Senem Aytaç
Senem Aytaç
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I am a freelance film critic, editor, curator, and programmer based in Berlin. Since 2004, I have been part of the editorial board of Altyazı, an independent film magazine in Turkey that has long served as a critical platform for thinking and writing about film.
I also co-founded the Altyazı Cinema Association in 2019, where I worked as project manager and now continue as a board member. Within the association, I helped establish Altyazı Fasikül, a platform dedicated to questions of censorship and artistic freedom. Through digital publishing, video series, public programs, and collective workshops, our work seeks to create spaces for conversation, resistance, and creative engagement.
Alongside these, I have authored numerous essays and book chapters, collaborated with film festivals and cultural institutions, and designed, coordinated, and led workshops and educational programs in different contexts.
After moving to Berlin in 2022 with a scholarship, I have continued to work independently across different roles, currently as a member of the selection committee for feature-length documentaries at Kassel Dokfest, while also collaborating on various film and cultural projects.
Selected Works
Selected Works
BACK WITH A SCAR
OUT THERE, Experimental Book/Audio Exhibition, 2022
BACK WITH A SCAR
OUT THERE, Experimental Book/Audio Exhibition, 2022
Contribution to the online exhibition
entitled ‘Out There’ by Hier&Jetzt:
Connections with an literary piece which then turned into an audio-visual art
work.
Hand made collage consists of
images I took during my first months in Berlin and the audio file consist of the recording of a flash piece I have written during a writing workshop in Udk.
Recent Selected Writing
Recent Selected Writing
Turkish article about recent documentaries that use archival material in a creative manner for Sanat Dünyamız Magazine (January 2025) as part of the Film Programme realised by Yapı Kredi Kültür Sanat.
The article was also published digitally on Argonotlar, a website dedicated to contemporary art.
You can read the article here.
Curation: Sousveillance at The Watch
Curation: Sousveillance at The Watch
Curator of a short film program entitled 'Sousveillance' for The Watch as part of Project Space Festival Berlin 2024, 30.06.2024
The Watch is a former GDR watchtower on Schlesischer Busch which has a long tradition of cultural and artistic production ever since Reunification.
THE 'BEYOND HOME' ZINE
EditorTHE 'BEYOND HOME' ZINE
BEYOND HOME, ZINE, COVER PAGE
THE BEYOND HOME ZINE, 2023
THE BEYOND HOME ZINE, 2023
Editor of Zine which is realised as part of ‘Beyond Home: A Feminist Deconstruction’ exhibition realised in Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanian between 10.06 - 20.08.2023.
https://kunstraumkreuzberg.de/programm/beyond-home-eine-feministische-dekonstruktion-eines-begriffs/
The Beyond Home Zine is a spin-off project of Beyond Home, which was realized inside via a series of workshops during the exhibition, with the contribution of the artists. In parallel with the conceptual framework of the exhibition, the Zine was opting to be an outlet to explore, stretch, and demolish the confines of 'home'. It aims to open a free space of solidarity to produce collectively, creatively, and spontaneously to expand the experience of the exhibition beyond public visit.
Selected Writings: K24
Selected Writings: K24
Thematic articles for the literary online website K24 around the concepts of home, kitchen, sisterhood.
Selected Writing: Article in Book
Selected Writing: Article in Book
Chapter in a Collective Book: Sıkıntı Var
Chapter in a Collective Book: Sıkıntı Var
Sıkıntı ve Gündüz Düşleri / Boredom & Day Dreams
Sıkıntı ve Gündüz Düşleri / Boredom & Day Dreams
The book 'Sıkıntı Var' (İletişim, 2020) comprises a collection of diverse articles spanning academic, cultural, and artistic domains, all centered around the theme of boredom. My article examines some representation of women from 80s melodramas within Turkish cinema. Through a creative non-fiction lens, my article contemplates on the themes of 'boredom' and 'day dreaming' and trying to save the female protagonists from films to unite in a fight against boredom, to fullfill their desires.
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