In Pera, where Istanbul’s historic texture meets the pulse of contemporary art, we were invited yesterday into a mind-expanding spiral. Dirimart Pera is hosting Berke Yazıcıoğlu’s second solo exhibition at the gallery, titled Helix, taking visitors on a journey between the cold surveillance of technology and the analytical cycles of nature from 12 March to 26 April 2026. Blending his background in visual communication design with the conceptual depth of fine arts, Yazıcıoğlu constructs a multilayered universe that spans drawing, animation, textiles, and music.
At the heart of the exhibition lies the mathematical anatomy of the “Daybreak” theme from Maurice Ravel’s Daphnis et Chloé. Yazıcıoğlu places the melody onto a trigonometric plane, creating a mechanical clockwork mechanism that recalls circadian rhythm. The diagrams and circular staff notations scattered throughout the space serve as an analytical record of cyclical patterns—the same \sin(x) = \cos(x) wave that appears everywhere from harmonic series to planetary orbits. Dominated by blue tones and a dark atmosphere, this multimedia installation highlights the shared destiny of spiral motion in both natural and human-made systems.
Yet Helix goes far beyond mathematical aesthetics; it also confronts one of today’s most urgent issues: surveillance culture. Wall-sprawling hand-drawn animations, CCTV footage, and binocular figures trap the viewer in the same intimate void—both voyeur and observed subject at once. Through the parallel layout of the space, the collective self-spying practice created by the age of social media and big data forces the viewer into a linear movement, turning them into a physical part of the control loop. While questioning how ideology infiltrates through images, Yazıcıoğlu delivers a powerful visual manifesto against the flattening and standardization of modern individuals under digital surveillance.
Exhibition Information
Artist: Berke Yazıcıoğlu
Title: Helix
Venue: Dirimart Pera, Istanbul
Dates: 12 March – 26 April 2026
