Hot Frame – Pi Artworks, Istanbul, Turkiye
15 November to 13 December
Curated by Debbie Meniru
In Hot Frame, Jyll Bradley returns to her 1980’s teenage bedroom, exploring queer identity, memory and her relationship to nature through photography and sculpture. Moving between light and shadow, interior and exterior, the exhibition reflects her long-standing interest in thresholds – both physical and emotional. Newly unveiled fluorescent sculptures –Hot Frames – appear alongside rediscovered self-portraits, creating portals that hover between visibility and invisibility, vulnerability and empowerment. The show also includes site specific flower arrangements made from foliage and blooms gathered by Bradley on her walks around Istanbul. These are presented as both an homage to the city and as ‘offerings’ to the photographic images of her much younger self.