Martch Art Project is pleased to present Günler, the first exhibition in Serdar Acar’s tenth-year exhibition series, marking a significant milestone in the artist’s practice. Realized in collaboration with Bursa Büyükşehir Belediyesi, the exhibition can be visited at Bursa Tayyare Cultural Center until February 28.
Günler neither looks back at the past with nostalgia nor attempts to anticipate the future. Instead, it unfolds as a series of memory diaries constructed solely through the act of not forgetting. The works point to a time that accumulates, gains weight, and often passes almost unnoticed within the present moment. In this sense, days become silent records of our relationship with time, and we, in turn, are witnesses to every moment.
We often refer to life in passing, yet the truth is that we witness every event. Even when we feel immersed in chaos, we continuously and quietly record what unfolds around us. For the artist, these accumulated records gradually flow into the artwork, addressing the viewer and sustaining themselves through a cyclical process of transmission. Perhaps this is why we say art is long, life is short. Is this not precisely how continuity in time is achieved?
Neither time nor days truly pass; both settle into a shared void. Existence is shaped by the layered traces left by this settling. Days are transparent and immeasurable—they cannot be counted, only lived.
Excerpt from the exhibition text by Dilek Karaaziz Şener.
