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.

  • Zen Walking

    Zen Walking, 2019 Performance Diren Demir // Zen Walking is a meditative technique that has been used for ages by buddhist monks to gain a deeper connection with the mind and body. This old tradition which is generally held for long hours and distances in the nature carried into the city by Diren. Diren contrasts…

  • Complaint Box

    Complaint Box, 2019 Happening Diren Demir // The Complaint Box questions bodily autonomy, the limits of our individuality in everyday life and its contrast to the perspectives and judgments of the society. The artist camouflages themself in harmony with the texture of the street and turns into a complaint box. Placing the Complaint Box in…

  • Oh Beautiful İstanbul

    Oh Beautiful İstanbul, 2019 Performance Diren Demir// The sculpture of Gürdal Duyar, which portrays Istanbul as a woman, was erected in Karaköy at March 1974. When the CHP-MSP (National Salvation Party) coalition was established, a political crisis emerged because of the sculpture. Those in MSP, under the leadership of Erbakan, have displaced the sculpture which…

  • Shambala Diaries

    Shambala Diaries, 2019 Photo Series 10 pieces // The photograph series Shambala Diaries developed during a time when I specifically visited non-commercial and unknown locations in the Himalayan mountains of India and formed close bonds with local village people. A secret city known as Shambala, where only enlightened people can find has a meaningful part…

  • Changa Visions

    Changa Visions, 2019 Illıstrations Diren Demir I lived for a while in a village house in Dharamshala’s village called Dharamkot, when it was time for me to leave, my next-door neighbor invited me to the Changa ritual. We greeted each other in a different dimension. In what seemed like hours, I explored the limits of…

  • On the Road

    On the Road, 2018 – 2020 Photo Series, 21 Pieces Diren Demir