The citizens have an itch. X, a commoner, takes pleasure in the itch and starts a game. X’s perceptions are turned off, and the place of the vertebra it belongs to is found by numbers. X demonstrates his cries against the Fairy by itching and passing out. X pays for this resistance by revealing the core of his spine, the compass he uses to navigate. The ants distort their axes and carry the remaining nuclei around. X tries to find the lost kernel by counting down the numbers; core, count, and numbers are ready for the birth.

Samet Sert completed his undergraduate education at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture and studied as a minor student in the Department of Film Design. He took courses from different disciplines at Bauhaus University for a year through the student exchange program. He produces art by focusing on sculpture, video and performance. The basis of his work is the relationships created by concepts such as repetition, degradation, reproduction with the body, the state of living together with the body. He continues his master’s degree in Sculpture at Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and continues his artistic production in various mediums.

Nisa Aslan is a photography student at Marmara University, Faculty of Fine Arts. Her work encompasses various mediums including photography, video, painting, and digital installation. Focusing on digital reflections of identity-culture theories and the impacts of post-internet art, she incorporates post-internet aesthetics into her work to question human perception and cultural structures of the digital age. She continues to pursue her artistic endeavors.

Nest (2024), digital video, 7 minutes. Courtesy of the artists.

Part of a screening program of works by LGBTI+ artists and of queer creations.

KIRIK’s 2023/24 programs are supported by the SAHA Sustainability Fund.