İzmit Municipality Art Gallery
DIGITAL SOLITUDE
AS MOBILE PHONES HAVE BECOME ‘SMART’ PHONES, WE BEGAN TO SPEND MOST OF OUR LIVES IN A SMALL SCREEN IN WHICH WE BECAME PRISONERS DUE TO THE CURRENT PANDEMIC.
A GROUP OF FOUR PEOPLE, SITTING AROUND A TABLE AND USING THEIR SMART PHONES, NOW CONFINED THEMSELVES AT HOME AND BEGAN TO COMPLAIN ABOUT SOLITUDE.
HOWEVER, IS AN INDIVIDUAL IN A SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT ‘OUTSIDE’ PREFERRING TO COMMUNICATE THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA RATHER THAN HIS OR HER FRIENDS NOT ALREADY ALONE?
HOW SOCIAL IS AN INDIVIDUAL, WHO TRIES TO SHOW OFF HIS OR HER STANCE TOWARDS LIFE VIA TWITTER, DEMONSTRATE ACTIONS OF PROTEST ON FACEBOOK AND CONNECT TO LIFE WITH THE HELP OF ‘LIKES’ ON INSTAGRAM?
THE QUEST FOR BREAKING OUR DIGITAL SOLITUDE AND SALVATION FROM ENCLOSER SCREENS CAME INTO EXISTENCE THROUGH INTERNATIONAL ART RESIDENCE AT HELİKON ART CENTER.
IN ORDER TO TELL ONCE MORE THAT WE ARE NOT ALONE…
ALP ASLAN
CURATOR