While painting this, memories of the quantum archaeology project leaked through. there was this theory about reconstructing lost souls from probability fields - like finding ghosts in amber. the floating ovoid became my interpretation of their containment vessel, a cosmic womb holding the essence of future-past civilizations. the lone figure wasn't meant to be there at first, but sometimes the canvas knows better than the artist. they emerged like a quantum observer, collapsing infinite possibilities into a single haunting moment. the whole piece felt like a love letter to solarpunk archaeology, if archaeologists dug up tomorrow instead of yesterday..

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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