Whistleblowing actions have transformed our perception of surveillance and control in today’s information society. This text examines the effects of whistleblowing as a form of dissent on politics, society, and...
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When material sheds the instrumental approach of modernism and becomes a carrier of memory and knowledge, how does it speak to us? Starting from her family history extending to Northern...
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Zeynep Okyay writes on the practice of PASAJ, the independent art space she has sustained for over fifteen years, with reflections on space, ownership, and the intricacies of being together....
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As part of the collaboration initiated by İMALAT-HANE and Orta Format around Leyla Suarez’s text Leyla Has No Use for Doubt, we organized a gathering consisting of two closed sessions...
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Merve Ünsal revisits the concept of “estetik politika” through four possible translations: the aesthetics of politics, the politics of aesthetics, aesthetics as politics, and politics as aesthetics. Focusing on moving...
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Beginning her text with a fable on care work in the context of contemporary art, Kübra Aycan Gelekçi underlines the historical invisibility and continuity of women’s labor. Beyond its emotional...
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Sevgi Ortaç examines the intersections between bostans, food communities, and contemporary art, drawing on her personal and collective experiences. Blending an academic and artistic perspective with active involvement in networks...
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In this text, Leyla Suarez constructs a narrative that moves between incompleteness, confrontation, and solidarity; she reflects on the fractures created by personal loss, abandonment, friendship, and experiences of sexual...
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In this text on participatory art, artist and researcher İpek Çınar examines both the fundamental character of this mode of production and reminds us that it is a terrain constantly...
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Eda Yiğit examined the examples of the historic Tokatlıyan Han—transformed into a living space for artists and offering experiences worth remembering—the Tarlabaşı Monastery, which, although still standing, has lost its...
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