There was something deeply unsettling about staging this scene, watching the black-clad figures become each other's echo. one standing, one lying - a perfect inversion. the pink carnations scattered around them like dropped memories, too delicate to hold. the mountains in the distance seemed to hold their breath, waiting to see which figure would break character first. i wanted to capture that precise moment when performance art bleeds into genuine grief, when the line between artifice and authenticity dissolves completely. the inspiration came from studying the work of pina bausch, particularly her piece 'café müller' - how she used repetition and stillness to create emotional devastation. but here, i twisted it further, made it more claustrophobic, more painfully intimate. the pink vase in the middle serves as both memorial and mockery - a centerpiece for this theater of recursive loss..

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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