Reading The Artist #08 | David Hockney

Reading the Artist #8 | David Hockney

Erdem Colak

Alaz Okudan

25.11.2022, Friday 19:00

Reading the Artist will take place at Ka x Assembly.

Participation is limited to 30 people. You can use the link on this page for free registration.

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In the eighth of the artist readings at Ka x Assembly One Tower this Friday, academician researcher Erdem Çolak and researcher Alaz Okudan will give a reading on David Hockney. Hockney redesigns the action of instant photography and produces experimental photographic compositions by examining the concepts of perspective, movement, and time.

David Hockney’s photo collages offer practical examples of phenomena such as time and movement, which are traditionally discussed through motion pictures. In the early 1980s, by re-purposing the act of snap shooting, Hockney made hundreds of still-image compositions where he experimented with the notions of perspective, movement, and time. This talk invites you to explore Hockney's thought-provoking photographic oeuvre in the context of his longstanding painting practice.

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Erdem Colak

Erdem Çolak is an academic and an artist using different media. He received an MA in Political Science from the University of Birmingham and a Ph.D. from the School of Cultural Analysis at the University of Amsterdam. He has had solo exhibitions in Amsterdam and Ankara. Recently, his work has been exhibited, among others, at Bienalsur (Museo Franklin Rawson / San Juan and Museo MAR / Buenos Aires - 2021), Mamut Art Project (Istanbul - 2021), Humanities Ever After (Vox-Pop / Amsterdam - 2020) and Truly Essentials (No Man's Art Gallery, Amsterdam - 2020). He is currently a lecturer at Middle East Technical University, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, and continues his artistic productions in his personal studio in Ankara.

Alaz Okudan

Alaz Okudan is a holder of an MA degree in Media and Visual Studies from Bilkent University. He is into hidden and marginal stories from the history of photography as well as alternative approaches in visual image production. Media archaeology holds an essential place for his personal work and academic research. He lives, conducts research, and roams in Ankara.