The Two Rivers of Mesopotamia, an artistic research project, analyses the effects of war on ecological and cultural heritage, within the socio-political framework of Kurdish inhabited territories. Focusing on ongoing dam projects in Southeast Turkey, Tuğrul explores how power mechanisms unfold in different relationalities and temporalities of the habitat around the Tigris and Euphrates rivers in the context of war and displacement.
Rojda Tuğrul is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, whose practice is concerned with the notion of identity in relation to space. She holds an MSc in Veterinary Studies and she graduated from Mardin Artuklu University with an MA in fine arts. Currently, she is a Ph.D. candidate at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
This lecture is public and can be attended via joining the following link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82037152636?pwd=WGRLdWRWRzJseVhGb29pK1FXeVd0QT09
Organizers:
Prof. Dr. Bilgin Ayata (bilgin.ayata(at)uni-graz.at)
Dr. des. Derya Özkaya (derya.oezkaya@uni-graz.at)
MSc. Sophie Mainz (sophie.mainz(at)uni-graz.at)