’breathe,
by Bora Akinciturk at Plague Office, Kazan
Exhibition title: breathe
Dates: 26.07 — 21.09.2025
Artist: Bora Akinciturk
Venue: Plague Office, Kazan
Photo: Arthur Golyakov and Vanya Venmer
Drawing from pop-cultural debris, physical therapy routines, and the residue of 2000s optimism, breathe positions you in a space where effort and stillness are indistinguishable. It’s a show about endurance disguised as calm. Inhale, exhale, count to eleven. Repeat. The body is not heroic. It’s monitored, stretched, softened, mocked. A breathing thing doing its best to remain itself.|
“Friends, this body is so impermanent, fragile, unworthy of confidence, and feeble. It is so insubstantial, perishable, short-lived, painful, filled with diseases, and subject to changes. Thus, my friends, as this body is only a vessel of many sicknesses, wise men do not rely on it. This body is like a ball of foam, unable to bear any pressure. It is like a water bubble, not remaining very long. It is like a mirage, born from the appetites of the passions. It is like the trunk of the plantain tree, having no core. Alas! This body is like a machine, a nexus of bones and tendons. It is like a magical illusion, consisting of falsifications. It is like a dream, being an unreal vision. It is like a reflection, being the image of former actions. It is like an echo, being dependent on conditioning. It is like a cloud, being characterized by turbulence and dissolution. It is like a flash of lightning, being unstable, and decaying every moment. The body is ownerless, being the product of a variety of conditions.”
— Vimalakirti Nirdesa Sutrai
Exhibition view
boss baby, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm /
damien hirst skull, 2025,acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
breathe 1, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm /
breathe 2, 2025,acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
breathe 3, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm /
breathe 4, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
breathe 5, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm /
breathe 6, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
breathe 7, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm /
breathe 8, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
breathe 8, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm /
breathe 9, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
breathe 10, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm /
breathe 11, 2025, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm
Exhibition view
Exhibition view
Telepopmusik – breathe
Telepopmusik – breathe