belit sağ
belit sağ | |
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| Born | Ankara, Turkey |
| Known for | video art, activism |
belit sağ (born 1980[1]) is a videographer and visual artist from Turkey, and based in Amsterdam.[2] She studied mathematics in Ankara and audio-visual arts in Amsterdam.[3] She co-initiated projects like Kara Haber (2000–2007) and bak.ma.[2] She has been a vocal opponent of censorship within Turkey through the early twenty-first century, publishing a widely read anti-censorship article in 2016.[4]
Career[edit]
sağ completed a residency in International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York in 2016.[5] Screenings and exhibitions include: documenta,[6] and the Toronto International Film Festival.[7]
In January 2018, the artist opened her first solo exhibition, "Let Me Remember" at Squeaky Wheel Buffalo Media Arts Center.[8] sağ's work was also included on the same year in the Flaherty NYC series "Common Visions" presented at Anthology Film Archives.[9]
Filmography[edit]
Short films[edit]
| Year | Title | Notes[1] |
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| 2010 | Absences | |
| ‘thank you’ | ||
| TURKS! | ||
| Feng Shui | ||
| 2011 | Anti-Stockholm | |
| Past Forward | ||
| ‘god forbid!’ | ||
| Black-Out | ||
| 2012 | The First Day of Superman | |
| 2013 | You Loved Her | |
| 2014 | K1llth3gr00m | |
| Buluntu (Found) | ||
| Soma’dan sesler | documentary | |
| Lost | ||
| And the Image Gazes Back | ||
| 2015 | What a Beautiful Voice, Act 1 | |
| My Camera Seems to Recognize People | ||
| Eylül – Ekim 2015, Cizre/Sept. – Oct. 2015, Cizre | ||
| 2016 | A Yhan and Me | |
| Disruption | ||
| Grain | ||
| 2017 | If You Say It Forty Times... | |
| 2018 | Cut-out | |
| 2019 | what remains |
References[edit]
- ^ a b "belit sağ | IFFR". iffr.com. Retrieved 7 March 2022.
- ^ a b "Kai Resident's Circle: belit sağ". Kai Art Center. 2020. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
- ^ "belit | serial vidiot". bit.contrast.org. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ Index on Censorship. "Belit Sağ: Refusing to accept Turkey's silencing of artistic expression – Index on Censorship Index on Censorship". www.indexoncensorship.org. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "belit sağ". iscp-nyc.org. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Rebuilding the Idea of a Global Left". Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "Ayhan and me". TIFF. Archived from the original on 6 November 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ "belit sağ : Let Me Remember". Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center. 13 December 2017. Archived from the original on 19 June 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
- ^ ""I Do Not Remember" – The Flaherty". flahertyseminar.org. 16 January 2018. Archived from the original on 22 November 2018. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
External links[edit]
- karahaber.org
- bak.ma
- Off Limits? Art, social media and censorship (panel discussion on art censorship in the age of social media, York Festival of Ideas, June 2020.)
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