On June 29, 2024 Aslıhan was in HK at M+ for the opening talk of IM Pei’s singular comprehensive exhibition ‘Architecture is Life: IM Pei’. The opening talk reflected on how Pei exercised his values on architecture, cities, and life through personal accounts of people who have worked closely with Pei. Exhibition co-curator Shirley Surya was joined by the architect Li Chung (Sandi) Pei, partner and founder of PEI Architects, Calvin Tsao, and Aslıhan Demirtaş—all of whom had contributed to the design of Pei’s major projects. You can watch the talk here.
Radio Talk: Açık Radyo / Açık Mimarlık, Practice + Woman
On February 12, 2015 at Açık Mimarlık program at Açık Radyo, Evren Uzer, Yağmur Yıldırım, Cenk Dereli, and myself talked about our office practice, Philosopher’s Plant by Michael Marder, Yedikule Gardens, Graft and other. More to follow on these subjects in the coming days. You can listen to the program here. The blog about the program is here.
TV Conversation: IMC, Yedikule Gardens and productive landscapes on ‘Ne Yiyorsak Oyuz’
Myself and Yıldız Salman were invited to ‘Ne Yiyorsak Oyuz‘, Defne Koryürek’s program on IMC TV, to converse about recent developments and our work at Yedikule Gardens Protection Initiative.
Here is the link to the conversation.
Below you will find, Slow Food, Fikir Sahibi Damaklar‘s description of the content of the talk on the Yedikule Gardens campaign page:
“Üretken bir peyzaj, yenilebilir bir bahçe, başka bir dünya…
27 Kas 2014 — Geçen hafta sonu imc tv’de yayınlanan Ne Yiyorsak Oyuz’un konukları Yedikule Bostanları Girişimi’nden Aslıhan Demirtaş ve Yıldız Salman’dı. Yedikule Bostanları hem civar halkın yaşamının parçası bir yeşil alana dönüşür, hem de bostan vasfını nasıl korur, onu anlattılar. Yani üretken bir peyzajın, yenilebilir bir bahçenin ve dolayısıyla bambaşka bir dünyanın nasıl oluşturulabileceğini.. Lütfen seyredin, sunulan alternatif ilham verici. büyük keyif alacaksınız:
Size bu mektubu yazdığımız saatlerde kampanyamız 10 bin imzaya ulaşamak üzere! demek ki sayenizde 10 bin mektup gitti muhataplarımıza! Yaşasın! Sahiden de ya-şa-sın! Ama daha çok gitsin istiyoruz. Biz çoğalalım, sesimiz çoğalsın… daha iyi, daha adil ve daha temiz bir çözüm yolunda talebimiz duyulsun istiyoruz.
Slow Food, Fikir Sahibi Damaklar”
Honorable Mention: Gallipoli Historic National Park Focus Points Competition
We were awarded with an honorable mention for our entry to the Gallipoli Historic National Park Focus Points Competition.
Our team was one the 10 teams that were selected to continue to Phase II of the competition.
You can find the announcement along with other entrants here.
Team: Aslıhan Demirtaş, Selin Maner, Defne Akşin Akyol, Koray Özgen, Ali Cindoruk, Emrah Altınok
Advisor Team: Sibel Bozdoğan, Çiğdem Maner, Naz Beykan
with Seçkin Maden, Gizem Öneş, Athanasia Vasdeki, Doruk Özçiftçi, Zuhal Koçan, Gözde Şarlak
We are a Graham Foundation Grantee 2013 with Modern Essays 5:Graft
Installation photo from Modern Essays 5 : Graft, SALT, 2012. Photo by Serkan Taycan.
The Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts has announced its 2013 Grants to Individuals. We are honored to be one of the grantees with Modern Essays 5: Graft. With the support of the Graham Foundation and SALT we will continue our research towards an e-publication. Thank you all who have contributed to this process! Here is our grant page.