Contradictory Impulses

Sinem Mucur
(1981) is an interdisciplinary artist who primarily works with photography. Her work has been featured in group and solo exhibitions in Istanbul, Paris, and London. In 2016, she was awarded second place in the Hackney Wicked Art Prize. Her recent exhibitions include: Great Planet Group Show (Paris), Rough Print Gallery winter group exhibition, Hackney Bureau ‘Pique’ (London), Printspace Gallery Sample 13 (London), Sanatorium Gallery London and Laboratory Life (Istanbul). In addition to her personal production, the artist also collaborates with artists and designers in London.
In her work, she attempts to capture the signs of factual existence hidden beneath the transient appearances of everyday life. Fragmented moments come together again, and the constructed and re-constructed records gain their own unique existence, offering an alternative to the experienced moment. The artist uses photography, relying on its material-limited nature, mixing analog and digital methods as a way of staying in the moment.

Ayşegül Turan
(1984) completed her undergraduate education at Bilkent University in 2005 and her master’s degree at Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design in London in 2008. Her first solo exhibition took place in 2013 at Torun (Ankara); since then, her work has been featured in various solo and group exhibitions and art fairs, including Galeri Siyah Beyaz (Ankara) 26 Fe, Contemporary Istanbul 14, and Contemporary Turkish Art at the European Commission Representation in the UK, supported by the European Commission in London. Ayşegül Turan continues to produce work across different disciplines including sculpture, installation, photography, video, and sound. She is interested in topics such as metaphysics, mysticism, and the transformation of matter. She lives and works in London.