Helikon Art Center is the first international art residency of Türkiye has been organising art residencies, hosting exhibitions and engaging in several art activities since 2014. It is located near Izmit city of Kocaeli province, Başiskele district in Turkey. Helikon Art Center aims to host artists from all over the world in order to exchange ideas, create artworks together, open exhibitions and organize art events. Helikon has four bungalow style houses, which can accommodate twelve artists. All houses have a bathroom and an open kitchen. Center also has two terraces, two tree houses, a big garden, common kitchen, dinner area, an atelier, art gallery and an office.
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Is it the mediocracy that caused the society wide mediocrity, or the other way round?Hanna Arendt had already revealed and warned us about what ‘the banality of evil’ would unleash. So, what would happen when banality is itself banalized, when mediocrity itself becomes the standard mediocre? Mediocrity, will it entrench us into idiocracy or has it already done so? In this context, we would like to invite artists to our residence in order to question above.
Please send your CV, project plan, portfolio (preferably personal webpage) and statement of intend to helikonartcenter@gmail.com until 31st of May, 2024.
Selected artists should pay 27 USD for confirmation to their places in advance (last two years we encountered last time cancellations ungraciously. Please consider this amount will be for unlimited tea & coffee service.)