Sounds of Darağaç project was brought to life with the collaboration of Darağaç Collective, a neighborhood collective that includes artists who have been producing and living in Alsancak, Umurbey district of Izmir for 6 years, Istanbul and Amsterdam-based record company LU Records and Izmir’s subcultural music collective Apeiron.
‘Sounds of Darağaç’ projesi, İzmir Alsancak bölgesinde bulunan Umurbey Mahallesi’nde son 6-7 senedir yaşayan ve/veya üreten sanatçıların oluşturduğu Darağaç Kolektifi’nin yakın eksenlerdeki uyduları arasında yer alan İstanbul/Amsterdam merkezli plak şirketi ‘LU Records’ ve İzmirli altkültür müzik kolektifi ‘Apeiron’ ile yaptığı işbirliği sonucunda ortaya çıktı.
Darağaç’ta performans alanına bir kapı açılıyor: darağaç.icra.
Darağaç bedenlerle, mekanlarla, bedenlerde, mekanlarda icra ediliyor.
icra, sizleri 30-31 Ekim tarihlerinde Darağaç’ta ve çevrimiçi Darağaç’ta var oluş, yok oluş ve aradaki alanların farklı formlarında gezinmeye davet ediyor…
Küratör: Fatih Gençkal
Sanatçılar: Cansu Ergin, Medyartiz, Pınar Özer, Serenay Oğuz, tibia x fibula, Uğur Sayınbatur
darağaç.icra is a gateway to performance in Darağaç.
Darağaç is being performed with bodies and spaces, through bodies and spaces.
icra invites you to stroll through existence and non-existence and the different forms of all that is in between on October 30-31.
Curator: Fatih Gençkal
Artists: Cansu Ergin, Medyartiz, Pınar Özer, Serenay Oğuz, tibia x fibula, Uğur Sayınbatur
The artists, living in the uniqueness of the neighborhood and producing with the effort to survive, co-exist once again. In its 5th year, Darağaç is taking control of the abandoned streets in their neighborhood.
Bureaucracy, exists.
All-seeing eyes, exist.
The artificial trust of being controlled, exists.
“Darağaç Exists” questions the dynamics of social power and living habits under the spotlight, promising a sterile experience to its guests.
Artists: Ahmet Yörük, Ali Cem Doğan, Ayşegül Doğan, Merey Şenocak, Caner Çoban, Cem Sonel, Cenkhan Aksoy, Çağrı Toksözlü, Demet Bilgen, Fatih Altan, Hilal Doğan, Tuğçe Akay, Zarife Arslan
Mahallenin kendine has düzeni içinde yaşayan ve hayatta kalma çabasıyla üreten sanatçıları, yeniden bir arada var oluyor. Darağaç 5. senesinde, sokakları terk edilmiş mahallenin kontrolünü ele alıyor:
Bürokrasi, var.
Her şeyi gören gözler, var.
Denetlenmenin yapay güven(liğ)i, var.
Darağaç Var, toplumsal güç dinamiklerini ve mercek altındaki yaşam alışkanlıklarını sorguluyor. Konuklarına ise steril bir deneyim vadediyor.
Sanatçılar: Ahmet Yörük, Ali Cem Doğan, Ayşegül Doğan, Merey Şenocak, Caner Çoban, Cem Sonel, Cenkhan Aksoy, Çağrı Toksözlü, Demet Bilgen, Fatih Altan, Hilal Doğan, Tuğçe Akay, Zarife Arslan
Darağaç, who has been producing in the neighborhood since 2016, has expanded the scope of the exhibition series organized in the neighborhood this year with the support of @kulturicinalan.With the fourth exhibition Darağaç IV_’Luzum ‘, Darağaç_Speaking series, Children’s Meetings and Darağaç_Volta, which was held for the first time this year, Darağaç_Book was prepared, consisting of the documentation of all the activities, the memories lived in the process and the experiences gained. With the texts of Mert Yavaşça (@mertyavasca), Güzden Varınlıoğlu (@guzdenv) and BorgaKantürk (@borgak), the book was edited by Zeynep Yavuzcezzar (@zycezzar) and designed by Burak Dikilitaş (@ burak.dikilitas).Darağaç_Kitap is aimed to archive the activities held in the neighborhood from 2016 to this time and to use them as a source for future art productions.Poster design:@didemeriskin
2016 yılından beri mahallede sanat üretimlerine devam eden Darağaç, 2019 yılında Kültür için Alan tarafından desteklenerek mahallede her yıl düzenlediği sergi serisinin kapsamını genişletti: Dördüncü sergi Darağaç IV_’Lüzum’, Darağaç_Konuşma serisi, Çocuk Buluşmaları ve bu sene ilki gerçekleştirilen Darağaç_Volta ile 2019’u geride bırakırken tüm etkinliklerin dokümantasyon çalışmalarından, süreç içinde yaşanılan anılardan ve edinilen deneyimlerden oluşan Darağaç_Kitap hazırlandı. Mert Yavaşça, Güzden Varinlioğlu ve Borga Kantürk’ün metinleriyle tamamlanan kitabın editörlüğünü Zeynep Yavuzcezzar, tasarımını ise Burak Dikilitaş üstlendi. Darağaç_Kitap ile mahallede 2016’dan bu zamana kadar yapılan etkinliklerin arşivlenmesi ve gelecek sanat üretimlerinde kaynak olarak kullanılması amaçlanıyor.
