Alp Akyıldız is a multidisciplinary artist based in Istanbul, working primarily in visual arts and cinema. The practice develops through a sustained engagement with thought, image, and form, with attention to the fragile balances between self, other, and the invisible structures that bind or divide them.
As a founding member of Meddah Jiggy, a bold and mischievous film collective active within Istanbul’s underground art scene, Akyıldız takes part in diverse forms of production that combine discipline, intuition, and experimentation. The works evolve across painting, moving image, sound, and sculptural expression, guided by an interest in how concepts become visible through process.
The techniques used by Akyıldız are not chosen for visual effect, but for how they echo the delicate and often unstable relationship between perception and control. Breaking glass becomes a way of engaging with the unpredictable — an action where intention meets resistance. Similarly, the light-dependent images incised into darkened surfaces reflect a condition where visibility is never guaranteed, but always conditional. These are not just material choices; they mark thresholds, testing the limits of clarity, presence, and disappearance.
The works do not offer resolution, nor do they seek to guide. Yet they carry an internal pressure — shaped by attention, friction, and the weight of trying to name what resists definition. Rather than giving the viewer answers, each piece opens a shared space where recognition may occur, quietly and on its own terms.
Akyıldız’s approach is informed by philosophical research, with sustained attention to human nature, human collectivity, and the ways people attempt to make sense of their condition. Each work evolves through time, through variation, and a continued openness to the unknown.
