Marina Papazyan, Kerem Ozan Bayraktar

BAK Fellowship for Practice is a post-academic research programme held in Istanbul, Jakarta, Utrecht and online in collaboration with BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Istanbul Biennial Production and Research Program and Gudskul. The fellows of the programme carried experimental research within the expanded field of contemporary art and in connection with the overarching ‘Spectral Infrastructure’ research trajectory, which issues from BAK’s long-term collaborative trajectory with the freethought collective. The Hauntologists: Istanbul Gathering is a three-day event series taking place within the framework of the 17th Istanbul Biennial’s public programme. The Hauntologist project at BAK, basis voor actuele kunst is convened by Zeyno Pekünlü in collaboration with the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) Istanbul, and BAK, basis voor actuele kunst, Utrecht.

16.00-17.00
Trou de loup (Wolf-hole), Marina Papazyan

During the BAK Fellowship for Situated Practice, Marina Papazyan researched how monsters are embodied in folk tales and Gothic literature, and the tangible and symbolic functions of these bodies. In their presentation, they will talk about their video work Trou de loup and its references.

17.00-18.00
‘Excerpts from sea matter’, Kerem Ozan Bayraktar

Kerem Ozan Bayraktar will play a game with the participants that will result in dark prophecies after giving a brief presentation about his research. The game will run concurrently with his installation ‘Excerpts From Sea Matter’, which was inspired by the research during the BAK Fellowship for Situated Practice.