inanınca göreceğim / i’ll see it when i believe it group show, Büyükada, İstanbul
2023
Site-specific durational performance. Climbing gear, writing gear, drawings, personal objects. Approximately 2 hours.
Documentation: Duygu Yasa, Can Yıldırım
A crux in climbing refers to the most difficult section of a climbing route, or where the greatest danger exists. The non-terminological dictionary refers to the word crux as "the most decisive or important point at issue".
I slipped on my own crux takes its name from rock climber Margo Hayes' words spoken at the moment her hand slips from a handle she found whilst climbing Biographie (5.15 boulder problem): "I slipped on my own blood".
The work takes the stone stairs at the exhibition terrain, and imagines it as a horizontal climbing route, consisting of a mere 5 stair climb.
It is a performative inquiry into the act of climbing, the imagery of the mountain, as well as of the performative dynamics of play-pretend. I climb stairs because I can't climb mountains.
