Cultivating hope through the acceptance of fragility

Yasemin Özcan. Photo: Berk Kır

Cultivating hope through the acceptance of fragility

Merve Akar Akgün
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On the intersection of technology and nature

Scorpios Bodrum. Fotoğraf: Georg Roske

On the intersection of technology and nature

We spoke to both the director of Scorpios and the artists of the exhibition, Random International and Sougwen Chung, about Evolving Perspectives, the Encounters program exhibition running at Scorpios from July to September 2024
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The tension in what we see

Mireille Blanc, Photo: Andres Donadio

The tension in what we see

French artist Mireille Blanc's solo exhibition Far from Pictures, which proposes to take us "far from images", continues at THE PILL. We spoke to Mireille Blanc about this exhibition, in which ordinary moments of everyday life are brought to life with new representations
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In the footsteps of copper: Emir Ali Enç and his brand Soy

Emir Ali Enç

In the footsteps of copper: Emir Ali Enç and his brand Soy

Liana Kuyumcuyan
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Food Cosmogonies: Inês Neto dos Santos’ culinary world-building

Inês Neto dos Santos, Ponto de Orvalho, 2022. Photo: Vera Marmelo

Food Cosmogonies: Inês Neto dos Santos’ culinary world-building

We talked about the transformative power of food with Inês Neto dos Santos, who runs the online course Food Cosmogonies with artist Nora Silva, which positions food at the center of world-building processes and aims to establish deeper connections between species and cultures
Ecem Arslanay
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Stuck on the Platform

Geert Lovink, Photo: Guido van Nispen, Wikimedia Commons

Stuck on the Platform

In November, following the invitation and introduction by Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ebru Yetişkin, a performance-lecture titled Getting Stuck in the Platform: Politics and Psychology of the Social Media Age took place at Akbank Sanat Conference Hall. After the meeting, we had a conversation with Dutch media theorist and activist Geert Lovink, focusing on social media platforms and the emerging techno-social dynamics
Expressive texture

Mike Berg

Expressive texture

We had an interview with Mike Berg about his recently ended exhibition New Kilims from Uşak at Knotisse, and his other exhibition titled 20-1 Colors at ADAS which continues until January 19
İbrahim Cansızoğlu
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Stuck on the Platform

Geert Lovink, Photo: Guido van Nispen, Wikimedia Commons

Stuck on the Platform

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Highlight, acknowledge and encourage action

Stephen Chambers

Highlight, acknowledge and encourage action

We talked to Stephen Chambers, one of the UK's most important painters, whom we featured on the cover of our summer issue in 2018, at Ida Blue in the village of Adatepe in Çanakkale on the eve of his new projects planned to be realized in Turkey. In the mystical atmosphere of Mount Ida, we spoke about his recent works and discussed being an artist in an age of catastrophes. Chambers says that the only obligation not only of today's artists but of all human beings is to "highlight, acknowledge and encourage action"
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The idea of shared dreaming

Mehmet Resul Kaçar

The idea of shared dreaming

We talked with Mehmet Resul Kaçar about the conceptual framework of his works and his creation process, through his solo exhibition The Dream is Over, Red Jacket, which is being shown at Gallery 77
Cem Bölüktaş
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