The restlessness produced by the world we live in has long ceased to be a personal feeling; it has evolved into a collective mode of existence. In The Restlessness Syndrome, Burçin Başar places this shared unease at the center of her practice, inviting us to reconsider the fragile balance between humanity and nature. In her work, nature does not appear as a passive backdrop, but as an autonomous and resilient field governed by its own laws. Plants, stones, and soil no longer serve as mere landscapes; they become carriers of time, persistence, and memory.

Başar’s references to nature point beyond formal representation—they indicate a way of thinking. Rather than imitating nature, she proposes to think and exist alongside it. In this approach, nature transforms into a form of resistance oscillating between strength and fragility, silence and endurance. The artist captures the rhythm of nature within an inner stillness; plants and stones become both symbols of existence and reflections of an inner search for equilibrium. They are not representations but fields of contemplation, where matter and thought converge.

The Restlessness Syndrome opens a space of awareness that recalls the quiet harmony whispered by nature against the ideological pressures of the modern world. Başar’s works carry a silence within beauty, a subtle vibration behind serenity. They invite the viewer to step into that delicate threshold between nature and the self—to sense the timeless balance that unfolds in the tension between peace and restlessness.

The exhibition can be visited between October 16 – November 15, 2025, at x-ist’s Gümüşsuyu venue.