https://thesilentuniversity.com The Silent University Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:58:12 +0000 https://thesilentuniversity.com en https://thesilentuniversity.com/Ahmet-Ogut-Initiator Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:58:11 +0000 The Silent University https://thesilentuniversity.com/Ahmet-Ogut-Initiator InitiatorAhmet Öğüt Ahmet Öğüt born in 1981 in Diyarbakır, is a sociocultural initiator, artist, and lecturer. Working across a variety of media, including photography, video, and installation, Öğüt often uses humor and small gestures to offer his commentary on rather serious or pressing social and political issues. Öğüt is regularly collaborating with people from outside of the art world to create shifts in the perception of common. He has exhibited widely, more recently with solo presentations at Kunstverein Dresden, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Chisenhale Gallery, and Van Abbemuseum. He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, including Asia Society Triennial: We Do Not Dream Alone (2021); In the Presence of Absence, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (2020); Zero Gravity at Nam SeMA, Seoul Museum of Art (2019); Echigo Tsumari Art Triennale (2018); the British Art Show 8 (2015-2017); the 13th Biennale de Lyon (2015); Performa 13, the Fifth Biennial of Visual Art Performance, New York (2013); the 7th Liverpool Biennial (2012); the 12th Istanbul Biennial (2011); the New Museum Triennial, New York (2009); and the 5th Berlin Biennial for Contemporary Art (2008). Öğüt has been a guest professor, mentor, tutor, advisor, research teacher at several schools. Among the schools are Institut für Kunst im Kontext at Universität der Künste Berlin; Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht; Sandberg Institute Amsterdam; Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki; TransArts - Transdisziplinäre Kunst, Institut für Bildende und Mediale Kunst Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien; and DAI (Dutch Art Institute) Arnhem. Öğüt was awarded the Visible Award for the Silent University (2013); the special prize of the Future Generation Art Prize, Pinchuk Art Centre, Ukraine (2012); the De Volkskrant Beeldende Kunst Prijs 2011, Netherlands; and the Kunstpreis Europas Zukunft, Museum of Contemporary Art, Germany (2010). He co-represented Turkey at the 53rdVenice Biennale (2009).&nbsp; <img width="883" height="880" width_o="883" height_o="880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7483d05a31074ae4ecfbc76766c1d5a1b8d9905f4e47f2e1a8ff22184cb073d7/AHMETOGUT.jpg" data-mid="173371826" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/883/i/7483d05a31074ae4ecfbc76766c1d5a1b8d9905f4e47f2e1a8ff22184cb073d7/AHMETOGUT.jpg" /> https://thesilentuniversity.com/Yelta-Kom-Coordinator Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:58:11 +0000 The Silent University https://thesilentuniversity.com/Yelta-Kom-Coordinator Yelta Köm (b. 1986, Istanbul, Turkey) is an architect, artist, and researcher who incorporated architecture, artistic and spatial practices to discuss social and political issues. He is a researcher at the Topological Atlas project hosted by TU Delft; guest lecturer at Berlin International University of Applied Sciences; co-founder of Herkes İçin Mimarlık [Architecture for All], Istanbul-based non-profit organisation providing democratic and collaborative design processes between architects, urban designers, and citizens and a member of Arazi Collective working on different spatial scales focusing on the Southeast region of Turkey. Köm’s work is mainly influenced by the perception of the environment, the image of the city, neo-liberal transformations, the tension between nature and technology, and collective movements. His methodology and mediums demonstrate the diversity of each project, and collaboration with others is a vital part of it. Yelta&nbsp;Köm collaborated actively with Studio Tomàs Saraceno and Aerocene Foundation, Berlin, Germany (2015–2019); curated the Caution! Slippery Ground, Istanbul Modern Museum,&nbsp; Istanbul, Turkey (2016); was the associate curator of the Vardiya [The Shift] exhibition at the Pavilion of Turkey, Venice Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy (2018); participated in the Istanbul Design Biennale a couple of times with different projects and did the exhibition design of Füsun Onur’s Once Upon a time… at the Pavilion of Turkey, 59th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy (2022). Yelta Köm was cordinator of The Silent University between 2021 and 2022<img width="880" height="880" width_o="880" height_o="880" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b484e30d694ca3ed7fa407a004d60cbf3866832296de24f6c01d664cb1d3611/Yelta_Kom_4074_rev3_Esen_Karol.jpeg" data-mid="173891576" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/880/i/2b484e30d694ca3ed7fa407a004d60cbf3866832296de24f6c01d664cb1d3611/Yelta_Kom_4074_rev3_Esen_Karol.jpeg" /> https://thesilentuniversity.com/Zehra-Begum-Ki-la-Coordinator Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:58:12 +0000 The Silent University https://thesilentuniversity.com/Zehra-Begum-Ki-la-Coordinator Zehra Begüm KışlaZehra Begüm Kışla is a curator with a background in sociology, working on the intersection between contemporary art practices and institutional attitudes. She recently curated Extended Structures at the Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, where she also co-curated Works Under Maintenance, an exhibition from the Hessel Collection. In 2022, she worked at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, contributing to the art festivals Entrelacs and Croisements. Previously, she served as an assistant editor at ARTER, Istanbul. Kışla is currently an MA Candidate at the Center for Curatorial Studies (CCS) at Bard College. <img width="1018" height="982" width_o="1018" height_o="982" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b3c5f31805d1201fedc5d128ce22abb1f525bb12c72b4ede62c78ae10529237d/Screenshot-2023-03-28-at-17.39.08.png" data-mid="173772484" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b3c5f31805d1201fedc5d128ce22abb1f525bb12c72b4ede62c78ae10529237d/Screenshot-2023-03-28-at-17.39.08.png" />