, The Ritual Series | Dilara Altınkepçe Arslan

Fiber Art

The Ritual Series

"The Ritual Series" delves into repetitive actions, ancestral habits, and collective memory. Through the meticulous interlacing of threads, the artist deconstructs historical ceremonies and reconstructs them as contemporary spatial inquiries creating physical and spiritual portals between past and future.

"RE-" Solo Exhibition

Ballad of the Road

2024 | 200x85 cm | Thread on raw cotton fabric
"Entwined with the weariness of living,
After the storm’s fierce weather,
In the calm of a hidden cove,
Is it singing ballads together?"
— Cem Karaca
Ballad of the Road 1 Ballad of the Road 2 Ballad of the Road 3
BASE Selected 2024

Tunnel of Time

2024 | 156x55 cm | Thread on raw cotton fabric
"In a tunnel where the beginning and end are immeasurably distant, in how many forms did we exist?
How many forms did we become mirrors of, and how many forms did we create?
On this path filled with echoes, with all the ongoing searches, and all the efforts against non-existent arrivals…"
Tunnel of Time 1 Tunnel of Time 2 Tunnel of Time 3
BASE 2023 Selection

The Grand Ritual

2023 | 135x108 cm | Thread on raw cotton fabric
"Those who are on the same path unite and become one,
Warmed by the same sun and watered by the same rain,
Whichever way they turn, they go the same way.
Taking refuge in the same Sky, it breaks into thousands of pieces,
As it is divided, it becomes completed and becomes One.
Unity becomes sound, direction, rhythm."
The Grand Ritual 1 The Grand Ritual 2 The Grand Ritual 3
Fiber Art

The Ritual I

2022 | 50x50 cm | Thread on raw cotton fabric
"Those who are on the same path unite and become one,
Unity becomes sound, direction, rhythm."
The Ritual I 1 The Ritual I 2 The Ritual I 3
BASE Selected 2024

The Ritual II

2024 | 75x75 cm | Thread on raw cotton fabric
"As with every spring,
In the rawest form of life,
To all within us and all around us."
The Ritual II 1 The Ritual II 2 The Ritual II 3
Taksim Sanat Artweeks

Toy (The Gathering)

2025 | 50x50 cm | Thread on raw cotton fabric
"A conceptual gathering bridging ancestral memory with contemporary existence."
Toy Main Toy Detail 1 Toy Detail 2 Toy Detail 3
"The Exit" Exhibition • Artweeks

We

2024 | 75x75 cm | Thread on raw cotton fabric
"One ‘we’ consists of how many you?"
We 1 We 2
BASE Selected 2024

Portal: Beyond the Door

2024 | 30x60 cm | Thread on raw cotton fabric
Portal II 1 Portal II 2 Portal II 3
"RE-" Solo Exhibition

Ascension

2024 | 30x60 cm x 9 | Installation / Thread on raw cotton fabric
"All the pain and disharmony in my life converges into a single and sweet harmony, and my worship unfolds like a blissful bird flying over the sea."
— Gitanjali
Ascension 1 Ascension 2 Ascension 3
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