Art
Derya Akay: Set of Film Prints
- Item Number
- 108
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- Priceless
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- 200 CAD
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- CAD
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- 10d 14h
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- 2024-09-25 02:59:00.0
Item Description
A set of disposable camera prints by Derya Akay!
Shipping not included.
Derya Akay (b. 1988, Turkey) is an interdisciplinary artist and cook. They have lived, worked, and gardened on the unceded lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh nations since 2005. Derya explores the tension between preservation and decay, control and chance, trial and error. Their process-based artistic strategies embrace the realities of time and transformation using organic materials. Akay poetically interprets cooking as a metaphor for their studio practice. Derya enjoys dumpster diving, cooking for large groups, recalling dreams, reading novels, hacking and pirating, delving into code, alley walks, and studying weeds. Recently, they completed their "Estradiol Kitchen" project at Moodswing Bar in New Westminster, BC, Canada. In 2023, Derya was the Stonecroft Artist-in-Residence at the Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada. They were longlisted for the 2022 Sobey Art Award from West Coast & Yukon. Recent exhibitions include "Flowers from a Story" at Unit 17, Vancouver (2024), Toronto Biennial of Art, Mississauga (2022) and "Meydan" at the Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (2021).
Image description: A collaged image featuring a photo of a young person of Turkish heritage with long curly dark hair wearing thin framed glasses and a black t-shirt with a yellow cartoon seahorse design. They are seated in the corner of a restaurant booth and have one knee raised to their chest with both holding their shin. Smiling, they gaze to the left of the frame taking in the scene under a palm frond that hangs above. On the table in front of them are various glasses and bottles of water, beer, and wine. Behind them is a window to the street where people dine on a patio under a leafy tree and a streetlight in the warm summer evening. At the bottom of the image is an Ilford brand disposable camera and two manila envelopes, one with a large black question mark on its front.
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