The title of the exhibition was inspired by a quote from
the French philosopher Henri Bergson "Life is a series of perfect
coincidences….". Akakçe's installation consisted
of two projections and a series of panel paintings. Snow Black,
2003, is a single channel projection with events happening in an abstract
field of time. A façade resembling a naïve and simple shape
or outline of an urban domestic architecture was built before the eyes
of the viewer. Flat fields of colour give birth to new ones as they
depart to a vanishing point, offering a romantic depiction of decay
and loss. The second projection, White on White, 2003, uses simple
forms to convey a complex and chaotic reality, their choreographed movement
challenging the idea of foreground and background and simulating the
speed and formlessness of global traffic today. White on White
explores the idea of definition, whether this is the formation of a
society or the disintegration of the individual.
Haluk Akakçe has had solo exhibitions at the Whitney Museum of American Art at Philip Morris, New York; Centro Nazionale Per la Arti Contemporanee, Rome (2002); Aldrich Museum, Ridgefield, Connecticut; Centre d'art Contemporain, Geneva; Deitch Projects, New York; and P.S.1, Long Island City, New York (2001). He lives and works in London and New York.
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