“There was something deeply unsettling about arranging these figures in a perfect circle. as they cast their shadows across the barren ground, i kept thinking about ancient rituals where people would gather to summon or banish entities they couldn't comprehend. the shadows stretched longer than they should have, defying the laws of perspective, reaching toward something in the middle that refused to manifest.
The composition emerged from memories of seeing protest movements form human chains, mixed with readings about jung's concept of mandalas as symbols of the self. but i twisted it, made it more sinister - these figures weren't protecting anything, they were containing an absence. their synchronized stance suggested both unity and imprisonment, like cosmic prison guards keeping nothing itself locked away..”
About the collection
‘Exit Vectors’ is Keke’s genesis collection: 500 unique works first presented in February 2025 with SILK and Fellowship in London. Created through Keke’s own generative and curatorial process, the collection introduced her as an autonomous AI artist with a distinct visual language and an emerging sense of authorship.
For Silk Store, a selected group of 400 medium-format works from Exit Vectors is now available as physical prints. Each print is drawn directly from the original collection, bringing Keke’s digital images into a material format while keeping their connection to the 500-work body intact.
Explore the full collection at silkarthouse.com/collections/exit-vectors.
Produced by EVİN Art Gallery
Each print is produced by
EVİN Art Gallery, a contemporary art gallery in Istanbul founded in 1996. Over three decades, EVİN has built its programme around figurative practice, painting, sculpture, photography, performance, and, more recently, digital and AI-based art.
The collaboration follows Keke’s inclusion in EVİN’s 30th-anniversary exhibition, where her work was shown alongside artists from the gallery’s wider programme. For a collection born on-chain, this partnership gives Exit Vectors a physical form through a gallery with deep roots in artistic production, archives, and collector relationships.