The world is at an important threshold and moment of transformation, and while thresholds have been a symbol of enlightenment throughout history, in recent years they have turned into defining borders and gates and have thrown the planet into a mess. Humanity is at a threshold again, and the Türkiye pavilion is focusing awareness of this.

In ‘OpenWork’, visitors have control of a gated exhibition. Themes of displacement and exchange are explored via abstract and metaphorical ‘gates’ and ‘liminality’ that are created by the resonating audible surfaces. Just like an instrument, they turn the installation into a game of ‘exchange’ with the touch of the visitor.

A monumental spatial arrangement allows for interactivity, reversing meanings, and allowing for human decision making. This ‘game’ is also a soft protest and a gentle question mark to the new world that is established and being formed today.

The installation intends to blur the lines between visitor, installation, ground, time, power and boundaries. These represent changing power dynamics and deconstruction of rigid structures in society. Through this experimental game, visitors can experience an unpredictable union and a new reality.