Relevant is different points on the circle

İMALAT-HANE opens the first exhibition of its 2026 programs on 14 March 2026. Titled Relevant is different points on the circle the exhibition is curated by Aslı Seven.

The exhibition borrows its title from a poem by Audre Lorde, written in 1971 and later revised in 1992 in the aftermath of a hurricane. The circle here is neither closed nor harmonious. Rather, it is a historical figure that points to the shifting variability of difference and repetition, relation and distance. It is connected as much to the physics of geometric motion as to forms of social organization, and resonates with humor as a method of displacement.

Relevant is different points on the circle looks at accelerating processes of displacement; at the shifting and ambiguous nature of the extended kinship relations that sustain us within these conditions; and at their entanglement with violence and patriarchal power structures. Engaging imaginaries of more-than-human kinship without losing sight of the mediating role of technology and language, the exhibition embraces the critical genealogy linking ecological thought with postcolonial and queer struggles. It opens questions around human relations and the nuclear family as a site for the reproduction of power, whose effects reverberate across generations. What is the cost — and the fate — of love where power resides? What do we inherit, and how might we transform that inheritance?

On view in Bursa from 14 March to 23 May 2026, Relevant is different points on the circle brings together works by Murat Akagündüz, Dilşad Aladağ, Özgür Atlagan, Fatma Belkıs, Ekin Kano, Merve Kılıçer, Can Küçük, Camille Pradon, Anna Schiefer, Merve Ünsal, and Gernot Wieland, with contributions by Gülkan Noir and Leyla Suarez.

About Aslı Seven
Aslı Seven is an independent researcher, curator and writer based in Istanbul and Paris. Her work explores the intersections of ecology, extractivism, and global modernity, engaging with the legacies of land use, material culture, and systemic imaginaries, emphasizing methods of fieldwork and co-creation. Her recent exhibitions are How to Hold Your Breath – 9th Asian Art Biennial, Taichung, Taiwan (2024–25); Under Two Suns, Odunpazarı Modern Museum, Eskişehir, Turkey (2023–24); Fabulous Machine, Radiant Beat, an exhibition with a residency program and workshop series in Istanbul gathering artists from France and Turkey (2021–22); and Live Among and Turn Together, La Box, Bourges, France (2021). Between 2021 and 2024, she guest lectured at MO.CO. Esba, Montpellier, France, on the history of narrative, organic, and systemic forms in exhibitions. She is a member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and C-E-A (French Association of Exhibition Curators).

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