The Size of a Gap / Bir Boşluk Kadar

The Size of a Gap explores the relationships between humans and other species by questioning the ways in which these beings are defined, named, and categorised. The work centres on the interaction between the gall wasp and the oak tree, a relationship that is often overlooked or simplified through human frameworks of utility and harm. By focusing on the traces left inside a gall and the life that briefly occupies it, the installation reflects on the forms of living together, leaving a mark, and parting ways.

The piece invites viewers to reconsider dominant classifications such as ‘harmful’ or ‘useful’, which are frequently imposed on non-human life. These distinctions, though presented as objective, are shaped by anthropocentric perspectives that rarely allow room for ambiguity or mutual transformation. By bringing together a micro-scale life cycle with broader structures of meaning. The Size of a Gap suggests that even the smallest, quietest forms of existence can challenge the ways we perceive, categorise, and relate to other forms of life.