Artists Alper Aydın, Belkıs Balpınar, Bilal Hakan Karakaya, Çağrı Saray, Defne Parman, Ertuğrul Güngör & Faruk Ertekin, Esra Özdoğan, Mehmet Ali Uysal, Merve Zeybek, Nazlı Gürlek, Özge Enginöz, Özgür Demirci, Sinem Dişli, and Tuğçe Diri come together with works across diverse disciplines in The Lightness of Silk, the Weight of Stone exhibition.
Placing art at the centre of the hospitality experience, Ceylan Splend’or Uludağ, Autograph Collection, hosts its first-ever art project with this exhibition. Realised in collaboration with MAP (Mim Art) and curated by Berkay Görgü, the exhibition transforms the hotel’s interior spaces into a living exhibition environment, bringing together works ranging from painting and digital art to installation and weaving.
Comprising a total of 34 works, the selection presents a multi-layered narrative shaped at the intersection of nature, culture, and time. Drawing on Bursa’s historical and cultural memory, the exhibition addresses themes of transformation, fragility, and continuity through the metaphorical dialogue established between the delicacy of silk and the permanence of stone, articulated through diverse expressions of contemporary art.
Spreading throughout the hotel’s interior spaces, the installation encounters visitors not within a conventional exhibition setting but through everyday movement, inviting them to reread the city, memory, and intuitive consciousness from multiple perspectives. In this sense, the exhibition can be seen not only as a first realised through MAP collaboration, but also as the beginning of a long-term dialogue that Ceylan Splend’or Uludağ aims to establish with art.
Speaking about the exhibition, Çetin Ceylan, Founder of Ceylan Splend’or Uludağ, Autograph Collection, emphasised the role of art within the hotel’s transformation narrative, stating their intention to host art projects from various disciplines throughout the year. Curator Berkay Görgü summarised the exhibition’s conceptual framework by noting:
“By building a bridge between the lightness of silk and the weight of stone, this exhibition invites viewers to re-sense the deep memory of Bursa.”
