Craftsmanship in Ayvalik, 2020

residency, research, installation, publication

Research based project realised in Summer 2020, during a one month residency at Gate 27. An attempt to map craftsmanship in Ayvalık, in order to uncover its cultural and economical potential, which can be achieved through creative collaborations between craftsmen, artists and designers. Mapping and activating such collaborations can become a tool towards financially and environmentally sustainable model.

Residency outcomes:

Craft Map: A leaflet-map visualizing 36 crafts studios in the city and explaining the potential of collaboration between creatives and craftsmen

Shadows of Crafts: A light & sound installation with objects collected from mapped studios, carrying memories of the craftsmen, traces of the city’s history and its disappearing crafts culture.

Creative-Craft Platform: A long-term plan for further development of the creative-craftsman collaboration model

Craftsmanship in Ayvalık, 2020
Residency at Gate 27, Research, Publication, Light & Sound Installation
In collaboration with curator Lydia Chatziiakovou
Sound Design: Rubar Dindar
Custom made lights produced in collaboration with Craftsmen of Ayvalık

#Crafted In Ayvalık

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Download the craft map & manifesto: English - Turkish