Name
Didem Pekün
Biography
Pekün holds a BA in Music from SOAS, an MA in Documentary from Goldsmiths, and a practice-based Ph.D. in Visual Cultures from Goldsmiths, University of London. After being a faculty member at Koç University, a fellow at Goldsmiths, at Central European University, and at Graduate School of UdK Berlin, she is currently a visiting lecturer at Kadir Has University, Istanbul (on leave 2022 – 2023). Pekün is one of the recipients of the Berlin Artistic Research Program grant funded by the Berlin Senate (2022 – 2023).
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Artist Statement
Pekün combines practice, research, and pedagogy in her work. Previously in her essay films, she addressed how violence and displacement define and destroy life. Currently, she researches on a roaming art education platform titled “Elemental Lab”. Her documentaries and video installations have been shown internationally and received different awards. She is a founding member of the Center for Spatial Justice (MAD).
www.didempekun.com
www.didempekun.com