ARTISTIC
2023
Artistic Direction
Müzede Sahne, Sakıp Sabancı Museum,
June 17th-20th 2023
2023
Turkish anchor-voice
Conference of the Absent, Istanbul (Turkey), Rimini Protokoll, Beykoz Kundura
2022
Voice Over
Pluriversum, a RanGBarang (RGB) Studio Production, Author/ Artistic Director/ Graphics: Parisa Karimi
2022
Turkish anchor-voice
Conference of the Absent, Istanbul (Turkey), Rimini Protokoll, Beykoz Kundura
2022
Conception & Direction
A performative exhibition tour, Life, Death, Love and Justice exhibition, curators: Didem Yazıcı, Peter Sit, Burcu Çimen, December 2022
2022Director
Nuh’un Gemisini Aramak, Co-production project, produced by ENKA Sanat, premiered on November 15th within the scope of the IKSV Theatre Festival
2022
Co-director
With Nezaket Erden, N’olcak Bu Yusuf Umut’un Hali, a Hemhâl theatre production, original text by Hakan Emre Ünal and Alis Çalışkan performed by Hakan Emre Ünal.
2021
Artistic Direction/Project Design
In collaboration with Pelin Başaran (Head of Programming, Battersea Arts Centre, London), Melih Gençboyacı (Artistic Coordinator, Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam) and S.Buse Yıldırım (Artistic Director, Beykoz Kundura) PerformLab, an international, interdisciplinary programme for concept and practice development in performance, supported by Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam, Beykoz Kundura and Dutch Performing Arts.
2021
Artistic Direction
With Marlin de Haan and in this very moment, funded by NRW Landesbüro Freie Darstellende Künste, Ministerium für Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes Nordrhein-Westfalen, Kunststiftung NRW. Supported by Fonds Darstellende Künste with funds from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, FFT Düsseldorf, SALT Galata Istanbul and Maschinenhaus Essen.
2020
Conception and Moderation
Sahneye Dair Sohbetler, 2020-2022, a series of talks live-streamed on Instagram with key figures from the Turkish Performing Arts scene on various subjects, for Koç University, Sevgi Gönül Cultural Centre
2020Director
Direction of the staged reading Gece Vardiyası (Night Shift) by Marco Demian Vitanza, translated into Turkish by Ferdi Çetin, and after talk with the playwright as part of GalataPerform’s 9th New Text New Theatre Festival
2020
Director
Direction Türkan Hanım’ın Ölümü (Death of Miss. Türkan) a theatrical story reading, adapted by Hemhâl from Selçuk Baran’s story “Türkan Hanım’ın Ölümü”’ commissioned by and performed at Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat
2019
Conception & Direction
In collaboration with Marlin de Haan panorama radio a theatrical situation, inviting participants to take a journey in cars; coproduced by FFT, Dusseldorf; funded by Kunstiftung NRW, Ministerium fur Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW, NRW Landesburo Freie Darstellende Kunste. Presented in Istanbul, Düsseldorf, Bonn
2018
Dramaturge
Tırnak İçinde Hizmetçiler (The Maids in Quotes), a Hemhâl theatre production, original text by Hakan Emre Ünal inspired by Jean Genet.
2018
co-Founder
Hemhâl Theatre
2018
Conception & Direction
In collaboration with Marlin de Haan, Once I set foot outside a performative installation by Marlin de Haan and Ayşe Draz; coproduced by A Corner in the World X belontiids ALT, Istanbul and FFT, Dusseldorf; funded by Kunstiftung NRW, Institut fur Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), Ministerium fur Kultur und Wissenschaft des Landes NRW, NRW Landesburo Freie Darstellende Kunste . Shown in Istanbul and Düsseldorf
2017
Conception & Execution
Together with Anne-Marije van den Bersselaar, Dramaturgy Lab a workshop on how to integrate a dramaturgical approach in different discipline, commissioned by and held at Akbank Sanat with the support of the Dutch Consulate, Istanbul
2017
Performer & Assistant Director
İKİ (TWO) concept and direction by Semih Fırıncıoğlu
Produced by A Corner in the World X bomontiada ALT + Guest Program. Shown in Istanbul, at Bomonti ALT and Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat, and in Heidelberg Stückemarkt 2018.
2014Performer & Regie Assistant
Becoming a Rhinoceros 2.014 written and directed by Şahika Tekand
2013
Dramaturge
Hiatus, by choreographer Gizem Bilgen, 19th Istanbul Theatre Festival
2012
Performer
Shortening the Long Position, by the artist duo Goldin & Senneby for the 13th Istanbul Biennial organized by IKSV, Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts
2010
Assistant Director
How to Forget in Ten Steps: Anti-Prometheus written and directed by Şahika Tekand as part of Promethiade Project by Stiftung Zollverein, Essen’ RUHR.2010 & Istanbul 2010 & Athens Festival, Athens
2009
Artistic Collaboration & Residence
Air (Hava), by Ayşe Orhon, Looping 2, Tanz im August
2009Actress
Dönme İstanbul a short film by Jacopo Mario Gondolfi and Luis Miguel Selvelli,
2007
Artistic collaboration
agoraphobia, performative text, in collaboration with docu:mentalKLİNİK, art-ist contemporary art magazine, May 2007
2007Artistic collaboration
ccidRnt, performative text, in collaboration with docu:mentalKLİNİK , Colophon 2007, International Magazine Symposium, Luxembourg
2007
Artistic collaboration
Image/Imagine, enjoy the silence…, performative text in collaboration with docu:mentalKLİNİK, Nico Magazine: Interviews & Fashion, Spring/Summer 2007
2006
Performer
Eurydice’s Cry directed by Şahika Tekand, 15th International Istanbul Theatre Festival / 4th International Theatre Olympics
2004Devising & Performer
just BREATHE a devised performance on birth and womanhood, Middlesex University, London
2004
Devising & Performer
In Transit, a devised performance on always being on the road and not being rooted in any particular place, Middlesex University, London
2002Actress
The Lounge, short film produced by the London Film School
2002
Actress
The Wait, short film directed by Can Evgin, Northwestern University Production, Evanston, USA
2002
Performer
What was my face before I was born, a devised performance, Northwestern University Theatre Production, Evanston, USA
2002
Performer
Women of the Word, a performance based on the female characters of the bible, Northwestern University Theatre Production, Evanston, USA
1999
Performer
Storytelling, a storytelling performance with multiple stories and voices, Northwestern University Theatre Production, Evanston, USA
1999
Performer
Interior Castle, a performance based on St. Francis of Assisi’s teachings, Northwestern University Theatre Production, Evanston, USA
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