Knowledge exchange in hyper-connected world

The times that we need creativity the most in our lives, art may be the only way to discover a new way of thinking. 
Connect for Creativity, an 18-month project led by the British Council, in partnership with three creative hubs - ATÖLYE in Turkey, Bios in Greece, Nova Iskra in Serbia and Abdullah Gül University in Turkey. 

As part of the program, "Translocal Cooperation" exhibition features works born from cooperation and knowledge exchange between Turkish, Greek, Serbian and British artists seeking translocal solidarity in a hyper-connected world. The project is co-funded by the European Union and Turkey, through the Intercultural Dialogue program. 

The project aims to form a network of creative hubs across Europe to foster creative exploration and collaboration that contributes to building a more cohesive, open and connected civil society.

The artworks, created by Theo Prodromidis, Ioana Man, Yağmur Uyanık, Emmy Bacharach, Tamara Kametani and Georgios Makkas, employ a variety of media and technologies, from VR and 3D printing, to probiotic fermentation and ethnographic documentation. 

Artist Uyanık's work, titled "Selfmaking: Layers of Becoming With" is a 3D printed sandstone sculpture of a hybrid character created by fusing the digital models of two "original" sculptures at the British Museum. Her material sandstone is a delicate and fragile material, as opposed to those commonly used in 3D printing - plastics. Regarding using sandstone as a material Uyanık said: "With time, this sculpture will lose its details, form and perhaps even, meaning. It was chosen to emphasize ideas of ephemerality and temporality that are manifested within form and sound. Also, to make a further commentary on how we create limited edition objects to...