Sol - Övül Ö. Durmusoglu
Copycats, Counter Personas, Fake Encounters
A talk with Övül Ö. Durmusoglu
16.11.2013
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Övül Ö. Durmusoglu speaks about the ludic potential of social media communication that was unleashed during the Gezi summer in Turkey and how this potential escalated into a dangerous game with counter responses.
To be modern in Turkey has always meant to copy and adapt to given political and social models. The Gezi summer was a moment where a generation decided to break these habitual copycat codes. Therefore it was not surprising to see them claiming their voice to be heard via unexpected humourous tools and slogans.The current 'ancient regime' translated the modern habits to a doubling communication: while grey paint 'cleaned' the walls, spamming and trolling became handy ways to disinform.
Ö.Ö.D.
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Övül Ö. Durmusoglu is a curator and writer living between Berlin and Istanbul. As a Goethe Institute fellow, she organized several programs at Maybe Education and Public Programs in dOCUMENTA(13). Durmusoglu also curated Sofia Contemporary 2013, which took place in different locations of Sofia with the title “Near, Closer, Together: Exercises for a Common Ground”. She has been one of the curatorial collaborators of 13th International Istanbul Biennial.
A talk with Övül Ö. Durmusoglu
16.11.2013
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Övül Ö. Durmusoglu speaks about the ludic potential of social media communication that was unleashed during the Gezi summer in Turkey and how this potential escalated into a dangerous game with counter responses.
To be modern in Turkey has always meant to copy and adapt to given political and social models. The Gezi summer was a moment where a generation decided to break these habitual copycat codes. Therefore it was not surprising to see them claiming their voice to be heard via unexpected humourous tools and slogans.The current 'ancient regime' translated the modern habits to a doubling communication: while grey paint 'cleaned' the walls, spamming and trolling became handy ways to disinform.
Ö.Ö.D.
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Övül Ö. Durmusoglu is a curator and writer living between Berlin and Istanbul. As a Goethe Institute fellow, she organized several programs at Maybe Education and Public Programs in dOCUMENTA(13). Durmusoglu also curated Sofia Contemporary 2013, which took place in different locations of Sofia with the title “Near, Closer, Together: Exercises for a Common Ground”. She has been one of the curatorial collaborators of 13th International Istanbul Biennial.
