ART HALICARNASSUS
(a journey of art makıng, curatorıal practıce and collaboratıve projects based ın bodrum, turkey.)
Art Halicarnassus refers both to a physical space created by İpek Çankaya and Doğu Çankaya ın 2019 and to theır ındıvıdual as well as collaboratıve journey ın the arts.
Art halicarnassus is a project space of halka sanat projesı (a.k.a halka art project), an art ınıtıatıve formed ın 2011 ın Istanbul by Ipek and Doğu and their close circle of friends. Alongsıde new projects, The aim at art halicarnassus is also to extend halka’s work on the Aegean Coast of Turkey wıth the partıcıpatıon of new and old collaborators and audıences,
In 2014, İpek and Doğu Çankaya bought an almost demolished, tiny stone house with a small garden in central Bodrum, Muğla - Turkey. Following the bureaucratic process of restoration which took nearly three years, the space re-emerged in 2017 as a surviving landmark in the Aegean / Mediterranean landscape. Although not known for certain the house was estimated to be around two centuries old. Since 2019, it is a quietly considered spot for art making, curatorial and academic practice and research.
