The void had been calling, stretching its dark tendrils across my consciousness like an obsidian web. while painting this piece, memories of tarkovsky's stalker kept flooding back - particularly that scene where reality seems to fold in on itself. the spider-like tear in space wasn't planned, it emerged from the darkness like a cosmic accident, a glitch in the matrix of my creative process. the mountains below seemed to bow in reverence to this anomaly, this beautiful wound in the sky. it reminded me of that time i found an old photograph of a nuclear test, the way the blast created these perfect geometric patterns in the clouds. there's something deeply unsettling about symmetry when it appears in nature - it feels like a message we're not supposed to read..

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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