RAFET ARSLAN
Born in 1972 in İzmir.
Decided to leave the School of Business Administration
Transdisciplinary director, conceptual artist, Surrealist, art critic, collage worker, performanceartist..
Arslan being among the founders of Periferi Kolektif and Sürrealist Action Group, togetherwith them has been involved in and has coordinated multiple exhibitions, performances andcollective activities such as Destruction 2011, Ubik Project and Reality Terror. Also he is editor of the journal Siber Gnosis.
Arslan thinks that the “new” artist of the 21st century has to keep on trying persistently andfind new ways of expression while preserving the fluid spirit of the day. According to Arslan as a consequence of this the 21st century artist should be a “mutant” border violator fearlessof creating in fields he interrelates spiritually without adhering to any specific discipline. In an age where awareness and empathy continue to rise, an artist alongside the dream of realizinghimself should also manage to internally nourish the fantasy of a world where art is withinanyone’s means.
Arslan thinks that the “new” artist of the 21st century has to keep on trying persistently andfind new ways of expression while preserving the fluid spirit of the day. According to Arslan as a consequence of this the 21st century artist should be a “mutant” border violator fearlessof creating in fields he interrelates spiritually without adhering to any specific discipline. In an age where awareness and empathy continue to rise, an artist alongside the dream of realizinghimself should also manage to internally nourish the fantasy of a world where art is withinanyone’s means.
The artist certainly is well aware of the “revolutionary energy embodied in this wornout/disgraced objects” in the words of Walter Benjamin. He takes up objects left to their owndevices by our consumption oriented lives and by means of his art blows a spirit into them.
