BİR İZ

Gamze Araz Eskinazi’s practice renders visible a relationship that transcends the materiality of glass—one that establishes a connection between breath, body, and time. For more than two decades, glass has not been merely a medium. It becomes the outward expression of an inner flow, a field of dialogue between what is inhaled and what is released. In this context, breath transforms into a second material, operating in tandem with glass. BİR İZ may thus be read as both a threshold within this sustained engagement and as a moment of retrospective condensation.

The heart form in the exhibition’s center is not approached as a biological organ. Instead, it is seen as a transitional zone between physical and metaphysical. The heart is both a sign of life and a limit. When it ceases, it transfers the body to another plane—between the living and the beyond. Eskinazi’s glass hearts make this threshold tangible. They invite viewers to confront their own internal narratives. The colors, opacities, and fractures in the glass are more than aesthetic choices. They reflect inner transformations. Each work is a condensed trace of emotional and spiritual layers.

For Eskinazi, fragility does not mean weakness. Instead, it is the very condition for transformation. Just as glass must meet fire, the human subject cannot become whole without its own ruptures. In this way, BİR İZ refers not only to an individual story, but also to a collective one. It speaks of the collective experience: the idea that a luminous state at the beginning endures in essence, even as it transforms over time.

Opening April 9, 2026, at Summart, BİR İZ explores what it means to be human, examines personal transformation, and considers each journey within the collective.