Description

Hayal Pozanti. 408 (thousands of hectares of land donated to the Chilean government by Patagonia for national parks to be created). 18" x 18", archival pigment print. Signed edition of 50. $250. Turkish-born artist Hayal Pozanti's practice merges painting, language, technology, and the human imprint. Drawing from her invented 'alphabet', dubbed Instant Paradise, comprised of thirty-one shapes featuring corresponding assigned letters, Pozanti translates statistics into colorful and geometric compositions which both bring into focus and camouflage their original meaning. Utilizing titles as reference points for the visual data, Pozanti successfully employs her personalized encryption system to create seductive works that defiantly exist at the intersection of aesthetics and activism.