selen solak


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I am an artist and researcher.

My work revolves around critical examinations of everyday life and the interconnections among humans, nonhuman entities, and our natural and political environments. I contemplate various subjects, considering both the inclusions and exclusions implicit in these connections.

Recently, I have been looking at the structures of daily scientific activities their spatial arrangements encompassing materials, behaviors, scientific results and thoughts from a perspective willing to withstand the existing narratives.

My scientific research spans the fundamental behaviors of energy devices such as solar cells. Moreover, I independently investigate and collaborate on the political and social ramifications of material implications and energy technologies.

I primarily use photography, video, and writing in my practice. Additionally, I am involved in self-publishing, and creating zines either independently or collaboratively, all while pursuing my academic research.

I hold a bachelor's double major in engineering and visual arts from Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul. Subsequently, I pursued my master’s degree at Bogazici University, Istanbul, and obtained my Ph.D. in natural sciences from the Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research. Since then, I have continued my postdoctoral research and artistic work.


Please contact for detailed CV. 














mail: selensolak[at]proton.me

Links 

vimeo: https://vimeo.com/user16090148



scientific publications https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4923-3206




 




Recent Artistic Publications

MATTER OF FLUX. Art, Biopolitics, and Networks with Care. Ed. by Regine Rapp (Art LaboratoryBerlin) Berlin, 2024


Recent Exhibitions & Contributions


Circumstance, together with Seda Mimaroğlu, periode, Berlin, Sept. 2023

Festival contributor, Matter of Flux Women/ FLINTA* in Art, Science and Technology, Art Laboratory Berlin, 15-18.06.2023

Artist interview video as part of WAWA collective, Beyond Home, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, 10.06-20.08.2023   

Premier of short film Long days at Istanbul Film festival, 2023

Alan#1 hosts Seda Mimaroğlu’s reading performance and Selen Solak’s artwork, Ev/Heim, Berlin, daadgalerie, 2022

Video screening of Blue, WAE, Womxn from Arts to Engineering Festival 202l, October 6-7, Berlin, 2022

Artist Talk, Troubled relations, moderated by Erden Kosova, June 8, Apartman Project, Berlin, 2022

Troubled relations, Exhibition by İrem Sözen and Selen Solak June 8, Apartman Project, Berlin, 2022