OUR ENCOUNTERS
Meet our friends who make up encounterlab. Each one joined us in our journey, enriching our collaborative projects like performative interviews, theatre plays, exhibitions, etc. We would not be where we are right now if it weren't for them.
BATU BORIS BEKLER / PRODUCER, MUSICIAN
Producer & Digital Musician from Istanbul, producing hiphop/trap/chillhop & electronica/downtempo/deephouse tunes (as Départ Musique).
CHRISTINE KRIEGEROWSKI / MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
Christine engages in drawing, photography, and installation with her knack for the grotesque and flamboyant. Her blend of humor and unsettling attention to detail reveals the absurd and perilous nature of everyday life.
CLAUDE LEON GÜNŞİRAY / MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
A stage design genius and theater veteran, illustrator of children's books, photographer and installation artist.
DARIA CESUR / ACTRESS, PERFORMER
A talented performer whose creativity and passion bring a unique energy to projects. Her captivating, rich and expressive voice leaves a lasting impression on everyone.
ECE GÖKALP / VISUAL ARTIST
A visual artist born in Istanbul, exploring diverse photography possibilities, utilizing it to perceive geographies in varied contexts and delve into controversies surrounding the photographic gaze and indexicality.
EGE BÄ°RSEL / MUSICIAN, PERFORMER
An emerging musician whose music captures a serene and contemplative essence, appealing to fans of permanent wave, shoe gaze and art rock genres. Mainly inspired by David Bowie, Peter Gabriel and Iggy Pop and many others. His music dazzles with intricate layering and emotive depth.
LUÄ°-CAN GOLDENBERG/JURIST
A dear friend who came and helped us to synthesize the concept of our performative interviews. With his experience in stage play and improvisation, he reminded us the joy to be together and play together.
MAHÄ°R GÜNŞİRAY / DIRECTOR, ACTOR
An actor and director who worked at Istanbul State Theatre, Theatre Studio, Theatre an der Ruhr and Theatre Ti. He founded Tiyatro Oyunevi with his friends and took part in many cinema films and series.
MANU / EVENT SECURITY ADVISOR
Manu with his charming voice and talent for poetry, inspired us to create a memory canvas to present our interviews. He has a special place in our journey.
MIKHAIL BADASYAN / LIFE ARTIST, ACTIVIST
Mischa started with performance art when he did not want to accept beauty standards set by society. He has done a large number of performances, art videos and other art projects, often combining his works with activism. He likes to call his works “life art” because he believes that art exists only through life experiences.
NOÉMIE BORZEIX / MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
Noémie Borzeix is a dual-national German and French artist currently pursuing a Fine Arts Teaching Degree at UdK with a secondary focus in History at HU Berlin.
She has showcased her work in various exhibitions, including in Berlin and Greece.
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PETRA SPIELHAGEN / MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
A Berlin-based artist who focuses on the interwoven moments between everyday life and the staged. Her output spans mainly installations, photography and digital media. She is mainly concerned with images of everyday situations in public space and in the landscape, how stages and backdrops are created for possible events in our increasingly staged reality
SELDA ASAL / MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
Selda is a new media and video artist who delves into the fields of social work, psychoanalysis, and art therapy, dealing with the social and psychological aspects of loss and trauma as well as the mechanisms and politics of memory. She focuses on the direct personal experiences of the stigmatized, ostracized, and alienated individuals of modern society. By combining art, activism and critical analysis of the mechanisms of control, Asal uncovers the hidden facts of human society and explores the ways of creating environments enabling “freedom” and gathering. She is the initiator of The Apartment Project.
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OZAN DURMAZ / WRITER, POET
Ozan inspired us to get more serious about podcasts. He is a complex and multifaceted writer, inspired by a profound sense of melancholy and a deep yearning for meaning. He is a keen observer of the human condition, acutely aware of the fragility of life and the inevitability of suffering. A poet of the soul, capturing the fleeting nature of happiness with a lyrical intensity that leaves a lasting impression on the reader.
SELÄ°M BÄ°RSEL / MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
Selim's work is characterized by an eclectic range of approaches such as drawing, painting, installation, photography, video, performance to public interventions. He is incorporating a poetic way on unconventional materials such as dust, stamps, spice, found objects. He is also involved in curating since 1991 in diverse projects and institutions
SELÄ°N KAVAK / ACTRESS, WRITER
An actress who has performed at Bonn Theatre, Maxim Gorki Theatre, the Deutsches Theater Berlin, Heimathafen Neukölln, and Berliner Compagnie, among others. She is a regular guest at the Boat People Projekt Göttingen, writes theatre plays and appears in TV and film productions.
YASEMÄ°N NUR / MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
Yasemin has been working and imagining with the theater artist Emre KoyuncuoÄŸlu on arrangements on the stage and stage and costume design. She has been training with Emel Nurhan Ogan on the art of Ottoman paper cutting. Her works that are spread across processes beyond temporality are merging with craft.
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AYÇA TELGEREN /MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST
Ayça Telgeren focuses on what is intuitively known and commonly felt. The artist – starting with what is personal to her, her own archeology – tries to reach a pool of collective memory. The artist is widely known for her hand-cut works that she adopts as a natural form of expression. Telgeren's works demonstrate a wide variety of materials and techniques that shape according to the needs of her current subject matter, ranging from metal, gas concrete, concrete sculptures, to video and painting.
ASYA KOLSUZ / ACTRESS, PERFORMER
Asya Kolsuz is a captivating performer, dancer, and theatre artist with a global perspective. Her work blends contemporary dance, physical theatre, and acting, drawing inspiration from diverse cultures like African dance, flamenco, and butoh.
Asya's performances are dynamic and thought-provoking, inviting audiences to explore the human condition and experience the power of movement and storytelling.
