Diren Demir

Interdisciplinary Artist & Independent Curator

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

  • Devotion Ritual

    Devotion Ritual, 2020 Performance Diren Demir // The Devotion Ritual, which has been an ancient pagan tradition for years, takes place in the Lagina Ancient City, which belongs to Hecate, the moon goddess. Circles are drawn as a meditative mental state and a long-term sequence of movements is created gradually accelerating. The circle form is…

  • Calling Back the Nature

    Calling Back the Nature, 2020 Live Performance for Performistanbul Diren Demir // Kulning or animal herding call is a medieval form of Scandinavian singing often used to call livestock down from inaccessible mountain pastures. In this performance, Diren transforms and re-interprets this ancient herding call by recalling the power of nature from the rooftop. Through…

  • Remains of a Walked Path

    Remains of a Walked Path, 2019 Polaroid Series – 14 Pieces Diren Demir Paulo Chelo’s novel “Hippie” tells the adventure of Paulo and Karla, starting from Amsterdam and going to Kathmandu. Diren took this book with them on their journey to India and read it on the opposite route towards Amsterdam. As the book tells…

  • Waiting For a Subtext

    Waiting For a Subtext, 2019 Durational Performance Diren Demir // “Waiting: to stay in a place, stop until something happens, ends or someone or something comes.” “Waiting For a Subtext” reveals the process of completing an unfinished work. Diren sends the subtext of the performance to the “191” numbered mail box and waits for it…

  • Three Countries

    Three Countries, 2019 Happening Diren Demir // Diren examines the reality of laws and social fabric. Each country’s own social structure become more insignificant in the area of intersection with the border regions, while increasing it’s authenticity as it moves to the center of that country. In order to expose the unspoken structure of rules,…

  • Confessional

    Confessional, 2019 Performance Diren Demir // “Confessional” performance aims to create an interactive space in which an individual can be compassionate to themself without the need for an upper being. There is not an ordinary priest in the confessional booth, but an artist who explores their own nature and the weaknesses of humanity. What is…