Description: Founded in 2000 by Guven Incirlioglu (Izmir, Turkey) and Hakan Topal (New York) as a transatlantic collaboration, xurban_collective projects focus on contemporary social, political and territorial issues such as military confinement and state violence, urban segregation and new global immigration patterns. The collective's work has been exhibited at the Venice Biennale, the Istanbul Biennial, PS1/MoMA (New York), Apexart (New York), Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary (Vienna), Kunst-Werke (Berlin), ZKM Center for Art and Media (Karlsruhe, Germany), Pratt Institute Manhattan Gallery (New York), and National Contemporary Art Museum (Athens), among others. Guven Incirlioglu studied architecture, photography, and holds a Ph.D. in art theory. Since the 1980s, he has worked mostly with photography, photo-mechanical materials, and new media, exhibiting in group and solo exhibitions in New York, Ankara, Istanbul, Sarajevo, Sofia, and other locations. Since 1990, he has been a lecturer in art and design in various schools in Turkey, including Bilkent University, Ankara, and Bilgi University and Yildiz Technical University in Istanbul. Hakan Topal is an artist and researcher based in New York. Trained as an engineer, he continued his education in Gender & Women's Studies and sociology (hold both M.A. and M.S.) and received his Ph.D. in Sociology of Art and Urban Sociology at the New School for Social Research, New York. />
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2025年05月07日