belit sağ

belit sağ is a videographer and visual artist from Turkey, and based in Amsterdam. She studied mathematics in Ankara and audio-visual arts in Amsterdam.[1] She co-initiated projects like Kara Haber (2000-2007) and bak.ma. She has been a vocal opponent of censorship within Turkey through the early twenty-first century, publishing a widely read anti-censorship article in 2016.[2]

belit sağ
Born
Ankara, Turkey
Known forvideo art, activism

Career

sağ completed residencies in Rijksakademie, Amsterdam in 2014-2015; and International Studio and Curatorial Program, New York in 2016.[3] Screenings and exhibitions include: documenta,[4] the Toronto International Film Festival,[5] the New York Film Festival, the International Film Festival Rotterdam, among many others.

In January 2018, the artist opened her first solo exhibition, "Let Me Remember" at Squeaky Wheel Buffalo Media Arts Center.[6] sağ's work was also included on the same year in the Flaherty NYC series "Common Visions," curated by Almudena Escobar López and Herb Shellenberger and presented at Anthology Film Archives.[7]

References
  1. "belit | serial vidiot". bit.contrast.org. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  2. Index on Censorship. "Belit Sağ: Refusing to accept Turkey's silencing of artistic expression - Index on Censorship Index on Censorship". www.indexoncensorship.org. Retrieved 3 March 2018.
  3. "belit sağ". iscp-nyc.org. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  4. "Rebuilding the Idea of a Global Left". Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  5. "Ayhan and me". TIFF. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  6. "belit sağ : Let Me Remember". Squeaky Wheel Film & Media Art Center. 2017-12-13. Retrieved 2018-03-03.
  7. ""I DO NOT REMEMBER" – The Flaherty". flahertyseminar.org. Retrieved 2018-11-22.
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