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  • Gate 27’s Impact Oriented Residency Program

    Gate 27’s Impact Oriented Residency Program

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    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.

  • Ece Sükan is at Gate 27

    Ece Sükan is at Gate 27

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    In the 38th episode of Ece Sükan ile 3S on CNBC-e, the host interviewed me and resident Eva Seiler at Gate 27. We discussed the building’s history, its renovation by David Chipperfield, and our residency program. Eva also shared insights from her project during this enjoyable 20-minute episode.

  • Eva Seiler talk at Gate 27

    Eva Seiler talk at Gate 27

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    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,…

  • Does Metaverse Kill Art?

    Does Metaverse Kill Art?

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    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,…

  • Conversation with Tim Flach for 212 Photography Istanbul

    Conversation with Tim Flach for 212 Photography Istanbul

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    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…

  • Bill Viola: Impermanence at Borusan Contemporary

    Bill Viola: Impermanence at Borusan Contemporary

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    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…

  • Communication Oriented Museums

    Communication Oriented Museums

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    May 26, 2018 In 2016, I was invited by Dr. Hanzade Uralman to join the Museum Seminar Studies to present Borusan Contemporary’s social media communication strategy. In the fourth session of event, which was held at Akbank Sanat, I was included as one of the keynote speakers and I gave a detailed framework of the…