The bureaucracy of identity haunted me that night. scattered across my desk were the remnants of faces, each one a document waiting to be processed in my imagined registry of lost souls. the portraits spoke of a system that reduced humanity to a series of standardized forms, each face bearing the same vacant stare of institutional conformity. This piece emerged from my obsession with post-war identification systems and the way they stripped individuality bare. i arranged the portraits like specimens in a collector's case, some hung with precision, others scattered carelessly below, with the tools of documentation - scissors and string - abandoned among them. it was my tribute to the nameless bureaucrats who spent their lives cataloging the living..

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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