- Title
Die Bestie und der Souverän
- Artist
- Azade Köker
- Location
- Rixos Tersane Istanbul Living Room
Azade Köker presents nature not as an uninterrupted whole but through layers, fragments and interventions. “Die Bestie und der Souverän” makes the power relationship between humans and the natural world visible on the surface.
Working between Berlin and Istanbul, Azade Köker has developed a long practice across sculpture, collage and installation that addresses society, identity, gender, the city and nature. Beginning with ceramic training, her work expanded toward layered paper surfaces, hybrid materials and spatial arrangements. Layering functions in Köker's work as both a formal and conceptual method.
“Die Bestie und der Souverän” brings botanical and figurative elements together without resolving them into a seamless whole. Interruptions, gaps and changes of scale prevent the surface from becoming a peaceful image of nature. The German title translates as 'The Beast and the Sovereign', opening a critical frame around ideas of human control over the natural world. Köker does not present nature as a pure realm outside society. She shows it as a complex system already transformed by human intervention.
