Eleğimsağma

by | Apr 6, 2019 | Community Projects Turkey, Gender Equality, Turkey

Photo by: Kayra Sercan Çanakçı “Eleğimsağma” is an interactive installation based on a story written by Ömer Seyfettin in 1917. A young girl named Ayşe isn’t allowed to play with boys outside and is forced to cover her head in public. She believes that if she passes...

A Woman’s Scream

by | Apr 6, 2019 | Community Projects Turkey, Gender Equality, Turkey

Photo by: Kayra Sercan Çanakçı “A Woman’s Scream” is a kinetic sculpture that requires two participants to activate the experience. Participants enter a dark room and stand on either side of a glass pane with two window frames hanging from a pulley system. As they...

The Loop

by | Apr 6, 2019 | Community Projects Turkey, Gender Equality, Turkey

Photo by: Kayra Sercan Çanakçı “The Loop” is an interactive pop-up installation that aims to disrupt the social norms of a typical Turkish housewife. The installation’s ideal location is in a market and its goal is to help Halime go beyond the bounds of a good wife...

Escape Yourself

by | Apr 6, 2019 | Community Projects Turkey, Gender Equality, Turkey

Photo by: Kayra Sercan Çanakçı “Escape Yourself” is an escape room that makes participants face the conditions that lead to domestic violence against women. The player is positioned as a bystander who hears the sounds of struggle coming from Room 502, and makes the...