introductory show of Dilek Winchester
HOW TO PUT THINGS TOGETHER
September 28 - October 14, 2007
opening: September 27, 8pm
with grand buffet of Turkish culinary delights, sponsored by the Turkish Embassy in Berlin
DATES
installation shots
How to put things together Dilek Winchester's debut show, detail views:
the artist at the opening reception and her work "Emotional Dictionary", 2007ff.
Künstlerresidenz BLUMEN 2007 © BLUMEN/Dilek Winchester
Dilek Winchester's workshop project
SPRACHSPIELE - LANGUAGE GAMES
workshop dates:
THU, November 15, 8-10pm
SUN, November 18, 3-5pm
THU, November 22, 8-10pm
SAT, November 24, 6-8pm
SAT/SUN, December 8/9, 3-5pm
final presentation
November 30 - December 18, 2007
opening: November 29, 8pm
opening hours of the show: WED-SUN 3-8pm
invitation card
About the EMOTIONAL DICTIONARY (ED) project:
"ED is an attempt to subtly intervene in the daily use of language. The project encourages multi-directional language pollution and explores the use of metaphors in the expressions of emotions in different geographies. ED is a dictionary specializing in literal translation of idioms in different languages and a classification of these according to their emotional context." (Dilek Winchester)
workshop insights
Sprachspiele/Language Games Workshop - 72 emotions/72 expressions
in cooperation with actor Jockel Malchow, Künstlerresidenz Blumen 2007 © Dilek Winchester
september-december 2007:
Dilek Winchester, Turkey
The Turkish artist Dilek Winchester has studied in London and Berlin, today she lives and works in Istanbul. The moving between places and cultures is reflected in her work. She deals with the noncommittal of national and cultural identities in the face of global networking and geographic flexibility.
In the seemingly insignificant, e.g. homemade yoghurt or a randomly said phrase, she detects a sense of belonging and an expression of the innate.
Her projects most often are based on the participation of different groups of people, who she brings together through her action. Art serves her as a medium that can establish cultural and social communication and interaction.
In Leipzig Dilek Winchester continues her work on the online project Emotional Dictionary wherein she explores the transforming potential of language and its emotional connotation (www.hissisozluk.org).
Artist's website: www.dilekw.editme.com
selected works
!["On Reading and Writing", <br />detail of the installation from the exhibition "Neighbours in Dialogue", <br />Istanbul Collection for Ars Aevi, Istanbul 2007](uploads/tx_templavoila/work_29.jpg ""On Reading and Writing", <br />detail of the installation from the exhibition "Neighbours in Dialogue", <br />Istanbul Collection for Ars Aevi, Istanbul 2007")
"On Reading and Writing",
detail of the installation from the exhibition "Neighbours in Dialogue",
Istanbul Collection for Ars Aevi, Istanbul 2007
!["Emotional Dictionary Project", <br />notes, 2007](uploads/tx_templavoila/work_30.jpg ""Emotional Dictionary Project", <br />notes, 2007")
"Emotional Dictionary Project",
notes, 2007
!["YOGHURT CULTURE" flyer of the performance, <br />Stoke Newington Festival, <br />Clissold Park, London 2002](uploads/tx_templavoila/work_31.jpg ""YOGHURT CULTURE" flyer of the performance, <br />Stoke Newington Festival, <br />Clissold Park, London 2002")
"YOGHURT CULTURE" flyer of the performance,
Stoke Newington Festival,
Clissold Park, London 2002
![detail from the book "TEA. SUNFLOWERSEEDS, KIDS ET AL.", <br />on occasion of the exhibition "Where it was, shall I be", <br />Hançepek 2004](uploads/tx_templavoila/work_32.jpg "detail from the book "TEA. SUNFLOWERSEEDS, KIDS ET AL.", <br />on occasion of the exhibition "Where it was, shall I be", <br />Hançepek 2004")
detail from the book "TEA. SUNFLOWERSEEDS, KIDS ET AL.",
on occasion of the exhibition "Where it was, shall I be",
Hançepek 2004