In Take Your Time AKINCI invites the viewer to experience the notion of time. The works by Cevdet Erek,
Molly Palmer, Zbigniew Rogalski, Andrei Roiter and Stéphanie Saadé need to be explored step by step.
They reflect on personal history, movements of the eye to process an image, observation of subtle changes
and finding links between visual and auditory forms. The title refers to the aspect of time revealed in the
works as well as the time they require to be contemplated.
Time definitely plays a role in the work of Stéphanie Saadé (1983, Lebanon) and Cevdet Erek (1974,
Turkey). In a circular arrangement Saadé connects her own, her mother’s and her daughter’s hair. Three
generations form a perfect though fragile circle. In a video work, titled ‘where the eye rests’ the artist is
drawing meandering lines with a piece of hair, challenging the viewer’s concentration.