:mentalKLINIK, 1998

:mentalKLINIK was formed in 1998 by the artists Yasemin Baydar and Birol Demir. Appropriating many different elements from the sensory fabric of life, mentalKLINIK uses sound, action, objects and text to examine the reality of the modern world. Pushing the boundaries of conventional art production with their interdisciplinary practice, the duo reinterprets our habits of consumption and production while problematizing clichés and the ways in which they are preserved. By removing materials from their usual contexts, the artists create a new aesthetic experience within the exhibition space that is transient, alien and a little uncanny. Functional surfaces reflect their different layers and light, rather than engaging with their environment. The muted glamour of the bright and immaculate surfaces of common industrial materials is delivered with a minimal and conceptual attitude.

“Double Cherry” represents a three-dimensional, high-tech self-portrait of the close-knit duo, locked to each other by their practice of intellectual production.