Please join us for the opening of Intertwined on Friday, January 31th hr. 19 – 22. Artist in residence, Çaglar Tahiroglu, will exhibit the products of her stay in Gil Artist Residency and the work in progress of her artistic research from Democratic Republic of Congo. The exhibition will also be open Saturday February 1st, hr. 13– 17 and Çaglar will be present at the exhibition space.

Çaglar was at South Kivu region of Democratic Republic of Congo with MSF between March-October 2019 to assist victims of violence and diseases. During her time, she documented country’s untamed nature which presents humans a great deal of life/death challenges(diseases, transportation and safety problems … ) During Gil Residency, she worked on this photography and video recordings which resonate with its social context.

Caglar Tahiroglu(b. Istanbul, Turkish/French) is an interdisciplinary artist and manager of mental health activities in humanitarian organizations. Having completed an MSc in Clinical Psychology and Psychopathology at Lyon University in 2011, she brought this field of study to her art practice by gaining an MA in Art & Science, Department of Art from Central St. Martins in 2018. Since then, she shares her time between international assignments of Doctors Without Borders(MSF) and her art practice.

Her artistic work investigates topics ranging from psychological trauma to political and societal issues such as conflicts and forced displacement. She experiments with multimedia platforms such as photography, moving image, projection mapping, text, and installation.