Superposition

In her practice, Ceren İren reconstructs the multilayered field of meaning shaped by the forms and behaviors of honeybees. The hive, for her, goes beyond being a site of observation and becomes a source that transforms her mode of production. The dynamism of bee society, its system of collective labor, and especially the organized clustering that emerges during swarming form the core themes of the works. A swarm—made up of thousands of honeybees—gathers around the queen and moves as a single cluster, leaving the original hive and covering a new surface as a dense mass; this collective behavior symbolizes the end of an old order in the hive and the beginning of a new life. The exhibition reveals how the forms and behaviors of bee society intersect with human states of production, repositioning, and transformation. Circles that cover the surface, pins, and honeycomb-like weavings can be seen as the material re-embodiment of the bees’ collective structure within the artist’s own practice.

The exhibition is on view at Pg Art Gallery from January 31 to March 7.