Aslı Dinç is a multidisciplinary artist/researcher. Her works, which are at the crossroads of art, technology and science, focus on the production of speculations, loops, installations and performances, with particular emphasis on dystopian narratives, tech capitalism and human-non-human-machine interactions.She is a member of PASAJ independent art space, based in Istanbul that collaborates with social communities and hosts project exhibitions/workshops. She is also a member of Performistanbul.
Dinç developed a collective intervention work project with Mk Yurttaş under the name of AslieMk; the artist duo performed together between 2012 and 2019.
RESIDENCY / GRANTS / WORKSHOPS / TALKS
2023 CODE an international programme organised by IMPAKT [Centre for Media Culture] in Utrecht (the Netherlands), Werktank in Leuven (Belgium), Privacy Salon/Privacytopia in Brussels (Belgium) and transmediale in Berlin (Germany).
2022 Digital Hate Symposium, Artificial Intelligence in Art – A Strategy for Political Education, Artist Talk, HKW, Berlin
2022 BeFantastic International Fellowship Program supported by British Council, Goethe Institut Max-Mueller Bhavan and Swiss Arts Council Prohelvetia
2022 The Sound of Contagion, AI and Art workshop hosted by UdK and University of Oxford
2021 The Fresh A.I.R. Stipendienprogramm der Stiftung Berliner Leben, Berlin
2021 The Berliner Gazette Winter School Program, Politics of Liberty, Berlin
2020 The Berliner Gazette Winter School Program, The Hidden Labor in AI-Capitalism, Berlin
2020 Erasmus + Strategic Partnership project Beyond Verbal, Aarhus
2020 Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen Travel Grant
2019 Roberto Cimetta Mobility Fund
2015 Casa dell’Arte International Art Residency Programme, Bodrum
SELECTED PERFORMANCES (Solo / Duo / Collective)
2021 <andata>, PASAJ, Istanbul
2019 <andata>, “Digestion Programme – PROCESSOR” designed by birbuçuk, “16th Istanbul Biennial”, WORLBMON by Günes Terkol and Güçlü Öztekin (MSFAU Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture, Istanbul (Ongoing Project)
2019 Post, Hactivate Yourself, curated by Tuçe Erel, Art Basel Hong Kong Educational Program, 1a Space, Hong Kong
2019 Secreted Functions, TOP Transdisciplinary Project Space, Berlin
2018 Reverse-engineering Economic Mania, The University of the Underground (Sandberg Institute),SCHOOL OF CONSUMPTION, “4th Istanbul Design Biennial” A School of Schools, Arter Museum
2018 University as a Public Space, trans-making Horizons
2020, Bilgi University, Istanbul
2018 Untie, Martch Art Project, Istanbul
2018 Bilocation, Autoscopy, Dedoublement and Other Third Things, Needed: You, 672 hours Live Process, Performistanbul
2017 In Situ, “Look Again” Performance Program, Pera Museum, Istanbul
2017 Concrete, “8” Performance Series, Art On Istanbul, Istanbul
2016 Contact, “8” Performance Series, Blok Art Space, Istanbul
2016 Memory, “8” Performance Series, Yer Istanbul, Istanbul
2015 Move, “Nevin Aladag’s Performance Project”, Art International Fair, Istanbul
2014 Unseen, Pixels of Identities, Mixer, Istanbul
2013 The Saints of New Age, “AmberFest’13”, PASAJ, Istanbul
2013 T.A.Z and Poetic Terrorism, “Istanbul Street Art Festival”, Istanbul
SELECTED PERFORMANCES (Solo / Duo / Collective)
2022 Cards of Contagion, AI in Creativity Exhibition, Universität der Künste, Berlin
2022 herefuture, Reflecting Migration, Fresh A.I.R #6, Berlin
2022 Spell Of Invasion, Réseaux-mondes,Thewrong.org, Centre Pompidou, Paris
2022 Cyborg Tentacle Manifesto, Metaverse Me, Despace, Berlin
2022 Spell Of Invasion, After is Now Pavillion, The Wrong Biennale #52021 Eye of the Giant Squid, VECTOR FESTIVAL
2021: Network Dependencies, Toronto
2021 Eye of the Giant Squid, Freeshot 6, Barın Han, Istanbul2020 Fatal Manhattan, Eksibir, Istanbul
2019 Post, Hactivate Yourself Exhibition, as part of “Art Basel Hong Kong Educational Programme”, 1a Space, Hong Kong
2018 Loading, PASAJ, Istanbul
2016 Mercury Poisoning, “Tribe16 International Art Festival”, London
2016 Aden, “3rd Istanbul Design Biennial”, Istanbul
2016 Passes 4, Contraattack, CKM, Istanbul
2016 Echo of a distant time, Treasure room, Adahan 1- Gallery, Istanbul
2015 Sysyphus&Them, Aunties, 10th Contemporary Istanbul International Art Fair, Istanbul
2015 Sysyphus&Them, Never Let Me Go, The Art Department by Casa dell'Arte, Artist Residency Exhibition, Bodrum
2015 Echo of a distant time, Open Space Istanbul, Istanbul
2014 Man with the fiddle, motorcycle and the lonely man, International Streaming Festival 9th Edition, Milan
2014 Red’n Blue, “International Independent Film Festival of Villa Leyva”, Colombia
2014 Red’n Blue, “Samples- México: International Video Festival”, Puebla
2014 Little spectacle planet, Kargasa 14 Living Utopias, Another World is Possible!, Karga, Istanbul
2013 Aden, Young, Fresh and Different, Zilberman CDA Projects, Istanbul
2013 To find out freeside, Mamut Art Project, Istanbul
2013 Aden, “2013 Live Performers Meeting”, Rome
2009 Red’n Blue, Tatbikat Exhibition and Opening Performance, Hafriyat, Istanbul
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