Küçük Eylemler Atlası

Inspired by the "Creation and Destruction" exhibition by Frank Bowling, this workshop encourages participants to explore how maps, through their borders, names, and blank spaces, can generate diverse meanings. Participants will engage with the concept of "artivism," which focuses on artistic practices that aim to transform rather than simply represent, and will collectively reflect on the question: "What can art become?"

Participants begin with a small action, decision, or inaction from their everyday lives. These moments, which may seem insignificant on their own, begin to tell a different story when placed together. In groups, they create imaginary landscapes based on these moments, giving their landscapes boundaries, names, and rules. Then, starting from their own maps and the spaces they inhabit, they design an imaginary artistic intervention. At the end of the workshop, the maps created by the different groups are brought together to form a collective atlas.

Workshop Facilitator: İlkay Bilgiç.
Capacity: 15 people.
Duration: 90 minutes.

About Ilkay Bilgiç:
İlkay Bilgiç is a cultural manager, creative producer, and the founder of mezopArt, a cross-border cultural initiative. In addition to her education in political science and cultural management, she develops international collaborations, participatory programs, exhibitions, performances, and interdisciplinary projects, working across various fields. She also produces work in the fields of performance and theater. Her work focuses on the relationship between art and social issues, intercultural dialogue, and collective production practices; she conducts workshops and facilitation processes with diverse communities. Recently, she has been focusing particularly on artivism, small interventions in everyday life, and the transformative potential of art in the public sphere.