I am grateful to be included in Art Net’s review of the biennial. This edition of the biennial is certainly quite unconventional; taking many conceptual, aesthetic, and political risks. I believe it will garner a lot of attention.
Turkish readers may also enjoy Alem magazine’s interview, which allowed me to expand on the conceptual background of the work.
Museum of Digestion
My second contribution to the 17th Istanbul Biennial is a public installation at Muze Gazhane in Kadikoy.
Museum of Digestion is an interspecies reading room for the publication, Museum of Exhalation. Both pieces are extensions of my research to the Yenikapi/Langa region of Istanbul and continue my investigations started by Microbial Fruits of Istanbul and Where Do Gardens Come From?
Museum of Exhalation
I am really happy to announce that we launched a new publication as part of my contribution to the 17th Istanbul Biennial.
Museum of Exhalation is an edited volume that consists of interviews by non-humans. The book includes contributions by Nazlı Pişkin, Vedat Onar, Jake Winiski, Nazlı Arda, Aleksandar Shopov, Marisol de la Cadena, M. Namık Yalçın, Dietmar Offenhuber, Pelin Tan, Chantel White and Eda Hisarlıoğlu. Please stop by at Muze Gazhane during the biennial visit hours (Tuesday-Sunday 10AM-6PM) to grab a free copy at my installation site.
There will be a public book launch event on Sept 15th, 2PM.
New video!
We are releasing a new video “Where Do Gardens Come From?“ in May 2022 with Elii architecture office. This is the extension of our project with for the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial, exploring a new set of ideas as a video essay. Please reach out if you are interested in screening or viewing. (The duration is 16 mins, videography and sound design is by Austin Fisher)
Head of Foundry Engineering at Ecovative
New year, new responsibilities. Happy to announce that I started to work with Ecovative to develop next generation mycelium-based products. Ecovative has teams of artists, designers, engineers, scientists working together on difficult challenges to bring products—from meat alternatives to leather—into market.
