The Phrygian Goddess Cybele, among other things, is believed to be the goddess of cavities, voids, and hollow spaces. This makes Özgür wonder what hollow spaces may summon, hold, and signify. It resonates with the way poet Ariana Reines describes poetry as making something out of nothing. These animate Özgür’s drive to make art. He works with performance, text, sculpture, photography, video, and sound to capture a scenographic situation within an installation. His heart and mind commute between violence, servitude, eroticism, play, and humor.
Özgür Atlagan is a 2019-2021 Rijksakademie alumini and a member of KABA HAT and BAÇOY KOOP (Printing, Distributing, Duplication Cooperative).
