Ayşe Köklü
Ayşe Köklü (b. 1988, Istanbul, Türkiye) is an artist, researcher and pedagogue based in London. Informed by a multidisciplinary background, her practice spans participatory radio, workshops, print, DIY technological-sculptural objects, and place-specific recordings and compositions.
Through sensory and embodied pedagogies, collective and relational processes, and multimodal storytelling, Ayşe’s work engages the political relationship between immeasurability and value, informal know-how and institutional authority, and the unquantifiable and recognition, particularly in the context of ecology and heritage. Her work has been commissioned by SALT, Camden Art Centre, Aural Pluralities Network, and The Listening Biennial.
Ayşe is undertaking a PhD in the Art Practice and Learning Programme at Goldsmiths, where she is developing an arts-based participatory pedagogy for, and with, the endangered Turkish whistled language Islikdili, supported by the University of London Scholars Programme Studentship Award. Alongside this, she teaches in higher education and produces, consults on, and facilitates participatory community arts projects with young people, with a particular focus on youth voice, empowerment and access.
Links:
Goldsmiths Profile
Website