| 6:30-8:30 pm |
DEPO
| Uncomfortable Person |
In İstanbul I realize that I couldn’t find much possibility to talk about my works. Therefore I would like to use this meeting in that way. I would like to talk about, some of my new works that I have been developing dealing with "poverty" or rather "the fear of poverty", some ideas that how I extended to being an artist through writing, criticism, curatorial and lately publishing practices. And I would like to talk about Merkezkaç publications that I initiaded recently especially about the process of the first project “The Book of Rejections.
Deniz is primarily interested in the discursive quality of contemporary art practice rather than any formalistic representation. This is why, her choice of media varies from one project to another utilizing a range of diversity such as installation, video, sculpture, performance, writing and drawings. Dealing with global power structures, democracy, state-control, urbanism, and globalization, she developes a personal perspecive in each case, and creates a critical eye on the perception of the subject matter, rather than engrossing it or representing a position.
Deniz is primarily interested in the discursive quality of contemporary art practice rather than any formalistic representation. This is why, her choice of media varies from one project to another utilizing a range of diversity such as installation, video, sculpture, performance, writing and drawings. Dealing with global power structures, democracy, state-control, urbanism, and globalization, she developes a personal perspecive in each case, and creates a critical eye on the perception of the subject matter, rather than engrossing it or representing a position.
Fakirlik Korkusu| Fear of Poverty, label for the series of work, 2010
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Elmas Deniz, (born in Bergama TR, 1981 ) Artist, lives and works in Istanbul. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Fine Arts Faculty in 2003. She is one of the founder and co-project director of K2 Artist Initiative between 2004-2007 in Izmir. She moved to istanbul in 2008. She is founder of Merkezkaç publications 2010 which focuses on art criticism. She is editor of upcoming first publication: “The Book of Objections.” She awarded Berlin Goethe Institute cultural grand in 2007. In 2006 she participated IASPIS, sweden and FRAME, Finland expert visitors programs. In 2009 she was a resident at Sextant de Plus - La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseilles, FR ; in 2008 DIVA Copenhagen, Denmark; in 2006 Vassl, Karachi, Pakistan; 2005 Aiwa Beiruth, Lebanon. Her recent solo exhibitions; On Volatility /Despre Votalititate, Galeria Nouva, Bucharest, RO (with Pilvi Takala) in 2007 ; Nothing Can Happen to Us, Alti Aylik Project Space, Istanbul, 2006. Recent selected group exhibitions include There is No Audience, Montehermoso,Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES, 2009; Contingent Identities, Depo, Istanbul,TR ;Creative Destruction, Outlet, Istanbul, TR ; 5th Gyumri Biennale, Armenia ; Normalization / that from a long way off look likes flies... Platform Garanti CAC, Istanbul, TR in 2005. She curated “Overtime Work” exhibition in AASM in 2010 and previously in 2008 “The Unmarked Categories.” [www.elmasdeniz.com]
Elmas Deniz, (born in Bergama TR, 1981 ) Artist, lives and works in Istanbul. She graduated from Dokuz Eylül University Fine Arts Faculty in 2003. She is one of the founder and co-project director of K2 Artist Initiative between 2004-2007 in Izmir. She moved to istanbul in 2008. She is founder of Merkezkaç publications 2010 which focuses on art criticism. She is editor of upcoming first publication: “The Book of Objections.” She awarded Berlin Goethe Institute cultural grand in 2007. In 2006 she participated IASPIS, sweden and FRAME, Finland expert visitors programs. In 2009 she was a resident at Sextant de Plus - La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseilles, FR ; in 2008 DIVA Copenhagen, Denmark; in 2006 Vassl, Karachi, Pakistan; 2005 Aiwa Beiruth, Lebanon. Her recent solo exhibitions; On Volatility /Despre Votalititate, Galeria Nouva, Bucharest, RO (with Pilvi Takala) in 2007 ; Nothing Can Happen to Us, Alti Aylik Project Space, Istanbul, 2006. Recent selected group exhibitions include There is No Audience, Montehermoso,Vitoria-Gasteiz, ES, 2009; Contingent Identities, Depo, Istanbul,TR ;Creative Destruction, Outlet, Istanbul, TR ; 5th Gyumri Biennale, Armenia ; Normalization / that from a long way off look likes flies... Platform Garanti CAC, Istanbul, TR in 2005. She curated “Overtime Work” exhibition in AASM in 2010 and previously in 2008 “The Unmarked Categories.” [www.elmasdeniz.com]