Workshops & Exhibition Design
Workshop Director and Concept Developer
Interactive Film & Media Conference, 2022
Workshop: "Mental City Landscape: Trinity River of Dallas" at the Platforms to the World Symposium
Research Assistant & Workshop Facilitator
The University of Texas at Dallas, 2019-2020
"Platforms to the World considered the borders that emerge in a swiftly evolving urban landscape. On the second day, we visited the Trinity River, which unofficially defines the western border of Dallas, to consider how urban infrastructures perpetuate social divisions. In preparation, three graduate students at ATEC, Catalina Alzate, Angelica Martinez Ochoa, and Cansu Simsek, led a workshop on the history of the river and the city and encouraged us to reflect on our own movement practices and spatial relationships to the urban environment’s (official and unofficial) borders" (Llamas 2020).
Platforms to The World, symposium organized by Dr. Heidi Cooley and Dr. Juan Llamas Rodriguez, at Art, Technology, and Emerging Communication, The University of Texas at Dallas, 2019-2020.
Workshop Director and Concept Developer
13th Athens Digital Arts Festival: Post Future, 2017
In collaboration with Atanur Andic, and Athens Maker Space.
Workshop and Curatorial Design: "Rethinking Heritage"
Workshop Director and Concept Developer
BLOK art space Büyük Valide Han, 2017
In collaboration with Atanur Andic, Istanbul Bilgi University, and 3Dörtgen 3D Printing and Experience Service.
Exhibition and Curatorial Design: "Latent Views: Macoto Murayama"
Curation, Exhibition Design
BLOK art space, 2018
Macoto Murayama's solo exhibition Latent Views curated by Cansu Simsek at BLOK art space's Çukurcuma venue.
Exhibition and Curatorial Design: "On Botany"
Assistant Curator, Designer
BLOK art space, 2017
Artists: Ali Taptık, Ayşe Gül Süter & Dr. Joseph DeGiorgis, Gözde Becerikli, Işık Güner, İsmail Eğler, Macoto Murayama, Melike Kılıç, Paula Doepfner, Sadık Arı.
Exhibition and Concept Design: "Preserving Apprehension"
Curator, Concept Developer
SONAR Music Festival, 2019
In collaboration with Atanur Andıç, Emre Tunçel, and 3Dörtgen. The exhibition consists of 3D printed wireframes of ancient sculptures belonging to the Kingdom of Commagene located in Nemrut Mountain.
Photograph by Emre Tunçel
Exhibition and Curatorial Design: "INN"
Curator, Designer
Capstone Project, 2016 (Visual Communication Design) Kadir Has University. In collaboration with Rezan Has Museum and Cibali Cistern.
