Liam Gillick (1964 Aylesbury): Hydrodynamica Applied, 2015 When the pressure decreases, the speed increases: Bernouli figured it out in the eighteenth century, but we forgot. Does it concern the study of fluid dynamics, or is it a cipher for the loss of universal mathematical language at a time shattered by particulars? Location: Istanbul Modern

Anna Boghiguian (1946 Cairo): The Salt Traders, 2015 Anna Boghiguian observes and distils the human condition during her travels. A boat carrying salt in ancient times reappears in a future post-digital world; it rediscovers its past before it was corroded by salt. Location: Galata Greek Primary School

Michael Rakowitz (1973 New York): The Flesh Is Yours, The Bones Are Ours, 2015 After earthquakes and fires, they boldly craft floral patterns on buildings that carry stories. Moulds, casts and rubbings knot together Armenian bones and ghosts. Location: Galata Greek Primary School

William Kentridge (1955 Johannesburg): O Sentimental Machine, 2015 In a hotel, there are conversations behind closed doors. He sends and receives letters, dictates messages, participates in historical events at a distance. He thought the human was a sentimental but programmable machine, and yet he failed. Utopian thinking is both impossible and necessary. Location: Hotel Splendid Palace

Meriç Algün Ringborg (1983 Istanbul): Have you ever seen a fig tree blossom? 2015 What remains of Paradise? Galata was full of figs; now it is full of hotel rooms. Adam and Eve cover themselves in shame; Queen Victoria had a fig leaf made to hide David’s genitals and today, there are ever more veils. Fig trees and wasps mate in queer ways. Location: Adahana Hotel

Song-Ming Ang (1980 Singapur): Something Old, something New, 2015
Song-Ming Ang replicated the ninteenth-century carved wooden music stand in glass. It is ornate, fragile, aesthetic. Perhaps a thought-form. Location: Istanbul Modern

14th Istanbul Biennial - SALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms curated by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev