A conversation with Asli Özdoyuran

In this series of recorded encounters we speak with the participants of Onassis AiR to shed light on their artistic practices and needs, as well as to reflect on ways of being and working together. Today, it is my great pleasure to welcome Asli Özdoyuran.  Asli is an artist and researcher living and working in Istanbul. Along her artistic research and practice, which focuses on the intersection of physiology and culture, Asli is running BAS, a non-profit space in Istanbul initiated by Banu Cennetoglu and dedicated to the collection, display, production and distribution of artist books. She's also a facilitator of Omuz, a solidarity network in the field of art and culture established in order to respond to the economic precarities and inequalities which became acutely visible during the pandemic. Asli is a participant of The School of Infinite Rehearsals Movement V with a collective research focus on modes of governance through the lens of self-organization. In this conversation, we talk about self-organization and artistic practices in relation to mutual aid and solidarity initiatives.