https://zeynepkaserci.com Zeynep Kaserci Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:18:22 +0000 https://zeynepkaserci.com en https://zeynepkaserci.com/Home-Page Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:27:01 +0000 Zeynep Kaserci https://zeynepkaserci.com/Home-Page https://zeynepkaserci.com/about Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:27:04 +0000 Zeynep Kaserci https://zeynepkaserci.com/about I am a documentary filmmaker and researcher based in London. Born in Izmir, Turkey, I moved to Scotland to pursue my undergraduate degree in art history and social anthropology at the University of St Andrews and completed my MA at the Granada Center for Visual Anthropology in Manchester. In my media work, I am interested in exploring the poetics of everyday life and telling stories that humanise social issues. Jellyfish are my biggest fear.But I am slowly beginning&nbsp;to appreciate them.I guess life is all about these processes, and learning to find the beauty in our differences. ︎︎ https://zeynepkaserci.com/Ocak Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:27:02 +0000 Zeynep Kaserci https://zeynepkaserci.com/Ocak <img width="5400" height="7200" width_o="5400" height_o="7200" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f671193f494ea81daea8f22c415ea0fa43784b481f6ce484c4e3aa0f8c644d37/Ocak-Poster.jpg" data-mid="102084602" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f671193f494ea81daea8f22c415ea0fa43784b481f6ce484c4e3aa0f8c644d37/Ocak-Poster.jpg" /> OCAK 2020Giresun, Turkey28 min Festival Screenings Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival 2021, UK Bharat International Film Festival 2021, India - Best Documentary Palma de Mallorca International Films Infest Festival 2020, Spain Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival 2020, USA Regard Bleu: Film Festival 2020, Switzerland IFF Etnofilm Čadca 2020, Slovakia Venice Intercultural Film Festival 2020, Italy Anatolia International Film Festival 2020, Turkey Ocak is a short documentary film that explores the story of a family who earns their livelihood as hazelnut cultivators in rural north-eastern Turkey. Filmed in an observational style, it offers glimpses into the local everyday life in the village and explores the relationship between people and their hazelnut gardens which have been inherited throughout generations. As the film reflects on labor and gender, it also asks questions about the heart, land and family. Ocak hopes to challenge the all too prevalent mainstream narrative within the documentary media tradition, which frame gender dynamics in the Muslim Middle East simply as an oppressor-oppressed dichotomy. By taking the audience closer to the daily worries and desires, joys and quarrels of the people on screen, Ocak provides an in-depth ethnographic understanding of life as lived by the members of this community. <img width="2483" height="1451" width_o="2483" height_o="1451" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ea524d1102881f83127868efe5b1d9108d92deb5a8ed25e731263d167966b402/ocak-8.jpg" data-mid="99861276" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ea524d1102881f83127868efe5b1d9108d92deb5a8ed25e731263d167966b402/ocak-8.jpg" /> <img width="940" height="575" width_o="940" height_o="575" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e2e2b34d905a6867e76cdcd1a553d14feb9bfe51801ff9f52241ca007a30ea4/ocak-4.jpg" data-mid="99861272" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/940/i/0e2e2b34d905a6867e76cdcd1a553d14feb9bfe51801ff9f52241ca007a30ea4/ocak-4.jpg" /> <img width="940" height="524" width_o="940" height_o="524" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/782dbacb7d2b8e8baeef6fba70c6451e497c167e6e46ec5323cbb31704f95025/ocak-3.jpg" data-mid="99876846" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/940/i/782dbacb7d2b8e8baeef6fba70c6451e497c167e6e46ec5323cbb31704f95025/ocak-3.jpg" /> https://zeynepkaserci.com/Community Mon, 22 Feb 2021 21:27:02 +0000 Zeynep Kaserci https://zeynepkaserci.com/Community COMMUNITY2019Manchester, UK17 minin collaboration with Joseph Bonnell This is a short ethnographic documentary about a group of people and their community garden. It is set in Woodbank Community Food Hub, an urban horticulture hub in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The film reflects on this garden’s role as a place where people can access to sustainably sourced organic produce by taking a part in the growing process. <img width="626" height="940" width_o="626" height_o="940" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b99d8d6a0843b53ffebc07ff7a8680046db044a496b5a0f69a601b10e2bd900/community-11.jpg" data-mid="99861058" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/626/i/0b99d8d6a0843b53ffebc07ff7a8680046db044a496b5a0f69a601b10e2bd900/community-11.jpg" /> <img width="940" height="529" width_o="940" height_o="529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5c64abb1126236678219a93245575e8123c09a2d6eac0d77bec998ddc0fe584d/community-5.jpg" data-mid="99861052" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/940/i/5c64abb1126236678219a93245575e8123c09a2d6eac0d77bec998ddc0fe584d/community-5.jpg" /> <img width="940" height="529" width_o="940" height_o="529" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/316e55bb8e4a9de76fd51069f80d0ebd8f40d7dd2a4896d4cbc3b729708c8d9d/community-8.jpg" data-mid="99861055" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/940/i/316e55bb8e4a9de76fd51069f80d0ebd8f40d7dd2a4896d4cbc3b729708c8d9d/community-8.jpg" /> <img