Avak Şirinoğlu, Halı Ustası
[Avak Şirinoğlu, Carpet Master]
MW 53.1.1.3
Type
Video
Date of Creation
2015
Runtime
17m 58s
Dimensions
Language
Turkish
Technique
HD, 16:9, colour, stereo
Credits
Cast: Aval Şirinoğlu
Editing: Eren Aksu
Camera, director: Maja Weyermann
Translation: Armine Avetisyan
Provenance
Maja Weyermann Archive, Berlin
Remarks
The video Avak Şirinoğlu, Halı Ustası formed the fourth channel of the four-channel video installation Uzaktan Mektuplar – Letters from Abroad (53.1), shown at DEPO in Istanbul 2015. It is an interview that the artist held in August 2014 with the Armenian carpet master (Halı Ustası) Avak Şirinoğlu, who was born in Istanbul in 1936.