Film still, Aşît, Pınar Öğrenci, 2022 ⓒ Pinar Ögrenci
Playing Chess Against Yourself – an interview with artist Pınar Öğrenci
Presented at documenta fifteen, the new work by artist Pınar Öğrenci called Aşît (Avalanche) focuses on the highly traumatic history of Eastern Anatolia of Turkey. Curator Anna Bitkina talks to the artist about the project and her research on the outcomes of the violent political domination in Turkey.
Installation view, Aşît by Pınar Öğrenci, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kassel, documenta 15, 2022. Photo: Nicolas Wefers
Film still, Aşît, Pınar Öğrenci, 2022 ⓒ Pinar Ögrenci
Film still, Aşît, Pınar Öğrenci, 2022 ⓒ Pinar Ögrenci
Film still, Aşît, Pınar Öğrenci, 2022 ⓒ Pinar Ögrenci
Film still, Aşît, Pınar Öğrenci, 2022 ⓒ Pinar Ögrenci
Film still, Aşît, Pınar Öğrenci, 2022 ⓒ Pinar Ögrenci
Film still, Aşît, Pınar Öğrenci, 2022 ⓒ Pinar Ögrenci
Installation view, Aşît by Pınar Öğrenci, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kassel, documenta 15, 2022. Photo: Nicolas Wefers
Installation view, Aşît by Pınar Öğrenci, Hessisches Landesmuseum, Kassel, documenta 15, 2022. Photo: Pınar Öğrenci
Aşît is commissioned by d15, supported by SAHA Foundation and sigma
d15 runs until the 25th of September, 2022
Anna Bitkina
is a curator of contemporary art, co-founder of the nomadic curatorial collective TOK, and an external curator at the historical museum Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn
