Drawing on Anatolian carpet symbolism, the protection of Nazars, alongside the flows of water and the groundedness of mountains, are woven into this site for rest. Here the form of the mihrab becomes a portal connecting the corporeal and the divine: inviting us to sense the flows of moving water, to breathe with the rhythm of wind through trees–as a practice that can change the texture and shape of our embodied experiences. Practice softening invites audience members to lay themselves down within the holy form of the mihrāb and to attune their embodiment to elemental movements of the natural world. A handmade wool rug and video projection are presented in the company of dried and hanging plants that are thought to have protective properties: motherwort, rue, and mugwort are tied with cotton string and a Nazar. Untangling the flower from the constraints of its dominant symbology, Eve recognizes their continued links to systems of domination as harmful beyond their thorns their effects traversing the physical world to enter that of the spiritual.Īlize Zorlutuna's Practice softening offers a protected space for meditation, release, and solace. In keeping with the works on view at Gallery TPW, Of Roses Fragments of a bibliography, was screened on June 25th as part of the 2022 Images Festival: Slow Edition and continues Eve’s examination of roses as the quintessential symbol of feminine English beauty, unraveling the flower’s historical, political, and social context as well as the geopolitical consequences of the global rose market. The works transgress the colonial trappings of roses and gardens with steady, gentle gestures that build connection between the performers, the flower as a living entity, the land, and the context from which the body and rose came to be in relation. Upon entering the gallery, one meets Eve Tagny's three video performances: Landscape bodies, Labouring bodies and English Rose. Not quite sopping in grief, the exhibition proposes the gallery as a place where sorrow, heartache, and distress may be embraced and processed. The artists that have contributed the objects, videos and installations included in this exhibition created and compiled them during the ongoing pandemic and concurrent collision of multiple crises. This exhibition considers the reparative and restorative potential of slowness through ideas of tenderness and transgression.
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