Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin "I am not a studio artist": Audio Guide (English)

Starting in the early 1990s, Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin—an artist, thinker, teacher, writer and curator who passed away in 2007—focused on an artistic production that explored effects of globalization, cross-cultural image circulation, immigration and exile. Beginning with his early co-authored work with Michael Morris, Alptekin was a determined collaborator interested in authorless production, and went on to form many groups throughout his career such as Grup Grip-in, the Sea Elephant Travel Agency and the Bunker Research Group. His multi‐referential work consists of photo‐installations, collages, videos, objects, and large-scale production such as a life‐size truck overloaded with colorful plastic soccer balls, which together express a multi‐layered, complex visual language. The exhibition at SALT Beyoğlu will showcase a selection of works that will allow visitors to get acquainted with the themes Alptekin explored as well as experience the variety of media he employed, ranging from his