Curated by M. Cevahir Akbaş, MENU #1 Ephemeral will take place at Hayy Open Space, tracing the act of cooking as a daily ritual and the fleeting interactions and transformations that occur with ingredients. The exhibition combines works by Özge Akdeniz, Umut Altıntaş, Burak Ayaz, Ege Canpolat, Fırat İtmeç, and Erdem Varol, inviting audiences into a visual, auditory, and sensory experience.
MENU #1 Ephemeral gathers artists who incorporate the practice of cooking into their artistic production processes, inspired by the idea that cooking is not merely about following a recipe, but about expressing a momentary, ephemeral kind of magic conjured by the collaboration of ingredients, time, and the body.
Conceived as a pop-up project, this first edition of MENU #1 Ephemeral aims to reveal the aesthetic and conceptual potential of the process leading up to the moment food arrives at the table. By focusing on the forms emerging from the ways food is processed, as well as its visual and auditory translations, it presents the artists’ production processes to the audience on another level. These encounters, transforming recorded situations into an aesthetic language, invite viewers to become aware of the process and its transience.
For updates on events during the exhibition, follow the Instagram account and visit MENU #1 Ephemeral at Hayy Open Space on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday between 1 pm and 6 pm from May 23 to June 28, 2025.
*To read and download the exhibition text by Cevahir Akbaş, please click here.
*The 2025 Program of Hayy Open Space, supported by SAHA Sustainability Fund.