The SCHIRN is presenting “shallow lakes”, an extensive, location-specific work by the artist in the exterior as well as interior space of its publicly accessible Rotunda. Kara’s artistic practice comprises a wide range of media, including sculpture, photo collage, and painting.

Taking as a basis her archive of photographs from various private sources, which has been growing continuously since 2014, the artist studies the visual culture of the Kurdish diaspora. In large-format pieces she combines photographic material with paintings that refer to patterns from traditional knotted or woven tapestries. Her artistic process uses bleach, and the associated process of abstraction moreover creates an examination of change and blank spaces within a specific cultural narrative. In her exhibition at the SCHIRN, Kara combines this with sculptural elements that she has developed specifically in reference to the architecture of the Rotunda.