Crafted In Istanbul
2012-ongoing
Istanbul Craft Map : https://www.craftedinistanbul.com/locations
Crafted In Istanbul is an action research project, which aims to show the cultural and economical potential of crafts. “Crafted In Istanbul” project not only documents and analyses the evolution of craftsmanship in the city, but also creates opportunities for collaborations between craftsmen and creative actors. The project makes crafts visible and reachable by an online map system offering information on craftsmen’s studios, their locations and expertise, in order to activate mutual exchange of experience and know-how between craftsmen and creatives.
Featured among others in: Istanbul Biennial 2017, Istanbul Design Biennial 2014, Arte Útil - artist Tania Bruguera’s online archive - as a case-study that “draws on artistic thinking to imagine, create and implement tactics that change how we act in society”.
The journey that started by mapping craft studios of Istanbul has been evolving to an international platform for building creative communities and networks around crafts to reveal contemporary potential of crafts in post-industrial societies.
Soon I will publish the concepts and projects that we developed last 3 years under the Creative - Craft Platform.
Creative-Craft Collaborations
"Elhamra: Learning from craft", 2024
"Purposeless Machines", 2024
Ethereum_Istanbul, 2023
Elhamra, 2023
"Shadows of Crafts - Skopje", 2022
Dirt, 2022
Serial Craft, 2021
Neo_Topac, 2020
The Bell, 2020
Craftsmanship in Ayvalik, 2020
City Stage, 2019
Fireflies, 2018
Memories of the Home, 2018
Aura, 2017
Palamut, 2017
Dirty Box, 2016
Boynuz, 2014
Fakir, 2014
Olmaz Isler, 2012-2013
Crafted in Istanbul, 2012-ongoing
