Interdisciplinary and performing arts<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Diren Demir (Istanbul, 1997) is an interdisciplinary artist and independent curator from Istanbul. Demir\u2019s work seeks transformative solutions to the challenges posed by toxic masculine culture. Demir\u2019s installations and performances frequently deal with revelation and the body-power relationship as a site of conflict. Demir focuses on transformational activism, participatory practices and developing new models of resistance in their artworks. In addition to queer-themed works, in which the \u201cpure existence\u201d of their own body is used to break down stereotypical gender positions, Demir also aims to de- gender memories of place and the city by referring to LGBTIQ+ history in their articles, seminars and workshops. In 2018, they translated the compilation \u201cS.T.A.R.\u201d into Turkish. In 2019, their compilation titled \u201cA Night of June: A Biographical Analysis of the Stonewall Revolution\u201d was published. In August 2022, their new poetry and illustration book \u201cHail to the Fallen\u201d took its place in bookstores. Demir has curated more than 30 guerrilla exhibitions on streets and rural areas, putting the accessibility of art at the forefront, as well as in places such as the Akbank Art and Gazhane Museum. Their works and projects exhibited in many different countries such as Estonia, Turkey, Serbia, Netherlands, Germany, India\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n