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24 LEISURE VOL 08 ISSUE 02 / APRIL 11, 2014 I dropped by at the Stal Gallery before the opening of Yasemin Yilmaz’s exhibition, Globalisation, Connections, Time, and found the artist relaxing on the patio just outside the Stal Studio where she is engaged as the current Artist-in-Residence. Contemplating Time in a Globalised World The discovery that Time has taken on a new meaning in our globalised world is a focal point in the work of this avant-garde installation artist who was born in Germany, spent her early child- hood with her grandmother in Turkey, studied in the USA, and presently lives in Hanover, Ber- lin and Barcelona. Yasemin Yilmaz is part of an emerging generation of savvy young artists who see the entire world as their natural domain. Time is something we cannot hold on to, or stop. It runs through our fingers like sand and seems to speed up with every year that passes. Yasemin asks questions like “How long is now?” - and makes statements like “Each second has only one life”. Because of the rapid pace of life to- day and the increasing demands that are placed upon us, Yasemin believes that ‘we need sign- posts, moments when we are forced to stop and reflect, to catch hold of who we are’. Yasemin asked twelve artists on six continents to reflect on the ordinary passage of time in their lives for one full day – and to document this ex- Yasemin Yilmaz is the artist-in- residence at the Stal Studio where she links ten Omani students with ten German students via social media HOW LONG IS NOW?
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LEISUREVOL 08 ISSUE 02 / APRIL 11, 2014
I dropped by at the Stal Gallery before the opening of Yasemin Yilmazs exhibition, Globalisation, Connections, Time, and found the artist relaxing on the patio just outside the Stal Studio where she is engaged as the current Artist-in-Residence.Contemplating Time in a Globalised WorldThe discovery that Time has taken on a new meaning in our globalised world is a focal point in the work of this avant-garde installation artist who was born in Germany, spent her early child-hood with her grandmother in Turkey, studied in the USA, and presently lives in Hanover, Ber-lin and Barcelona. Yasemin Yilmaz is part of an emerging generation of savvy young artists who see the entire world as their natural domain.
Time is something we cannot hold on to, or stop. It runs through our ngers like sand and seems to speed up with every year that passes. Yasemin asks questions like How long is now? - and makes statements like Each second has only one life. Because of the rapid pace of life to-day and the increasing demands that are placed upon us, Yasemin believes that we need sign-posts, moments when we are forced to stop and reect, to catch hold of who we are.
Yasemin asked twelve artists on six continents to reect on the ordinary passage of time in their lives for one full day and to document this ex-
Yasemin Yilmaz is the artist-in-residence at the Stal Studio where
she links ten Omani students with
ten German students via social
media
HOW LONG IS NOW?
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