HUO RF

Istanbul based Artist and Copywriter. Founder of Signs of Time. WWW.HUORF.COM [email protected] huoisasking.tumblr.com signsoftimeblog.tumblr.com

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Following his current solo exhibition, “Stories in Reverse”, at Piartworks in Istanbul, Huo Rf talks with Merve Akar Akgün about memories, commonality, queer culture, and artist’s privacy.

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Sanatçının Yeraltından Notları ve İçsel Anarşi  - SANATATAK

Tüm çekmecelerinin içinde bilançolar, Küçük aşk mektupları, şiir ve romans dolu, Tutam tutam saç yüklü, kocaman bir eşya bu , Ki daha az sır saklar kederli belleğimden. Bu bir ehram, sınırsız büyüklükte bir mahzen, Fukara kabri, ne çok ölüsü var içinde. -Ben ayın tiksindiği bir mezarlığım işte, Charles Baudelaire, İç Sıkıntısı (Kötülük Çiçekleri) 1. …

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Küratörlüğünü Nicole O’Rourke’un üstlendiği, Huo Rf’nin ikinci kişisel sergisi “Stories in Reverse” (Tersten Hikâyeler), 25 Kasım tarihine kadar Pi Artworks İstanbul’un Karaköy’deki yeni mekânında ziyaretçilerini bekliyor. Küratör O’Rourke ile serginin oluşum aşaması, kimlik politikaları ve gelecek projeleri üzerine konuştuk.

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Hallo! Thousands of thanks to Marina Kormbaki for the delighted interwiev about Turkey's present and how to survive as an artist in it, and to @gorkemsengel for translation to Turkish for making me understand what was written there 

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K'AAD, KAAT, KAYIT, KAGIT

Signs of Time presents an installation made of handmade paper for the exhibition BAHAR ( The Istanbul Off-site Project For Sharjah Biennial 13 ). The collective production and collaboration of the artists transforms into a collage made of paper. The conversations of the group of artists who got together regularly for two months turns into a surface. Used papers, newspapers, magazines, grain, seed, clay, pulse, water, glue, vegetables, plants, leaves, interventions on already produced papers and writings become a new production as the artists' materials.

Artists: Sena, Sabo, Huo Rf, Ecem Yuksel, Burak Ata

Curated by: Zeynep Oz

- Kagit means paper in Turkish and the title of the work has been inspired by its pronunciation in different dialects.

Paper is a multi-purpose material, which can be used in many areas. It is most commonly used as a writing and a printing tool, but it is also used in industrial and construction sectors, as a cleaning and packaging material and as a food additive in some of the Asian cultures. Since paper is mostly used as a printing tool, it is also referred as a document. Besides, those materials used in stock market, such as bills or stocks can also be named as paper. It is also common to refer to a banknote as paper. Turkish translation of paper, ‘kağıt’ has its origin in Farsi, and the word is pronounced differently in various subdialects in Turkey. For exampe, “k'aad” in Rize, “kaat” in Ordu and its surroundings, and “kayit” in the South-west part of Anatolia.

Signs of Time, an artist collective, will be at Abud Effendi Mansion with their installation, K’AAD, KAAT, KAYIT, KAGIT, with which they elaborated on the term paper. *http://www.wikiwand.com/tr/Kâğıt

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A Ten-Floor Apartment's each floor is taking its name by the women that got involved in Huo Rf's life between 1992 and 2002. As neighbourhood relations, friendships and periodical repeating meetings accumulate and create a memory layer, so this layer related with his childhood is turning into an apartment by the Artist's personal memories.///10 Katlı Bir Apartman'ın her bir katı ismini Huo Rf'nin 1992-2002 yılları arasında hayatına dahil olan kadınlardan almaktadır. Komşuluk ilişkileri, ahbaplıklar ve periyodik tekrar eden günler nasıl birikip bir anı katmanı oluşturuyorsa. çocukluğuna dair bu katman da sanatçının kişisel hafızasıyla bir apartmana dönüşüyor. @edakehaleargun @mixerarts #HuoRf (Mixer)

