born in istanbul on 21 november 1994.
through the creation of pop-up ecosystems and embodied experiences, i work primarily with the imagination muscle. rejecting rational meaning-seeking as a means of knowledge acquisition, i prefer to ask questions without answers. my preferred mediums are farming, translation, and play.
a student of philosophy from vassar college, i am often occupied by questions of the sensorium, of notions of self and self-knowledge and community emergence.
i am a professional pipnicker, translator of afro/africanfuturism and africanjujuism, and an olive enthusiast. i recently found a black rock in the kocamehmetler village of phokaia. currently exploring collectivity through play — on my journey to become an artistic researcher at the university of amsterdam.
RECENT WORK & EXHIBITIONS
Süveydâ, animation film and installation cocreated with Ozan Alp Hiçyılmaz
- Canlandıranlar Animation Film Festival October 2023, İstanbul [1]
- “Ortadan Başlamak”, Artİstanbul Feshane [2]
- Kriterion, Amsterdam Student Film Festival (09/06/23) [3]
- ALİKEV GSF Sergisi “Iskalamak” Karşı Sanat Çalışmaları, (14/01-04/02/23) [4][5]
Karataş (The Black Rock), short mythic documentary film
TRANSLATIONS (English > Turkish)
• The Nsibidi Script Series (Akata Witch, Akata Warrior & Akata Woman), Nnedi Okorafor—coming soon!
• Seed to Harvest, Octavia E. Butler
İthaki Yayınları, April 2023
• Lilith’s Brood, Octavia E. Butler
İthaki Yayınları, March 2022
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piriltionukar [@] gmail.com