"I'm not a studio artist, either," spray paint on a LightBox (old work), 2023, İMÇ, Istanbul.
“Ben de bir stüdyo sanatçısı değilim” translates as "I'm not a studio artist, either," in English, is a work that began as a response to Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin’s declaration and evolved into a broader reflection on what it means to make art without a conventional studio. Installed at İstanbul’s İMÇ—once the epicenter of Turkey’s music industry—the work resonates with local artists like Dadaş Abdullah, whose practices fall outside institutional norms. By referencing Derrida’s parergon, the piece reframes the studio-less or “other” artist not as marginal, but as essential to rethinking authorship, labor, and the infrastructures of art and fame.
"I'm not a studio artist, either," spray paint on a LightBox (old work), 2023, İMÇ, Istanbul.
