‘BAK: Revealing the City through Memory’, co-implemented by Anadolu Kültür and Diyarbakır Arts Center, is designed as a cultural collaboration and collective artistic production program envisioned for the participation of the youth from different cities in Turkey. BAK aims to bring young people together in different cities to connect with each other and the cities they live in, and create collaborative visual narratives of their cities through photography and video projects. BAK, which held its first cycle in 2012-2014 with 24 participants from Batman, Çanakkale, Diyarbakır and İzmir, expanded its geographical scope in its second cycle and extended its call to ten cities, this time to young people between the ages of 20-28 from Aydın, Balıkesir, Batman, Çanakkale, Diyarbakır, İzmir, Mardin, Muğla, Şırnak and Şanlıurfa who are interested in video and photography.
The first workshop of the program was held in İzmir March 9-15, 2015 and the second workshop was held in Diyarbakır May 23-29, 2015. During the production period between June-September 2015, 24 young people from different geographies produced joint projects under the theme of city and memory. The 5 photographs and 6 video works, which featured stories of everyday life, different lives and places, past and memory, migration and cultural diversity in BAK cities during June-September 2015, were exhibited in İstanbul, Diyarbakır and İzmir between March-June 2016, and interviews and screenings were organized as part of different events. Organized in collaboration with the Geniş Açı Project Office (GAPO) and docIstanbul – Center for Documentary Research, BAK’s 2014-2016 period was supported by the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Open Society Foundation, and the Consulate General of Sweden.
İzmir Meeting
Diyarbakır Meeting
Exhibitions
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