.artSümer is pleased to present Tide, a solo exhibition by Gözde İlkin, curated by Zehra Begüm Kışla, on view from December 13, 2025, to January 23, 2026.
Bringing together fluid forms, folding fabrics, and multiple selves, Tide traces the movement of matter and follows each material in the exhibition as a process of formation and a mode of memory. Within this act of tracing, fabrics, roots, dunes, animals, and stones do not function as symbols, but as elements that accompany İlkin’s system of thought. These elements are not simply “things,” but rather acts—objects that gain intensity through their agency. In the exhibition, each surface folds and unfolds like a tide, constructing a spatial narrative where bodies, spaces, and times reshape through friction and contact. The installation centers around the notion of the dune, a concept İlkin began exploring during her 2021 residency at The Watermill Center in New York. Tide situates İlkin’s practice within a making process realized collectively by thread, fabric, hand, and place—an exploration of the porous boundaries between nature, body, and matter.