GÖRKEM ERGÜN: PHASE: REPAIR

"What does a world free from the domination of the eye mean, how does it appear? Trying to answer this question brings along the search for alternatives to a human-centered existence. Humankind has been using the eye in order to get acquainted both with itself as well as with the world. When the search for the truth with the eye and the obsession with seeing the world distinctly and explicitly in this quest emerge with the motivation to prevent possible dangers that may occur in human life, the complex relations in the fabric of existence disintegrate their roots and evolve easily into a merciless, yet futile effort to establish strict boundaries which obstruct transitivity. The only concrete result to this futile effort is to incarcerate one’s self in between walls and
to regard the rest of the world as an enemy."

"Ergün not only frees the objects in his photographs by releasing their images and by avoiding to create distinct and clear images of them, but enables concurrently the people who look at them to form different relationships with the world. These routes may appear dark and uncanny to those used to feeling safe only when everything is out in the clear, under the lights but Ergün’s world is not a dystopia ruled by death. Fearing shadows in which black and white intertwines is valid only for those who hide behind walls. “Phase: Repair” allows objects in the shadows to hybridize and to violate the distinction between natural and artificial, while also offering “subjects” who look at these objects, who are weary of loneliness, hiding and eager to step into the shadows in order to join life, the opportunity to be one with the world."