13 Jan SİNOP ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM

The Artist-in-Residence Program in Sinop was held between January 6^th and 13^th, 2020. The conducting artist-in-residence of the program was Ferhat Özgür, while the participating artists-in-residence, selected through the open call were Cansu Pelin İşbilen, Gizem Ünlü and İlyas Odman.

After the exploration trips in Sinop city center, Hamsilos and Erfelek, three participating artists visited the artisans they had been in contact with while they were in Sinop in order to develop new dialogue channels. The captured images and sound recordings during these processes were desired to inspire new productions or analyses when the artists returned to their own studios.

According to Ferhat Özgür it has been an intense and interactional workshop process: “During the program, an office of the Hal Meeting Center building was used as the main studio where artists attended regular meetings. After exchanging ideas on contemporary art theories, they discovered the city center of Sinop and its geography full of natural beauty. As a result of the workshop meetings and the impressions they gained from the trips, the artists realized an art project based on public participation, called ‘Route Experiences’”.