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Ülkü Caglayan is an artist whose practice engages in performative studies, movement research and neuroscience.
She is primarily interested in the type of knowledge or understanding which is not reducible to language, yet sensible, unthought-of, yet known. This may be through collective experimentation or research creation working with different practices both linguistic and non-linguistic (movement, breath, embodied interaction). Ülkü, in her creative processes, focuses on different ways of sense making and thinking, such as rhizomatic thinking.
Her work investigates unknown, unlearned types of interaction possibilities within the empirical and specific knowledge of the body. In her recent performance, Making Sense, she exposes the predominance of language and searches for ways for bodily understanding.
She has recently become a Social Dreaming Matrix facilitator to continue her research creation on the shared unthought-of knowledge and rhizomatic thinking. SD is a widely respected practice to cultivate free associations and systemic thinking, so as to create links, find connections, and generate new thoughts.
Ülkü is also a breath trainer offering experiential workshops that enable creative expression of individuals and organisations, and help develop new forms of collectivism.
Ülkü co-founded Circuit in 2013. Since its foundation, Circuit has been hosting programs and produced content on artistic strategies to encourage self-inquiry, environmental awareness, and community mindfulness.
Making Sense, 2020
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Social Breathing, 2021
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Social Breathing – Session 2, 2021
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