:mentalKLINIK

Overview

With a collaborative practice that started in 1998, :mentalKLINIK is a Brussels-based artist duo from Istanbul composed of Yasemin Baydar (born 1972, Istanbul) and Birol Demir (born 1967, Ankara). Their work is a mix of oxymora and paradoxes, darkly humorous, self-contained and as much concerned with the total effect of accelerated capitalism as with the invisible politics and dynamics that define our everyday lives. Eschewing themes of identity, history and memory, their works range from immersive time-based installations to sculptures and objects that thwart categorisation.