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born in istanbul on 21 november 1994.

through the creation of pop-up ecosystems and embodied experiences, i work primarily with the imagination muscle. rejecting rational meaning-seeking as a means of knowledge acquisition, i prefer to ask questions without answers. my preferred mediums are farming, translation, and play.

a student of philosophy from vassar college, i am often occupied by questions of the sensorium, of notions of self and self-knowledge and community emergence.

i am a professional pipnicker, translator of afro/africanfuturism and africanjujuism, and an olive enthusiast. i recently found a black rock in the kocamehmetler village of phokaia. currently exploring collectivity through play — just graduated from the artistic research MA program at the university of amsterdam.

RECENT WORK & EXHIBITIONS

TALKS, SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

• Facilitator at “Akata Who?” at Bijlmer Park Theater for the Week Against Racism, 19/03/2025
• Collaborator at Manifestation #62 – Reading Group: Goddess Change at Buro Stedelik, Stedelijk Museum, 30/11/2024
• Panelist at Gathering Earthseed event at W139 Amsterdam, 20/07/2024
• Workshop at the University of Amsterdam’s “Unexpected Subjects Festival”.