ENGİN ALTUNDAĞ
Engin Altundag was born in Adana Turkey in 1986. He received education on sculpture, photography and cinema disciplines between the years 2005 and 2015. Later he worked as a photojournalist for various magazines and newspapers which also included working at war zones. Establishing “Aykırı Sanat Harabesi” community in 2012, he started giving art trainings. Meantime, he held photography and cinema workshops in rural neighborhoods for working children. He organized numerous successful exhibitions which included 17 personal and over 50 mixed ones. In 2014, he documentarized the Syrian Civil War. He started working on the shooting of his documentary “Yeşil Altın” (Green Gold) in 2019 and has been working on it ever since. Projects Nü Peride Sesimi Duyan Van mı? Alamut’un Arka Bahçesi (Backyard of Alamut) Demir Yolları (Railways) Renkler ve Psikoloji (Colors and Psychology) Doğudan Uzakta (Far From The East) Hegemonya Pandora Eçcinseller Oteli (Gay Hotel) Sisler ve Kar (Fogs and Snow) Ayakkabı Bakıcısı (Shoekeeper) Barikat (Barricade) Araf (Purgatory) Prefabrik Mezarlar (Prefabricated Tombs) Anadolu Atları (Anatolian Horses) My Times 500m2 Savaşın Gölgesinde (In The Shadow Of War) Şehir Hatları Amors Kimliksizler (Those Without Identity) Anadoluda (In The Anatolia) Aden Bahçesi (Garden of Eden)
Er wurde 1986 in Adana, Türkei, geboren. Zwischen 2005 und 2015 studierte er Bildhauerei, Keramik, Fotografie und Kino. Er arbeitete als Fotojournalist für verschiedene Zeitschriften und Zeitungen und war in Kriegsgebieten tätig. Im Jahr 2012 gründete er Aykırı Sanat Ruin und begann mit der Kunstausbildung. Er organisierte Foto- und Kinoworkshops für Arbeiterkinder in ländlichen Gegenden. Er veranstaltete 17 Einzel- und mehr als 50 Gruppenausstellungen. Er dokumentierte den syrischen Bürgerkrieg im Jahr 2014. Er begann zwischen 2019 und 2024 mit den Dreharbeiten für die Dokumentation „Grünes Gold“.
Projekte
Nü Peride, Sesimi Duyan Van mı? Alamuts Hinterhof. ( Alamut’un Arka Bahçesi )
Eisenbahnen ( Demir Yolları ), Farben und Psychologie ( Renkler ve Psikoloji )
Weit weg vom Osten, ( Doğudan Uzakta ), Hegemonie, Pandora, Schwulenhotel ( Eşcinsel Oteli ), Nebel und Schnee ( Sisler ve Kar ), Schuhsitter ( Ayakkabı Bakıcısı ), Barrikade ( Barikat ), Fegefeuer ( Araf ), Vorgefertigte Gräber
( Prefabrik Mezarlar), Anatolische Pferde ( Anadolu Atları ), Meine Zeiten
500m2, Im Schatten des Krieges ( Savaşın Gölgesinde ), Şehir Hatları, Amoren ( Amors), Anonym ( Kimliksizler), İn Anatolien, Garten Eden
