Urban Talks #02 | What is the Origin of This Citymania?

Urban Talks

Cem Dedekarginoglu

Cemre Gokpinar

21.12.2022, Wednesday 19:00

Urban Talks will take place at Ka x Assembly.

Participation is limited to 50 people. You can use the links on this page for free registration.

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The founders of Urbanwalks.ankara continuing its city walks in cooperation with Ka Atölye, Cem & Cemre, are inviting you to a new event series with great happiness.

“We will discuss the urban space that we have experienced on foot till today, through various historical layers of the city, and its important actors and concepts. With our guests who will join us at every event, we will try to discover the built environment and its contributors together, by keeping you on the edge of our seats.

In our second talk, we will host artist Eda Gecikmez. We will talk about her education life, her artistic and urban experiences at home and abroad, her perspective on life and the ways she interrelates with the city. While doing this, we will not neglect to mention the important events of the last ten years, the important names that shaped our lives and the places of memory by bouncing around.”

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Eda Gecikmez

Eda Gecikmez graduated from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Painting Department in 2010. During her undergraduate education, she studied at the Faculty of Fine Arts of Valencia Polytechnic University in Spain for a year. In 2015, she was invited to the artist guest program in Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella, Italy and Kultivera, Tranås, Sweden. She completed the Home Workspace Art Education Program organized by Ashkal Alwan Plastic Arts Association in Beirut between 2016-2017. She received her Master's Degree in Art and Design from Yıldız Technical University, Social Sciences Institute in 2019. Beginning in 2004, his works have been included in many exhibitions and art projects. The subject of Eda Gecikmez's recent works is gender, identity and urban politics related to the concepts of body and space.

By associating social and political transformations with art history, it focuses on the present with a perspective from the past and possible future imaginations. Gecikmez, who continues her Proficiency in Art Program at Hacettepe University Fine Arts Institute Painting Department, is represented by Galeri Nev. The artist lives and works in Istanbul and Ankara.