Dolmen - Structures of Time
Dolmen: Structures of Time proposes a curatorial structure through which material, image and perception are encountered as part of a temporal system.
Drawing from prehistoric dolmens, architectural forms assembled, reused and reinterpreted across generations, the project brings together works that operate across time, where surface, image and process act as carriers of duration, transformation and cultural memory.
Works are positioned in relation to the structure rather than presented as isolated objects. Meaning emerges through proximity, accumulation and spatial relation, allowing different temporal conditions to coexist within a single field.
The project approaches exhibition-making as an adaptive system: stable in structure, but capable of evolving across different spatial and curatorial contexts.
Structure and Contexts.
Dolmen operates as a repeatable curatorial structure capable of adapting to different spatial and exhibition conditions while maintaining a consistent internal logic.
Current Contexts.
Turin / Artissima 2026
A condensed fair-based manifestation centred around a sculptural digital dolmen, where distributed wall fragments and moving-image works operate within a unified temporal structure - proposed
activated through works by
Seán Cotter
Simon James
Peter Schäublin
Kaan Ege Önal
Mari Amman
Aideen Barry
Online
An expanded sequential manifestation allowing the structure to unfold across digital space and duration - in progress
activated through works by
Seán Cotter
Simon James
Peter Schäublin
Kaan Ege Önal
Berlin 2027
A larger spatial adaptation exploring sculptural, architectural and screen-based extensions of the system within a longer-duration exhibition context - in future development
Dolmen I -Perception is unstable. These works resist immediate recognition, suspending the image between abstraction and representation. What is encountered does not fully resolve, requiring attention to remain active rather than passive
Peter Schäublin
Dolmen I - End
Pigment print on selected museum-grade fine art paper
Simon James
Dolmen I - Top
Gesso on Canvas
SÉAN COTTER
Dolmen I - Right
Oil on Canvas
Dolmen II - Matter is not inert. These works register time, pressure and transformation, revealing material as an active participant rather than a passive surface. Change remains continuous and unresolved.
Simon James
Dolmen II - right
Gesso on Canvas
SÉAN COTTER
Dolmen II - leftt
Oil on Canvas
Peter Schäublin
Dolmen II - Top
Pigment print on selected museum-grade fine art paper
Dolmen III -Structure emerges as both order and instability. These works suggest underlying systems, spatial, compositional or conceptual, that attempt to organise perception while remaining incomplete or adaptive
Simon James
Dolmen III - Right
Gesso on Canvas
SEÁN COTTER
Dolmen III - Left
Oil on Canvas
Peter Schäublin
Dolmen III - Top
Pigment print on selected museum-grade fine art paper
Dolmen IV - History persists not as narrative, but as residue. These works carry cultural memory through layering, fracture and repetition, where identity remains in continual transformation rather than fixed form.
Kaan Ege Onal - Hattusa's Vision
Oil on Canvas
Kaan Ege Onal - Turquoise Heritage
Oil on Canvas
Kaan Ege Onal - Gentle Rebellion
Oil on Canvas
What remains is…
is not resolution, but a shift in how we look. These works resist immediate comprehension, requiring duration rather than consumption. In that time, meaning does not fix itself—it moves, accumulates and fragments. The exhibition does not conclude; it lingers as a condition of seeing, where perception, material, structure and history continue to shape what is visible and what is not.
These works are intended to be lived with over time. Their full presence emerges gradually, through repeated encounters rather than immediate understanding.
Further information and available works on request
Dolmen image is Kilclooney More dolmen near Ardara, County Donegal, IrelandCourtesy: Eddi Laumanns