As part of Arter’s group exhibition in Istanbul, Work in Progress, Lúcia Koch’s Dolapdere Süiti transforms the viewer’s experience of the space by bringing colour transitions into relation with architectural surfaces.

Suggesting the idea of a horizon, the colour gradients take on material form when printed onto fabric and hung like curtains. Swaying gently in response to air currents, they interact with the changing natural light throughout the day, producing a dynamic sense of visibility and dramatic intensity within the space. Related to the scale of the body, these curtain-filters act as interfaces that viewers can pass through, move around, or look through, mediating their interactions not only with the space but also with one another.

A domestic architectural element, enlarged in scale and placed on the façade and in various public areas of a contemporary building designed for art, introduces questions of harmony and dissonance. Conceived to be perceived from the surrounding buildings and the street, the large fabric surfaces enter and exit the building, traverse the space, and alter its rhythm. At times, they follow the walls; at others, they cut across them, dividing the space into sections. Elsewhere, they disregard the existing walls altogether, becoming a kind of wall themselves.

www.arter.org.tr/EN/exhibitions/work-in-progress/12515