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the ancient condtradiction between "the nature's contract with man" and "the human's contract with society" is one of the main subjects of the past and present centuries shaped by humanism. ecological sensitivity around the world is only one side of the point. feuds on in different planes continue composedly. "toxication" takes a closer look on both the cyclicality of the human's contract with society that has been repeating itself throughout the history and the pointy sides of the conflict in our confidential contract with the nature while all this cyclicality is flowing, and drops hints about them. it lays emphasis on the possibility that "perhaps, toxication is the name of a nuisance created by our understanding of civilization that forces the boundaries and detoxification is the reinforcement needed by the nature now". if we consider the human as a concept at the same time, this concept drives a wedge between itself and its civilization with its history that it has never been able to clear of destruction and disasters. Alongside, "toxication" may be an exhibition that aims to create a new language about aesthetics and to speak with another visual alphabet. 

prof. zeliha akçaoğlu