Metincan Güzel

Metincan Güzel (°1995, TR) researches the production of public spaces and shared environments as political and personal constructs. He develops spatial structures that draw from the tensions and poetics of existing environments, offering new conceptual and fictional propositions for how a space might be understood or imagined. Over the years, the artist has collaborated with shop owners, local hip-hop scenes, and diasporic communities, engaging with how their modes of inhabiting space shift during moments of crisis. His projects often take the form of fragile architectural fragments through temporary constructions and scenographic arrangements, examining how neoliberal economic policies, personal histories, and collective desires leave subtle traces on the urban environment.

His work and collaborations have been presented at various institutions and platforms, including Zuid Boijmans Van Beuningen, Brutus Art Space, z33, Garage Rotterdam, Jan van Eyck Academie, MU Hybrid Art House, Miami New Media Festival, u? Festival, Wonder Festival, and Designregio Kortrijk.

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