Inland Art Festival | 2014 | Redruth- UK | film | Single screen 4'.33"

Ilker Cinarel – Men Hugging

Much of Ilker Cinarel’s work explores his inner feelings of growing up in a patriarchal Turkish family. Questioning the politics that surround the family, through the indescribably personal prism of his own childhood tensions where hyper-macho pop culture spilled over into reality. Now, as a gay man Ilker is still trying to reconcile where he belongs within this masculine dominated culture and context. Questioning intimacy and humours place within an overtly masculine context, Ilker playfully makes visible the structures which constrain societal stereotypes.
Travelling between Cornwall, London and Istanbul, Ilker makes work in a range of media, from video and performance to installation and painting.

http://inlandartfestival.org/portfolio/iker-cinarel 

Assemble Now | Inland Art Festival | 2014

Assemble Now is an exhibition selected from an open call for regional artists. This strand of the festival aims to celebrate and expose the variety of arts practice developing in the South West.
The artists showing work in Assemble Now are Shaun C Badham, Noel Betowski, Ilker Cinarel, Ann-Marie Fairbrother, Jessie Giudici-Mumford, Alex Goodman, Helen Grant, Lee Mc Donald, Stuart Robinson, Stephen Smith, Sorcha Tudor Williams, Oliver Udy.
As part of the exhibition the audience will be able to vote to select one artist from a short list for a Peoples’ Choice Award. The recipient of the Peoples’ Choice Award will receive a residency and exhibition at Back Lane West in 2015, funded by Inland Art Festival.

Beginning of I

Beginning of I

Mixed media on architectural paper - 2014

Beginning of I is a project of twenty-four drawings of my father on transparent architectural square paper.

It is an investigation of personal, private memories and experiences with a desire to re-identify myself. In these drawings I focus on the idea of father and distance myself from my life. There is a necessity to change before there can be closeness; I created a sexualized protagonist which I can now relate to.

With a child’s mindset, I allowed myself to play with different gestures and lines to discover a new view and connection in our relationship.  

LOVE IT - Exhibition

INNterval

INNterval - An artistic collaboration at the Halsetown Inn - a tribute to the legacy of J.Henry Irving.

Halsetown Inn is pleased to announce a group exhibition where thirteen artists explore mixed media. All practitioners are from a strong artistic background, some of whom are international award winning creators, and many who diversify their training across research-led fields.

The location of the exhibition holds cultural significance. Halsetown was home to Henry Irving (1838 – 1905), a successful English Victorian stage actor.

This display highlights the achievements of J.Henry Irving in the context of his life in Halestown. The exhibitors shed light on various art practices including painting, drawing, installation, sculpture, performance video, film and light installation. The show features work which encompass different contextual subjects.  Kirsty Lowry explores text theories and environmental psychology through the premise of the effects of light and dark when using light installations.

There are a selective range of film works by Ann Haycock and Liam Jolly which examine elements of music and site-specific philosophy, assessing human and social conditions. Derya Erdem’s photo installation takes a critical view of societal, political and cultural issues, exploring social identity and gender binary.

The range of diversity in media continues - Virginia Bounds and Sara Aziz are showcasing their paintings, which investigate, within the coda of painting, Expressionism, sensibility and freedom. They use contemporary methods to create a distinctive experience for the viewer. Additionally, the audience will be struck by the recognition of Michael Broughton who specialises in drawings and paintings. He has featured in the Art Space Gallery in London, so to be included in this exhibition will be an exclusive opportunity for spectators in the South West to see his work.

The art per se does not finish here. Peter Skerrett and Ilker Cinarel display a collection of drawings. Ilker Cinarel is an international artist who won the Sandra Blow Award in 2011. His artworks are autobiographical investigations and evolve through thematic art practices. The drawings involve universal and political themes, conveying humorous elements through the use of a range of diversity in medium.

The international status continues - Katri Paakkari explores the composition of body sculpture through the use of materials such as space and sound. Space is further explored and extended in the works of Christiane Berghoff with her knitting installation and Janet McEwan, an interdisciplinary artist who investigates our contingent dynamic with the natural world.

The exhibition also holds a sculptural aspect. Daniel Barnard is exhibiting not only his sculptures, but also an accumulation of drawings. The artist describes his work as misdirection, fraction, and impudence and describes his techniques as “survival”.

These featured artists propose to take up temporary residence at Halsetown Inn, to collaborate before the pub undergoes renovation to its former glory as a traditional contemporary inn.

Gemma Norris

Curated by Ilker Cinarel and Gemma Norris  

http://innterval.wordpress.com

Men Hugging

Men Hugging -2014

“Men hugging” is a video work that investigates the manner between two men in the raw sub culture when they first enter a space and encounter each other. Explores sexuality and gender within the masculine culture of Turkey. It examines my relationship with my own gender as well as the cultural expectations of being manly in a man's world.

It demonstrates an intimacy that otherwise would be considered to be in-permissible.