The first photographs required not only light, but also silence and hours of time. Only two centuries have passed, and today cameras have reached shutter speeds of 1/80,000th of a second. Is there any other tool or thing in the world that has so radically changed its relationship with time in such a short time? Isn't it an existential paradox that photography, always a few steps ahead of the world's need for acceleration, now tries to stop life as it speeds up? It's as if the effort to keep up with the speed of time is dragging photography to a place outside of time, yet surrounded by it.

Where exactly are we in time? In it, behind it, or beyond it? In fact, everything is simultaneously experiencing another time. But suddenly, a curtain rapidly opens and closes, and all these separate times are equalized. And it's like a race; you always have to be faster. A faster time is sought to encompass all times. To capture, to freeze, to stop… Yes, when did the power to stop the "moment" become the responsibility of photography? What we need, however, is to re-establish and redefine our relationship with time individually. Objects, people, trees, and even mountains need a little more time. And in fact, along with all of this, photography, born into a world where poetry, music, painting, and sculpture have been on the stage for millennia, needs a little more time. Perhaps for this reason, the works brought together in this exhibition try to re-establish a relationship with time without surrendering to its speed.

The group exhibition titled "I Need a Little More Time," bringing together works by 19 artists from Turkey and different geographies , focuses on the possibilities and limitations of photography, exploring the diverse forms of expression within the medium. Offering a polyphonic approach against conventional rapid production practices, fixed forms of representation, and technical determinism within the new forms and possibilities of lens-focused works, the exhibition's pieces make visible the gestures of the production process, the tools used, and the possible transformations occurring on the surface and in time, thus opening up a discussion on photography not only at the level of representation but also in its material and intellectual dimensions.

Curated by Oğuz Karakütük, * I Need a Little More Time * questions the current conditions of photography, inviting viewers to consider this medium as an intuitive and fluid space of expression structured through subjective perspectives.

Artists: Arda Asena, Ruth van Beek, Szilvia Bolla, Rachelle Bussières, Antony Cairns, Orhan Cem Cetin,Gorkem Ergun, Alina Frieske, Aegean Canal, Sahin Kaygun, Lebohang Kganye, Dionne Lee, Alix Marie, Rehan Miskci, Taiyo Onorato & Nico Krebs, Ayako Sakuragi, Dafna Talmor, Rodrigo Valenzuela.

ARTER ART MUSEUM, ISTANBUL, TURKEY

EXHIBITION FROM 9 OCTOBER, 2025 TO MARCH 15, 2026

9 Oct 2025 – 15 Mar 2026