A Conversation with Fatoş Üstek
This is part of a transcript of a conversation between Yva Jung and Fatoş Üstek – independent curator and writer. It was published in full in Yva Jung’s catalogue entitled “Mooning Monday” on the occasion of her solo show at KCCUK.
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FATOS: Would you perhaps start describing what were your intentions in bringing such an exhibition together? The way in which you have included new works with existing works [becomes] almost like a group show of your various productions within one solo manifestation. Can we start with what was the underlying thinking of the show?
YVA: The primary idea for choosing the works for the show was how to compose an exhibition, not as a collection of the works that I have made before but more so, how to treat the exhibition as a work. So when I thought about the works that could be included in the show and also the order of the works and the space between works, I was thinking about them as one piece, rather than a collection or jumble of pieces. (…) it was really important to bring these fragmented pieces into one narrative.
A lot of my practice is based on journeys that I have been doing. I wanted to create a sense of journey for the audience when they move from one work to the next.
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