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Paperback. 4to. (28 x 21 cm). In English and Turkish. 110 p., 93 b/w and color ills. Isle.= Ada. [Exhibition catalogue]. Curated by Basak Doga Temür. 'Isle' brings together one of Ali Mahmut Demirel's early experimental video works with his latest 'Post-Apocalyptic Utopias' video series. The book published on the occasion of the exhibition opens with an introductory interview with the artist by Basak Doga Temür, the exhibition's curator, and also features a newly commissioned essay written by critic Selim Eyüboglu. The publication is presented in a special box with front cover finished with a layer of copper. The box comprises, alongside the publication, a set of 30 postcards with video stills from the 'Post-Apocalyptic Utopias' series. "Here we are, beneath the ethereal veil of the ineffable lie, at the very bottom, lurking under your nightmarish dreams of ghettoized luxury, of comfort sheltered from the dangers of life. No, not here; there: even lower, even below, more inward.".