Fanzineist Vienna 2019
Exhibition Details:
Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair
Nordbahnhalle – Leystraße 157, 1020 Vienna, Austria
Project Directors: Deniz Beşer & Deniz Güvensoy
Supported by: Bundeskanzleramt Österreich, Kulturabteilung der Stadt Wien (MA 7), ÖH – Österreichische Hochschüler_innenschaft, Nordbahnhalle, TU Wien, Klima Energie Fonds. HochschülerInnenschaft an der Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien (hufak) Contributed by Stockholm Performance Art and Istanbul Performance Art
Featuring:
Beser earned his BA in Ceramics and Glass Design from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul and pursued studies in Painting at the University of Seville in Spain. He is the founder and director of Open Studio Days İstanbul (@openstudiodays) and Fanzineist Vienna Art Book & Zine Fair, key platforms fostering alternative artistic expressions and independent publishing. Additionally, he is the co-founder of Heyt be! Fanzin (@heytbefanzin), a collective exploring the intersection of print culture and contemporary art, and the co-founder & president of Analog Dialog, a Vienna-based art association that initiates experimental projects within the city’s independent art scene.
Deniz Güvensoy is an artist, curator, and cultural researcher. She received her Doctorate in Fine Arts degree from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University in Istanbul and her Doctorate of Philosophy Degree from the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In her artistic practice, she employs various techniques such as performance, painting, collage, photography, digital printing, and installation. Her research often addresses migration, border theory and performativity. In her curatorial approach she brings together the topics of migration, collective practices, participatory and socially engaged art, and intersectional feminism.