Diren Demir

Interdisciplinary Artist & Independent Curator

Portfolio


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This portfolio showcases Demir’s work from 2017 to 2024. To explore more, just click “next page” and keep discovering.

  • Shelter

    Shelter, 2024 Sculpture Diren Demir Construction phases: https://www.instagram.com/p/C8zT-LSIwLp/ Many of us have similar memories of the architectural structures we constructed from the sofa cushions in the living room of the house in our childhood. The Shelter Sculpture aims to bring childhood memories to the surface and reveal our unspoken common memory. The fabric shadows and…

  • Public Sorrow

    Public Sorrow, 2024 Video Performance, 8 Mins Diren Demir “Public Sorrow” is an exploration of the complex interplay between individual emotions and societal norms in our contemporary world. Cloaked entirely in black, the performer, stripped of their conventional emotional defenses, undertakes an act of profound vulnerability. As tears stream down their face, they grant themselves…

  • Landscape of Pain

    Landscape of Pain, 2024 Installation 70×100 cm Diren Demir // Landscape of Pain installation is the artist’s attempt to express the emotional pain the artist experiences after a recent abusive relationship. Considering that emotional violence is no different from physical violence, Diren explores the physical projections and forms of emotional/mental pain. With this intention, Diren…

  • Traces

    Traces , 2024 Installation 34×27, 3 Pieces Diren Demir

  • Mirror

    Mirror , 2023 Installation 160x65cm Diren Demir The installation “Mirror” treats the mind as an eye looking at the body from the outside, the physical space where human beings experience life. The body is experienced, defined and labeled by the mind. In this process, the pure experience of the body, which has its own consciousness,…

  • Crucifixon

    Crucifixon , 2024 Installation 120x130cm Diren Demir // The Crucifixion is a universal Initiatic event that corresponds to a common symbolic meaning in collective memory. From an esoteric perspective, the crucifixion of Jesus represents salvation and his miraculous resurrection as part of a divine plan to save humanity. Crucifixion installation modernizes and reinterprets the traditional…