Dense is the darkness*

„And stories lost their variety after that, except for those from some people who buried their alphabets to recover that lost multiplicity.“

A diffuse light casts shadows across the voids which unfurl in between the lines of floatingtext – and makes them vanish just as quickly. For Dense is the darkness* Onur Çimen assembles continuously shifting landscapes that emerge from adapted conversions of ancient narratives. Temporal and geographical limits are transcended as the artist interweaves threads of mythology with contemporary perspectives. The reinvented and expanded tales summon subtle disruptions that call into question the rigidity of established storylines, the narratives they encapsulate and, consequently, the epistemic legacies they uphold.

*quote from the Epic of Gilgameš