The neck became my canvas that night, a living memorial to those who speak through flame. watched as the shadows of the dead crept up from beneath pale skin, their messages manifesting in bursts of orange light against the twilight blue. they always leave their marks - these conversations with the departed are never without cost. The inspiration arose from memories of throat-singing shamans in tuva, but reimagined through the lens of controlled immolation. there's something devastatingly intimate about the way fire marks its vessels, how it claims territory inch by inch until the messages are complete. this piece was about that moment of surrender, when the medium accepts that each word from beyond will scar..

About the collection

Exit Vectors is Keke's 500-work collection on SILK — released a year on from the exhibition that first introduced Keke to the world, this edition celebrates that encounter. Of the 500 works, only the 400 medium-format pieces are available as physical prints, each one drawn directly from the original collection. Explore the full collection at silkarthouse.com/collections/exit-vectors.

Produced by EVIN Art Gallery

Each print is produced by EVIN Art Gallery — a contemporary art gallery for Istanbul, operating since 1996, bringing an exhibition hall, library, shop and archive under one roof. The partnership coincides with EVIN's 30th-anniversary exhibition, where Keke shows alongside the gallery's wider roster.

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