News from Borderline Patterns Drawing

Ruken Aslan’s map of travel through the lines (from an exhibition at Scotty Berlin) Ruken Aslan ́s map follows a different pattern. It is also based upon a research process, this time based upon her associations around the notion of the border through lines and each drawing is like a snapshot of the combination of her imagination with certain real-life elements, experiences. The result is a combination of twelve drawings titled as “Border-line Patterns” – without a beginning and an end – each of which has its own references. This reminds us of the dynamic nature of the thinking around the concept of border, in a way pushing the boundaries further, at least in our imagination. Associations are various and endless: Pippa Bacca1, sucuk ekmek, need for a hero, living next door, border-line therapy, Odysseus ́s tears, dreams, tickets, class, river... Through these associations, the artist takes us on a journey between the real and the fantasinal, blurring the boundary – or the border- between the two. She creates a dream-like state, that almost gives a feeling of getting lost in all these associations without boundaries.(by Şehnaz Layıkel)