Ania Yilmaz ~ The Possibility of an Island

Ania Yilmaz' "The Possibility of an Island" was presented before live audience at Centrale Fies, Dro, Italy on August 4, 2024 as one of 38 AEROPONIC ACTS of CHAMELEON ORBIT curated by Elisa Giuliani & Giulia Crispiani.

Here you will find the documentation of Ania Yilmaz' presentation as filmed by Baha Görkem Yalım. The written report is by  Bethany Crawford and it includes a summary of the comments by esteemed guest respondents.

The Possibility of an Island

Ania Yilmaz' question: What can I ask from/to a painting?

Ania's introduction: I talk of a painting that is not there yet. I hope it will appear after  (more or less) 21 days of work. It is a painting made of recollections of other paintings, by me and others. It all started with a visit to a museum and an encounter with the heritage of a vase-painting workshop operating in the 3rd century BC, in the island of Lipari. This encounter sparked my artistic research into and around painters and vases, and one of the research’s results is this painting. It is rough and hasty and a little torn. Before it appears, I don’t know what it is. It will be painted on linen, using everything that is around (or not): white chalk, rabbit glue, kaolin, pigments, white wine, egg yolk, crayons, pencil, ink, pastel, acrylic. It might be a mess.

(ps: I stole the title from Michel Houellebecq)

AEROPONIC ACTS 2024 ~ Chameleon Orbit