COLLABORATION - "Sevil"

by belit sağ

Sevil

Single-channel video | 8min19sec | 2024

"About a decade ago, an artwork by the artist Sevil Tunaboylu was subjected to an attack while on display in an exhibition. In Sevil, Tunaboylu recounts her experience of this censorship and the subsequent auto-censorship. Sevil highlights the all-too-familiar impact of such processes on artists and the blurred lines of reality they bring about."

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In Sevil Tunaboylu’s practice, exercises on the cohabitation of objects she encounters and off-frame portraits whose witnessed traces take center stage. As part of her research methodology, Tunaboylu examines her subjects by continuously repositioning them in different contexts and opening a space for transitioning from painting to sculpture. She received her BA in painting from the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts in 2005. As one of the founders, she co-managed the non-profit initiative Mtaär Open Art Space between 2008 and 2010. As a member of the feminist collective Alaca Heyheyler, she organizes exhibitions and workshops and produces artist publications. She has been working as a visual arts instructor since 2007. She lives and works in Istanbul.