Love Over Entropy

Everything that exists in the universe is doomed to disappear one day. To make sure that entropy,

one of the oldest laws of thermodynamics is accurate, we only need to look at the dynamics of the

century we live in, marked by the rapidly altering and abandoning of inherited concepts and values ​​of

the past.

Our flirtation with the determinants of our new order, which has currently entered our lives in

different forms, has made us individuals with "smart lives". The climate of our relations changes

along with smart communication tools, houses and even cities, revealing a model in which we put

the mind at the center. Unlike the past and with the transformation of our emotional world, there is

now a new player that situates itself apart from physical beauty and certain behavioral criteria that

were the main factors that made up the chemical harmony in the relationship between man and

women; the mind.

As a gift of the 21th century, Sapiosexuality is a concept that translates to the attraction to one's

intelligence, intellect and to the mind. It also reveals the lust of the mind and the sexual attraction to

genius. Today, our emotions and relationships, which are mostly brought to the screen, have become

visual objects like many other activities. Sapiosexuals, who stand against the accepted but misleading

elements such as ideal man-woman, ideal partner, ideal sexuality that we see in mass marketing

tools or social media, live on the experience of satisfaction and pleasure according to the intellectual

level and intelligence of the person. In the past, people who enjoyed mind beyond physical

appearance were a minority; today, with the effect of different parameters, it is strong enough to be

described as a multitude rather than a narrow circle.

We reflected on sapiosexuality with each of the artists featured in “Love Over Entropy”. The

potential and the pleasure created by the "Reason" factor are put at the center in the works that

serve as an answer to a number of questions. Sapiosexuality is put under the magnifying glass

despite the prevailing conditions of the ecosystem in which the imposed consumers culture and

beauty is the "standardized object". The interdisciplinary flirting, and the ensuing expressiveness of

the deployment of different techniques and lexicon of materials, stands up against both reason and

emotions.

While developing the theme of the exhibition, it is doubtless that I have been strongly influenced by

the change of determinants in my own relationships from the past to our days. The exhibition invites

the audience to question the attractiveness of the mind they may experience in the selection of the

art works, driven with an approach that puts the reflection of how the mind becomes so impressive

as a result of new social designs.

Curator, Ayca Okay

Artists: Sinan Logie,Fırat Engin,Halil Vurucuoğlu,Lal Batman,Zeren Göktan,Hande Şekerciler,Dinçer İşgel,Ahmet Sel,Nejat Satı,Furkan Temir,Serra Duran Paralı,Mert Özgen,Aybola Lebowski,Kadriye İnal,Bahadır Çolak,Büşra Çeğil,Elçin Acun,Fırat İtmeç,Volkan Kızıltunç