Self-Heterotopia, Catching Up with Self
Description
The installation consists of objects and visual,materials which Alptekin collected over a period,of 16 years during his many trips through,Asia, Africa and South America. Every,object contains different stories and reveals,Alptekin’s attention for and curiosity about,the world. At the same time they are objects,for him behind which he conceals his own,memories and documents his life in a certain,way.
Self-Heterotopia, Cathing Up with Self,is related to the concept of Heterotopia of the,philosopher and social theoretician Michel,Foucault. Foucault wrote: ‘The heterotopia,is capable of juxtaposing in a single real,place several spaces, several sites that are,in themselves incompatible.’ This work by,Alptekin could also be understood as a form,of self exploration.
exhibition text 2013