METHOD

Secant Space accompanies projects from their early stages of development through to their realization.

We read, question, clarify, and pay close attention to detail. We seek to understand a project’s internal logic, its tensions, and its broader implications, in close dialogue with all those involved. A project is never the work of a single person, and we aim to create the conditions in which each contributor can find their place and their own form of expression.

We believe that curatorial work, when done well, should remain almost invisible, leaving space for the works and the artists to speak for themselves.

At times, this work extends beyond our own program, when a shared ground for collaboration exists.

Secant Space is a curatorial platform and art residency for people active in the art, cultural, and research fields. It is open to both established and emerging artists, curators, and researchers, with a particular interest in research-based or long-term projects.

Secant Space is committed to creating the intellectual, material, and temporal conditions necessary for artistic research and production to unfold. It offers a working environment shaped by attention, care, and time, conducive to reflection, exchange, and engagement with the city of Istanbul.

Secant Space is a shared space. More broadly, it seeks to build a network of meaningful human connections. The notion of the “local” is treated as relational, shaped through encounters, exchanges, and collaborations across contexts.