Project Dialogue: A Curatorial Experience Design (2024)
"Project Dialogue is a multi-layered curatorial experience design that investigates the 'uncanny void' between the artist’s initial motivation and the final artwork. Designed as an 8-week sequence of 'process-exhibitions,' the project transforms the gallery space into a dynamic laboratory, highlighting sketches, research notes, and failures that are usually hidden behind the final frame.
As the curator, I positioned each week as a thematic inquiry—ranging from feminist deconstructions and hegemonic power to bio-political body maps—facilitating a direct and transparent dialogue between the artist and the audience. By archiving these creative struggles through live seminars and pop-up displays, Project Dialogue challenges the traditional consumption of art and establishes a new, accessible bridge for young collectors and curators alike."
Visual Documentation Strategy: The Dialogue Archive
The Faces of Dialogue
Week 01 | Witness & Legitimacy: Inquiry into personal and universal truth-seeking.
Week 02 | Negative Dialectics: Feminist perspectives on the 'self' and 'other'.
Week 03 | Abstract Nature: Cultural identity through spiritual and inward landscapes.
Week 04 | Hegemonic Power: Critical perspectives on individual and social memory.
Week 05 | Topography of the Body: Experimental printmaking on gender dynamics.
Week 06 | The Panopticon of Home: Deconstructing the 'Father’s House' as a boundary.
Week 07 | Balance in Flow: Taoist 'Wu Wei' philosophy as a performance on the body.
Week 08 | Aesthetics of Resistance: Confronting beauty norms as a form of 'othering'.
Visual Archive
Project Dialogue | Press & Exhibition Archive
A.Tıkıroğlu - "Tanık" (Witness) İzmir'de Sanatla Diyalog Yaşatan Sergi
Elif H. Koç - "Otoportreler" (Self-Portraits) İzmir’de Zıtlığın Muhteşem Uyumu: Feminist Otoportreler
C. Nazım A. - Genel Değerlendirme & Mini Sergi Dizisi Kemeraltı’da Diyalog Temalı Mini Sergi Dizisi
M. Kaya - "Gündem" (Agenda) Sanatın Perde Arkasına Yolculuk: Mehmet Kaya
N. Aslan Balıkçı - "Kadının Topografyası" (Topography of Woman) Kadın Bedeninin Haritası: Nermin Aslan Balıkçı
Ö. Canoğlu- "Akıştaki Denge" (Balance in Flow) İzmir’de Akıştaki Denge Sergisi Başladı
D. Çiftçi - "Aynı Ama Farklı" (Same But Different) Kadın Kimliği ve Güzellik Normlarına Sanatsal Direniş