Speakers: Fulya Çetin (Hafriyat), Metin Akdemir (İSD/dramaqueer)
Moderator: Borga Kantürk
In the third speech moderated by Borga Kantürk, the need to be a collective with its advantages and disadvantages, the places in the neighborhood structure, the common ground they create and things that can be produced on their axis; the functional contributions of creative formations such as collectives to the texture and transformation of the neighborhood were discussed. It has led to a discussion on the strategies that different collective structures utilized based on their modus operandi. Starting from Darağaç’s structure, living together and the relationships that a collective structure lives with the environment and space are exemplified.
After graduating from Mimar Sinan University Faculty of Fine Arts, Fulya Çetin had the opportunity to work with nearly one hundred sixty artists, initiatives and non-governmental organizations between 2007 and 2009 in Hafriyat Karaköy, a place that expresses itself as the ‘’World of Various Arts (Çeşitli Sanatlar Alemi)’’. She made daily drawings for Birgün Newspaper in her section called “Hafriyat Ameleleri” (Excavation Workers) and joined the exhibition titled “İstanbul Defterdarları” (Bookkeepers of Istanbul). Between 2013-2015, she prepared drawings and visuals for Kaos GL magazine. Since 2006, Çetin has participated in many Hafriyat exhibitions starting with “Local Paradise (Lokal Cennet)’’ in Diyarbakır Art Center and has participated in many group exhibitions both in Turkey and abroad. Since 2009, she has had solo exhibitions in venues such as artSümer, Tobacco Storage Warehouse (Tütün Deposu) and Sanatorium.
Metin Akdemir completed his postgraduate studies in Women’s Studies, upon completing his education on cinema. He directed the films that were shown in many national and international festivals. He participated in the exhibition teams of various LGBTI+ organizations such as Pride Week in Istanbul, Istanbul Trans Pride Week, Black Pink Triangle Association in İzmir and Mersin Pride Week. In 2018-2019, he organized an independent group of activists/artists and group exhibitions with queer-feminist artists called Border/less (Sınır/sız). Since 2015, he has been working as a dramaqueer and a member and founder of the İstanbul Art Association.
Speakers: Özgür Özakın, Öykü Canlı (poşe), Elif Bursalı & Zeynep Okyay (PASAJ)
Moderator: Saliha Yavuz
In the second of the talk series moderated by Saliha Yavuz, speakers met on a common ground where they discussed the relationships of place/public space requirements/necessities in creative and independent formations; advantages and disadvantages of the use of the street as a test area; ways to develop strategies and models for production and exhibition as well as dialogues emerging from interwoven subjects and relationships such as neighborhood, artist, industry, art production.
Özgür Özakın graduated from METU Department of Architecture in 1993. He completed his master’s degree in the same department in 1997 and his doctorate in 2011 from Bilkent Interior Architecture and Environmental Design. She is a part-time lecturer at Yaşar University, Department of Interior Architecture. Philosophy and architecture, spatial theory and sustainable architecture are the focus of her works.
poşe is an independent and non-profit organization established in spring 2018 by artists Öykü Canlı and Larissa Araz at their own venues in Istanbul, Moda. The emergence lies in the desire to act and to come together. It is a physical and intellectual place where different forms of experience, discipline, production and thinking speak to each other. It does not hesitate to try and be wrong, believes in the power of the transfer of experience and argues that the production processes are as important as the works.
After graduating from Marmara University, Department of Economics, Elif Bursalı graduated from Bilgi University Cultural Management MA program. She wrote her dissertation on ‘’The Role of Artist Initiatives and Venues Conducted by Artists in the Contemporary Art of Istanbul (Sanatçı İnisiyatifleri ve Sanatçılar Tarafından Yürütülen Mekânların İstanbul Güncel Sanat Alanındaki Rolü)’’ in comparison with Berlin, revealing the differences in the conditions and sustainability of such spaces in the two cities. Since 2010, Bursalı has been one of the co-founders of PASAJ’s independent art field and is the field manager of PASAJ’s Air Bayrampaşa residence program.
Zeynep Okyay who is one of the co-founders of the PASAJ independent art field, hosting participatory and social-oriented projects, completed her project in the Cultural Management master program at Bilgi University with a participatory demo dictionary, Independent Art Areas dictionary. Throughout the year, she worked on rewriting the terminology of the field and developing new forms of expression. From 2016 to 2017, she attended the I-team Cultural Creativity program organized by Relais Culture Europe, the French office of Creative Europe. She took part in Erasmus + projects with PASAJ aiming to empower young people with art practices. She continues her artistic and cultural works under the roof of PASAJ and amberPlatform.
