Yap - Boz: Sanatla Farkındalık
Inspired by the "Creation and Destruction" exhibition by Frank Bowling, this workshop explores how continuing someone else's work transforms the creative process. Participants work with contrasting elements like order and chaos, chance and control, using techniques such as pouring, dripping, splattering, layering, and pressing to create surfaces. They then build upon each other's work, taking over the production process and transforming it in the process.
Participants engage in creative expression through art therapy techniques and meditative mindfulness practices. At times, they make conscious choices, while at other times, they allow the movement of paint, water, and gravity to guide them. Throughout the process, they observe the emotions, associations, and physical responses that emerge, experiencing concepts such as uncertainty, control, transformation, and new beginnings through creative production.
Workshop Leaders: Karin Özdemirci, Virna Gülzari.
Capacity: 15 people.
Duration: 90 minutes.
About Karin Özdemircioğlu:
She graduated from the Department of Graphic Design at Bilkent University. She worked as an art director, copywriter, and creative director at numerous advertising agencies, both foreign and domestic, in Istanbul. She was a founding partner of Bravo Istanbul. She received training in various art and craft disciplines, including ceramics, mosaics, and wood carving. Currently, she works as a writer for magazines and television series.
About Virna Gülzari:
She completed her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Boğaziçi University and her master's degree in Clinical Psychology at the same institution. She worked with children, adolescents, and adults at the Boğaziçi University Psychology Research and Application Center (BÜPAM) and various other centers. She also served as a part-time instructor in the Clinical Psychology program at Boğaziçi University and the Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology program at Bilgi University. In addition to her individual artistic endeavors, she works on projects that explore the intersection of art, psychotherapy, and mental health.
