‘Değiş Tokuş’ is a visual project in which photographers produce works in lieu of each other and for one another in their cities
without any travels in between. It is also a research on the applicability of an artistic and intellectual exchange/interchange during the pandemic when physical interactions are lesser and travel restrictions are in application. ‘Değiş Tokuş’ took place from May till November 2021 and 6 duos, i.e 12 artists from İzmir, Diyarbakır, Mardin and Şanlıurfa carried out collective projects.
As part of ‘Değiş Tokuş’, academics and researchers from different backgrounds such as economics, international relations, and culture
gave talks on the concept of exchange/interchange open to the public; tailor made seminars were organized for participating artists
and one-on-one editing/mentoring sessions were run with the artist duos. This website showcases projects produced by the artists
and texts written by the academics and researchers within ‘Değiş Tokuş’.
‘Değiş Tokuş’ is realized by Lütfü İrdem from Diyarbakır, GAPO from İstanbul and No 238 from İzmir; with support from Spaces of Culture;
with participations of Meltem Şendağ, Aslı Iğsız, Eda Yiğit, Elif Kahraman and İpek Çınar as lecturers and writers; with contributions of Saliha Yavuz, Cemre Yeşil and Sinem Dişli who conducted the seminars; and with the works produced by the artists Nilay Uluğ & Şevda Tuğrul, Ayşegül Kaycı & İmran Atasal, Fatma Çelik & Merve Güçlütürk, Aynur Tıkıroğlu & Hicret Ayaz İpek, Aylin Kızıl & Eyhan Çelik and Aslıhan Güçlü & Mehmet Ali Kılıç.
