2023 - 11.06.2023.
“This journey includes, the form of geography, the nourishment of the soil, the memory of the seed, the root of the plant, the pollen of the flower, the humidity of the air, the passing of the season, the flow of water, itself.”