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Deniz Aktaş

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Deniz Aktaş, born in 1987 in Diyarbakır (Turkey), completed his BFA at Marmara University on painting and MFA at Yeditepe University, Istanbul. In his work he captures human and environment relations affected by urban decay, environmental collapse, human migration, and the traumatic transformation of city and nature.

Selected solo and group shows include, Permafrost (curated by Vincent Honoré), La Panacée-MoCo , Montpellier, France (2020); Seventh Continent, 16th Istanbul Biennial (curated by Nicolas Bourriaud), (2019); No Man's Land (solo) artSümer, Istanbul (2018); In Pursuit of the Present, Istanbul Modern Museum, Istanbul (2018); Impossible Space (curated by Derya Yücel) Kasa Gallery, Istanbul (2017); Wider den Grautönen (curated by Ceren Erdem), Pasinger Fabrik Gmbh, Munich (2016) and Mythologies, 3rd Mardin Biennial (2015). Aktaş participated at Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris residency programme in 2016 and ARTER’s artistic research programme in 2020 in Istanbul. Aktaş is featured in the book Vitamin D3: Today's Best in Contemporary Drawing published by Phaidon Publications. Deniz Aktaş lives and works between Istanbul and Diyarbakır.

From March to December 2022, Deniz Aktaş is a resident artist in the programme Zu Gast bei Urbane Künste Ruhr in Mülheim an der Ruhr.

Xanten

The Grand Snail Tour will be accompanied by literary, photographic and illustrative artists, who will collect impressions and reflections from the same city at the same time as the Trailer is there and put them into visual or literary form. The result is a paratext on the three-year tour, a travel chronicle in the form of a kaleidoscope of stories, connections and snapshots in the 53 cities of the region, revealing the simultaneities and non-simultaneities of the Grand Snail Tour.

Xanten by Jul Gordon

Black and white illustration of a house with a front yard in Xanten. Text: "We are not talking about work here, we are talking about... front yards."

© Jul Gordon

Hand-drawn illustration of a house entrance with a palm tree and decorative figures. Text: "There is a lot of work here... and very careful work."

© Jul Gordon

Drawing of two lion statues in front of a door with dialogue. Text: "So, I just wanted to say, I won’t set an alarm or anything." – "Why? If something happens...?"

© Jul Gordon

Black and white illustration of a frog with binoculars sitting on a table in front of a door. Text: "Do you remember Simex?"

© Jul Gordon

Artistic drawing with flying birds and a ribbon. Text: "She has become a cat." – "Could we maybe redirect this?"

© Jul Gordon

Hand-drawn illustration of a creative front yard decoration with stacked shapes. Text: "She is really awesome."

© Jul Gordon

Minimalist drawing of a house with a lion figure in front of the door. Text: "And prevent more of this mess."

© Jul Gordon

Critical illustration of an advertising poster with the text "You belong" and a crowd. Text: "E.g. fascism."

© Jul Gordon

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Jul Gordon

Jul Gordon lives in Hamburg and works as a comic artist. In addition to drawing, she curates exhibitions and works as a lecturer at the HAW Hamburg.

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