ALİCAN ŞAHİNLER
on "The Proposals", "Post-Headquarters" and "Abandoned Headquarters", 2012-2013
The installations that I composed are oscillating between anti-spectacle and spectacle. In these metaphorical atmospheres I aimed to translate the reality into fictionalised political and sociological observations of today’s societies via existing and self-developed symbols. I reinterpret, modify and change these objects and images to transform the given meanings and forms to unfold the possibility of alternative encounters. The audiences are invited not only experience cognitively but also physically.
"Proposals", 2013
We live in a world that is overwhelmed by competitiveness. What about the alternatives and having a game that exists for shifting our minds to aim to lose and not just with yourself but collectively with your opponent? What will be the moves on the board then? A collective consciousness throughout the game that will hopefully guide you to leave out your expectations? Would turning the game table 180-degree every 5 turns help you to continue thinking for each other? What does losing collectively as an aim has as a contrast to today’s world ?
CNC machined-Aluminium game board with 3d printed, plexiglass and cloth piece pawns
Two stools (Equilateral Triangle and 45°45°90° Triangle Stools)
Wheeled hexagon game-table
Silk-screen printed flags
Rysoprinted Game Manifesto
Painted black board
Red carpet
Tape
End exam graduation work, the Hague, 2013