About the part that art plays in a globalising society

Framer Framed

Özgür Atlagan

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).


Exhibitions


Project: Do It Together - DIT

DIT is a kitchen / a tent / a learning playground / a workshop...................

Agenda


Finissage: Scattered - Hidden Narratives Through Archives
An exhibition featuring visual artists from Turkey who settled in the Netherlands and their presence in the Dutch Art Ecosystem
Symposium: (un)Common Grounds - Reflecting on documenta fifteen
A two-day hybrid symposium co-organised by Framer Framed, Akademie van Kunsten & Van Abbemuseum
Workshop: Wayang Kardus - Struggle and Solidarity with Taring Padi
A two-day workshop by Taring Padi with food, conversations, jamming sessions and the production of cardboard puppets