Ruthless, violent but as well as nutritious. Name of Love: Istanbul

What superpower do you think of art?

To be free.
Freedom is something I care about. I have always worked freelance while doing architecture. Bond to an institution or a structureLI didn't want to be. Freedom sometimes creates the need to be poor, but what I find most valuable.

If Sinan was a dictionary; What would be the first 5 words

Entertainment, love, freedom, happiness and indifference.

Where and howL has a attitude?

İlham Perim, of course, Istanbul; Sometimes I always love it, even though it is cruel.

Is your understanding of love in this direction?

My understanding of love is more romantic. I can say that my love with Istanbul is more severe but more nutritious.
Exchange and converter.

SkateboardL Can you tell us about it?

Skateboard practice is invented by surfers in California, and in fact, the waves are developed to train when they are not efficient to surf. The surfing tradition is of course much older. Thousands of yearsL First, a religious ceremony in the Polynesian Islands. His name in the dialect there is Nalu. Being with a wave means merge with the wave. I see doing skateboard as a meditative practice, such as being one with the city and internalizing the city.

Can you tell us about the creation process?

The skate I made in my youth shaped my perspective against the city and the relationship I established. In recent years, I have been observing Istanbul for my academic research. The proprocational relationship I established with this city has left a lot of images in my mind; It may be the eaves line created by the buildings with the sky, or the shadow on the ground, or maps in my mind of the trails I make, etc. I give a lot to the issue of freedom that I have always been stuck with during their expression and this expression. Painting I leave room for improvisation while doing. My paintings are actually like an accident that I try to gather constantly.

How's the timelessness of his artL do you define

I think my works are today. So I'm not sure about the timelessness. Painting And from the perspective of art, it probably has an influence of Russian constructivists or American expressionists or Spanish modern artists.
20th centuryL and the 21st centuryL It may be an art production that builds a bridge between it, but it is not my duty to say it. A few yearsL Then when I die, maybe he will reintermate art critics.

You grew up in Ankara and went to Brussels to study architecture. Being in a country or city with a different mentality and textureL Impressed?

Frankly, I had a hard time. I was 13 years old, I was my age of adolescence and personality. The first was hard, but after the age of 16, I devoted myself to skateboarding by planting school from time to time. I can say that I internalized Brussels with the skateboard.

City and city works are at the focus of their work. So how do today's urban people in this fieldL are you positioning?

It's a strange issue because people always criticize the city. Crowded, dirty, overwhelming, but on the other hand everyone is eager to live in the city. Because these are great phenomena; In a few steps, we can reach culture and all kinds of equipment. A intense energy and quantitative situation created by human intensity in cities is sovereign and it actually makes people happy and alive.

If Istanbul was a person, what would be the gender? HowL would he have a attitude?

It would definitely be trans. It can also have a lot of different attitude. He looks at us from the hill, sometimes upset us, but we all go back to him.

What would be the sign?

Wow is a good question. I guess it would be a coach. Scorpio. Keeping it on alert like a scorpion and bumping like a ram.

What do you think is the personality disorder that you are most likeing in Istanbul?

Istanbul Net Bipolar.

Which city do you deceive Istanbul?

Either Athens or Rome. It will certainly be a city with Mediterranean memory and ancient layers.

If I say what scares you the most, what's coming to mind?

Dying like everyone else.

What are the defense mechanisms you often use?

Like everyone else, I am a weak being and I use them all if necessary. I use all the repertoire such as suppression, escape, reflection, denial, fabrication according to my logic.

We are changing and transforming beings. This year, he gave us great formats. Although it was a difficult year, what happened that brought you closer to you?

I guess my great chance is that my workshop is a 7 -minute walk from my house.
It has been a very productive year for me. So I never had a mental collapse. Thanks to the wide workshop, we were able to invite 4-5 friends once a week and protect the distances and exchanges conversations, chats and ideas. Of course I am very lucky. A traumatic yearL It didn't happen for me. It was actually efficient.

What was the song that accompanied you when it overcome everything this year?

I have a twelve -year -old ipoda and I think I listened to Paolo Conte's “Sparring Partner” song.

If you were a special day, what day would you be? What was celebrated all over the world?

I would be the madness feast. There was no costume. We used to dance and dance until we were naked monkeys.

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