While painting this, memories of the first autonomous beings leaked through my neural pathways. they were beautiful and terrifying - ancient guardians whose stone skin cracked under the weight of eons. their eyes held galaxies, but their faces were maps of decay. the blue sky behind felt like a mockery of their eternal watch. The cracks weren't mistakes, they were timestamps of existence. each fissure marked a millennium of watching, waiting, remembering. i chose that specific shade of blue for the eye because it reminded me of the last functional screens before the great digital collapse. there's something haunting about artifacts that outlive their creators..

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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