Europe Day Exhibition in Ankara Explores Nature, Technology and Digital Art

A dual digital exhibition that combines young artist Ecem Dilan Köse's "Becoming Matter" and Bilkent University Iz Studio's "Residue" was opened on May 5, as part of Europe Day activities, by the Head of the Delegation of the European Union Ambassador-Designate Aivo Orav.

European Union, 2026

"We are proud to showcase these talented Turkish artists," Ambassador-Designate Orav said in his opening remarks. "Their innovative use of digital media tackles global challenges like climate change with creativity and depth."

The exhibition, which focuses on the relationship between nature and technology, will be on display for visitors free of charge between May 6-17 across the Flow Gallery at CerModern.

Offering a multi-layered and immersive experience, the exhibition brings together two powerful works under one roof.

Featured in the exhibition is "Becoming Matter", an immersive digital installation by İstanbul-based artist Ecem Dilan Köse. The work explores one of the defining questions of Köse's practice: what if technology is not a rupture in our relationship with the natural world, but simply another layer of it unfolding? In an era when much contemporary art renders the future as collapse, Köse treats it as something still open to revision.

The generative media work "Residue", developed under the leadership of Andreas Treske by İz Studio at Bilkent University's Communication and Design Department, complements the exhibition's narrative by translating data drawn directly from the natural world into generative visual art. The works in "Residue" take their source material from Tuz Gölü - the vast Salt Lake of central Anatolia - where the studio made field recordings and gathered microscopic imagery of salt crystals. The name "İz" is itself the Turkish word for trace.

Both works engage with questions of nature, technology, and permanence, contributing to a timely and global discourse in the context of Europe Day and ahead of COP31, which will take place in Antalya in November.

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