Category: Event News
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Gate 27’s First Social Impact Report Is At ACA’s 35th Conference
I presented the inaugural social impact report of Gate 27 at the ACA conference in Santa Fe, highlighting the program’s role in supporting interdisciplinary arts since 2019. The conference facilitated valuable discussions on fundraising challenges and social impact measurement, emphasizing the importance of socially engaged practices within the global arts community.
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CAMMA Spring Conversations
On May 28th, I engaged in a significant discussion with Associate Professor Gökçe Dervişoğlu Okadan regarding social impact in cultural management. As a former student of hers, the conversation held personal significance. We shared insights on our respective journeys and efforts to enhance the field’s ability to demonstrate its value effectively.
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Gate 27’s Impact Oriented Residency Program
I participated in the inaugural Contemporary Art and Curating program by Open Dialogue Istanbul and Akbank Sanat. As an alumna, I’m presenting Gate 27’s activities through an impact-focused lens. Join us on April 21, Monday, from 6-7:30 PM on Zoom. The seminar will be in Turkish. For registration: apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org.
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Climate Adaptation for Creatives
I am happy to share that I completed a long journey provided by British Council and Black Mountains College. For five months, creatives all round the world gathered and explored the potential or arts and culture to create a positive impact on climate emergency. I heavily benefited from the programme’s peer-led approach, which celebrated the…
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Eva Seiler talk at Gate 27
March 16, 2025 Gate 27’s current resident Eva Seiler is getting to the end of her residency period. Today we had her talk together with the moderator Nazlı Pektaş. Eva explores the dynamics of human relationships with domesticated creatures like silkworms and pigeons. Through her research, she examines transformation processes in silkworm farming, silk production,…
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Exploring the Depths: A Day with Passepartout Duo and Nazlı Pektaş at Gate 27 Ayvalık
August 29, 2024 Recently, we had the pleasure of hosting independent curator, academician, and columnist Nazlı Pektaş at Gate 27 Ayvalık, alongside our current residents, Passepartout Duo. The duo, composed of pianist Nicoletta Favari and percussionist Christopher Salvito, shared their innovative artistic practice, which focuses on sound as a medium of expression, with Nazlı. It…
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Does Metaverse Kill Art?
February 9, 2022 CIF Dialogues has been continuing a talk series at Fişekhane, İstanbul. In the event titled “Does Metaverse Kill Art,” I was invited by the moderator, artist Arda Yalkın to share my thoughts about the trailblazing emergence of blockchain technology. Along with curator and academics Melike Bayık, owner of Pilot Gallery Azra Tüzünoğlu,…
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Conversation with Tim Flach for 212 Photography Istanbul
October 1, 2021 Tim Flach is a well known animal and landscape photographer from the UK. His art is specialized on the studio photographs of animals. It is mesmerizing looking at his images. The moment he captures the animals twists our perspective, demolish the accepted hierarchy between human and animal. His photographed were displayed at…
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Bill Viola: Impermanence at Borusan Contemporary
November 2, 2019 At Borusan Contemporary, we are hosting the legendary video artist Bill Viola’s exhibition, curated by Kathleen Forde, in the temporary exhibition spaces of the museum. The exhibition, which will last between September 14, 2019-September 12, 2020, gathers ten artworks, the nine of them were produced in the last twenty years. Upon the…
