The Ceremony of Symbols

2021

Ebru Sargın L.

2 day – 5 hours a day

As part of “Büyücü ve Bahçe” Exhibition

Curator: Can Akgümüş

With Performistanbul

Erimtan Museum, Ankara, Turkey

“To believe; to heal, to the good, to the beautiful…”

Ebru Sargın L. sets out from periapton – in other words, talismans – which has been prepared as a method of seeking healing throughout history to help people and cities help themselves, keep evil away, and protect them from all negative events such as disasters and epidemics. Periaptons prepared for special purposes; Images and symbols on paper are shaped by the flexibility of symbols. Instead of representing something else, these symbols reveal themselves, exist on their own. Throughout history, the power of periaptons comes from the fact that they have only faith at their base. If we live in a world built on faith and all the reality we build is related to it, then the first thing we need to do is to believe in healing and goodness.

Focusing on the act of drawing, which includes symbols, images and signs on the paper, which is the leading witness of our fears, anxieties, happiness or an important contract, the artist invites the audience to participate in a ceremony that does not belong to any human language and contains only belief in its esence says.

“The Ceremony of  Symbols” performance is held within the scope of the ‘Wizard and the Garden’ exhibition curated by Can Akgümüş, in collaboration with Performistanbul and Erimtan Archeology and Art Museum.