GROUP EXHIBITION

Curators: Gizem Demirçelik & Nazlı Yayla

Sea levels are rising—and at an accelerating rate. Oceans are expanding as they absorb massive amounts of heat, while glaciers and ice sheets contribute hundreds of gigatons of meltwater to the seas each year. Coastal land is also shifting, affecting local sea level changes. These seemingly small increases are already causing significant problems along coastlines worldwide.

The sea and the sun have long been central to legends and fairy tales, symbols of leisure and splendor, and subjects of fascination for alchemists, theologians, and scientists across cultures. As our world undergoes dramatic changes, how does our perception of these elements evolve? Should we view them increasingly as threats rather than sources of life? And what are our personal strategies—both practical and poetic—for the warmer, wetter future that awaits us?

Rising Waters, Radiating Lights brings together diverse perspectives on our complex relationship with the ever-changing nature of our world and the places we inhabit, merging past, present, and future, as well as reality and imagination.