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Signs of Time is going to be a part of Sharjah Biennal's Istanbul part BAHAR (SPRING), which is curated by Zeynep Öz, with our new installation 'K'AAD, KAAT, KAYIT, KAĞIT'. We were invited to join biennal team as an independent artist initiative, you can all see our new art work that we've produced together, with SENA, Sabo, Burak Ata, Ecem Yüksel and me myself Huo Rf. Come and join us on 13th May, in Abud Efendi Konağı! Signs of time 'K'AAD, KAAT, KAYIT, KAĞIT' başlıklı mekana özgü yerleştirmesiyle Zeynep Öz küratörlüğünde gerçekleşen Sharjah Bienali'nin İstanbul ayağı BAHAR'da. Bağımsız sanatçı grubu olarak davet edildiğimiz SENA, Sabo, bendeniz Huo Rf, Burak Ata ve Ecem Yüksel ile beraber ürettiğimiz yeni işimiz BAHAR'da, 13 Mayıs'ta, Abud Efendi Konağı'nda! @baharsharjahbiennial13 #baharsharjahbiennial13 #baharadogru #crops #mahsul #istanbul #signsoftime #HuoRf #Sena #BurakAta #Sabo #EcemYuksel #sharjah #sharjahbiennial13 #17 #spring #AbudEfendiKonağı (Abud Efendi Konağı)

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Signs Of Time at Sharjah Biennial 13, Istanbul, BAHAR ( Spring )

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Please scroll down for English. Kâğıt çok fazla kullanım alanına sahip olan, çok yönlü bir malzemedir. En çok üzerine yazı yazılması veya baskı amacıyla kullanımı yaygın olsa da endüstriyel ve inşaat sektörlerinde, pek çok alanda temizlik ve paketleme malzemesi olarak, hatta bazı Asya kültürlerinde yiyecek katkı maddesi olarak kullanım bulmuştur. Kâğıt özellikle yazı amacıyla kullanıldığından dolayı, belge ve doküman anlamında da kullanılır. Ayrıca borsada işlem gören tahvil veya hisse senedi gibi mali değeri olan malzeme de kâğıt olarak adlandırılır. Bunların yanı sıra kâğıt kelimesi, kâğıt parayı tanımlamak için de kullanılır. Farsça kökenli olan kelime, Türkiye Türkçesi Ağızlarında çeşitli şekillerde telaffuz edilir. Örneğin; Rize ilinde k'aad, Ordu İli ve Yöresinde kaat, Güney-Batı Anadolu grubunda kayıt gibi.* ~~~ Paper is a multi-purpose material, which can be used in many areas. It is most commonly used as a writing and a printing tool, but it is also used in industrial and construction sectors, as a cleaning and packaging material and as a food additive in some of the Asian cultures. Since paper is mostly used as a printing tool, it is also referred as a document. Besides, those materials used in stock market, such as bills or stocks can also be named as paper. It is also common to refer to a banknote as paper. Turkish translation of paper, ‘kağıt’ has its origin in Farsi, and the word is pronounced differently in various subdialects in Turkey. For exampe, “k'aad” in Rize, “kaat” in Ordu and its surroundings, and “kayıt” in the South-west part of Anatolia.

Bir sanatçı kolektifi olan Signs of Time kâğıt üzerine düşündükleri K’AAD, KAAT, KAYIT, KAĞIT adlı işleriyle Abud Efendi Konağı’nda olacaklar. ~~~ Signs of Time, an artist collective, will be at Abud Effendi Mansion with their installation, K’AAD, KAAT, KAYIT, KAĞIT, with which they elaborated on the term paper.

*http://www.wikiwand.com/tr/Kâğıt

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Repressionen in der Türkei - Gut für die Kunst, schlecht für die Künstler

Künstler stehen für ihre Werke vor Gericht, Ausstellungen werden von Mobs angegriffen. Auch die türkische Kulturszene leidet unter den politischen Repressionen. Der Kunst könne das kreative Impulse geben, sagen Betroffene. Für sie selbst bedeute es nichts Gutes.

The interview that we’ve made with Susanne Günstel is published on Deutschlandradio Kultur! 

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The interview that we’ve made with Susanne Günstel is published on Deutschlandradio Kultur! 

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Türkei - Kunst in Zeiten der Repression

Um die Meinungsfreiheit und die Freiheit der Kunst ist es in der Türkei seit dem gescheiterten Putschversuch schlecht bestellt – mehr als 150 Journalisten sitzen hinter Gittern, auch Musiker und Maler müssen sich wegen ihrer Äußerungen vor Gericht verantworten. Doch die türkische Kunstszene gibt sich kämpferisch.

The interview that we’ve made with Susanne Günstel is published in Deutschlandfunk! 

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The interview that we've made with Susanne Günstel is published in Deutschlandfunk! 

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Angst setzt Kräfte frei

Sie lassen sich nicht zensieren oder zum Schweigen bringen: Wie die Kreativen der Türkei in Zeiten der Repression ihr widerständiges Potenzial entdecken.

While closing the deals with 2016, the interview that we've made with Susanne Günstel is published in Der Tagesspiegel!