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Murat Cem Mengüç

Murat Cem Mengüç is a freelance writer, artist and a historian who holds a PhD in history of MENA. He is the founder of Studio Teleocene, and currently based outside of Washington, DC.

Posted inArt

Laurie Anderson Takes Stock of Today’s Unpredictable Weather

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç July 13, 2022July 20, 2022

Anderson insists that she doesn’t consider herself a political artist, but her retrospective, The Weather reveals that her artistic choices are entangled with her politics.

Posted inOpinion

Unfazed by the Pandemic, Frieze Aims to Carry On

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç March 21, 2021March 24, 2021

In the middle of a pandemic that hit New York hard, Frieze returns to the city with an in-person art fair, aggressively pursuing making money.

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After White House Fence Comes Down, Its Activist Art and Posters Move Nearby

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç June 29, 2020November 5, 2020

After the White House installed a controversial metal fence around its perimeter, Black Lives Matter protestors transformed the fence into a messaging board and a spontaneous art show.

Posted inArt

Portraits of Palestinian Life in America

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç May 10, 2018

Focusing on a handful of Gazan experiences, Home Away From Home examines how people construct familiar spaces for themselves within distant landscapes and is on view at Aperture.

Posted inBooks

An Artist’s Portrait of State Violence in a Contested Corner of Turkey

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç May 1, 2018

Originally conceived as a video monument project, Still Life is a book that juxtaposes the Roboski families with the Turkish government’s war on terror.

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Documenting Experiences of Mecca Both Sacred and Irreverent

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç January 15, 2018January 15, 2018

Ahmed Mater: Mecca Journeys at the Brooklyn Museum is an exhibition that examines the confrontation between the authentic and imagined Mecca, and of pilgrims with the tourism industry.

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The Arrest of a Turkish Photographer in the Encroaching Night

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç September 27, 2017September 28, 2017

Erdoğan’s book Control depicts an imaginary night out in Gazi, one of the most dangerous districts of Istanbul, commonly viewed as an autonomous zone of underground activity.

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Radical Art from the Past Decade, from Tahrir Square to Recife

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç July 20, 2017July 25, 2017

In MoMA’s Unfinished Conversations, artists around the world engage with today’s political struggles while exposing their personal, cultural, and historical roots.

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What Can We Learn from Dystopian Fiction About Climate Change?

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç June 30, 2017July 1, 2017

If you haven’t heard of cli-fi yet, you are not alone; however, you have probably either read or watched some already.

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The Graphic Idealism of the 1970s US Radical Left

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç March 20, 2017

An exhibition at the Interference Archive creates the feeling of wandering around an old curiosity shop where the stock is radical politics.

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Why We Still Need Thomas More’s ‘Utopia’ in 2016

Avatar photo by Murat Cem Mengüç December 23, 2016December 26, 2016

At least among the current neoliberal order’s dissidents, More’s imagination continue to inspire, 500 years after he shared it with the world.

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