Bergama Stereotip

By Cevdet Erek, edited by Selen Ansen & Süreyyya Evren

Cevdet Erek’s solo exhibition Bergama Stereotip consists of a sounding architecture conceived by the artist for the gallery space at Arter. Taking its cure from the Great Altar of Pergamon, a Hellenistic edifice presumably built around the second century BC following the victory of the Pergamon Empire over the Galatians, Bergama Stereotip provides the audience with an interpretation of the edifice’s history and political role, its architectural form, and its reception in different periods. Cevdet Erek conceived this site-specific work as a continuation and a variation of Bergama Stereo, a prior version which he presented at two different locations in Germany in 2019: first at Turbinenhalle as part of the Ruhrtriennale in Bochum, and then at the museum Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin, as part of the series Works of Music by Visual Artists. Referring both to the historical altar and o the work Bergama Stereo, Bergama Stereotip maintains a distance from both of these sources. It is a material construction presenting the possibility of many layers of interpretation, bringing different temporalities and spaces together.

Language: English

Arter Publications 52
© 2020, Arter, Istanbul
ISBN 978-605-69490-2-9