width="627" height="940" width_o="627" height_o="940" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8dd376af79488f5504aecb3edd06ec9972aab4c45c0fdf80d09e8109f3b0e43f/community-6.jpg" data-mid="99861053" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/627/i/8dd376af79488f5504aecb3edd06ec9972aab4c45c0fdf80d09e8109f3b0e43f/community-6.jpg" /> https://zeynepkaserci.com/Taxidermy Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:31:49 +0000 Zeynep Kaserci https://zeynepkaserci.com/Taxidermy TAXIDERMY2019York, UK10 minin collaboration with Melanie Grant <img width="957" height="1435" width_o="957" height_o="1435" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/caf2fd980ee5d12ec0ef6660df5330cc8f44be1857c8108a9283ee00af0126f3/taxidermy-1.jpg" data-mid="99861481" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/957/i/caf2fd980ee5d12ec0ef6660df5330cc8f44be1857c8108a9283ee00af0126f3/taxidermy-1.jpg" /> <img width="1081" height="1621" width_o="1081" height_o="1621" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2a682a42a8a11770d3f1bd57497f03704c1d348421b3b01b10e1f254b4da175a/taxidermy-3.jpg" data-mid="99861483" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2a682a42a8a11770d3f1bd57497f03704c1d348421b3b01b10e1f254b4da175a/taxidermy-3.jpg" /> <img width="724" height="1086" width_o="724" height_o="1086" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/73a07f247e2048f9a03d52b4e2867404a7b8a7380203c3f0d1daea76a7154ac5/taxidermy-2.jpg" data-mid="99861482" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/724/i/73a07f247e2048f9a03d52b4e2867404a7b8a7380203c3f0d1daea76a7154ac5/taxidermy-2.jpg" /> <img width="1077" height="1616" width_o="1077" height_o="1616" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25735dec7133218d763335991c595bc99acca4afaedecdcd0e26000c5dee63a5/taxidermy-4.jpg" data-mid="99861484" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25735dec7133218d763335991c595bc99acca4afaedecdcd0e26000c5dee63a5/taxidermy-4.jpg" /> https://zeynepkaserci.com/Seker-Reis Fri, 12 Mar 2021 14:18:22 +0000 Zeynep Kaserci https://zeynepkaserci.com/Seker-Reis FISHING NETS AND TACTILE ENCOUNTERS 2019 Turkeyphotography &amp; sound recordings <img width="5184" height="2916" width_o="5184" height_o="2916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/834edd603e51054507df612495baeee38000e45f023914da95a9f834bfacedd1/P1011399.JPG" data-mid="101795922" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/834edd603e51054507df612495baeee38000e45f023914da95a9f834bfacedd1/P1011399.JPG" /> <img width="5184" height="2916" width_o="5184" height_o="2916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/282ccd233e048164876037f5775732ea46b71352f3c51b9cdb7be5a75fd39e1f/P1011728.JPG" data-mid="101795921" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/282ccd233e048164876037f5775732ea46b71352f3c51b9cdb7be5a75fd39e1f/P1011728.JPG" /> <img width="2304" height="3456" width_o="2304" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3b5dd81b5f71e4601fc298c629699a432d82d62712906aa80a9222c2cc186819/P1011633.JPG" data-mid="101795924" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3b5dd81b5f71e4601fc298c629699a432d82d62712906aa80a9222c2cc186819/P1011633.JPG" /> <img width="2304" height="3456" width_o="2304" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec253ee4a08f9fee5a1c136b89c130fbbd832d2559286a58f3ccdb6d7cce7198/P1011551.JPG" data-mid="101795918" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ec253ee4a08f9fee5a1c136b89c130fbbd832d2559286a58f3ccdb6d7cce7198/P1011551.JPG" /> <img width="5184" height="2916" width_o="5184" height_o="2916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b7c63c2a3e753e4394733b9f9c5aa3a55eeaf948f2bd02adb6d0b6709a2904ab/P1011481.JPG" data-mid="101795916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b7c63c2a3e753e4394733b9f9c5aa3a55eeaf948f2bd02adb6d0b6709a2904ab/P1011481.JPG" /> <img width="4410" height="2481" width_o="4410" height_o="2481" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/39d59cdb431b02c4c73be6efe96f086cbe19e6f04d71c46f1dc3d3002efb20cb/P1011424.JPG" data-mid="101795915" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/39d59cdb431b02c4c73be6efe96f086cbe19e6f04d71c46f1dc3d3002efb20cb/P1011424.JPG" /> <img width="5184" height="2916" width_o="5184" height_o="2916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9a296097dd17b4ff9bc700778f9a0a532a0ca000a14d838d1fd019de02032f3f/P1011623.JPG" data-mid="101795919" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9a296097dd17b4ff9bc700778f9a0a532a0ca000a14d838d1fd019de02032f3f/P1011623.JPG" /> <img width="2304" height="3456" width_o="2304" height_o="3456" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c90269b269fba7ef1c00ca6a853e09ee32dcb0febf8b3e0cff3177250dc02883/P1022421.JPG" data-mid="101795926" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c90269b269fba7ef1c00ca6a853e09ee32dcb0febf8b3e0cff3177250dc02883/P1022421.JPG" /> <img width="1762" height="2643" width_o="1762" height_o="2643" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/59d5158d5cf97bf804a3ecf54ed4d0cf9be690c808a1055c4dd28e7e8200e121/P1011892.JPG" data-mid="101795925" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/59d5158d5cf97bf804a3ecf54ed4d0cf9be690c808a1055c4dd28e7e8200e121/P1011892.JPG" /> <img width="1811" height="2718" width_o="1811" height_o="2718" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b6ff60c609bb285011993a36e91eb1ec0faed7f9e35262879e4715258901215d/P1011714.JPG" data-mid="101795920" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b6ff60c609bb285011993a36e91eb1ec0faed7f9e35262879e4715258901215d/P1011714.JPG" /> These images are part of a photo-essay that explore a fisherman’s relationship to the sea and the wider marine environment through the lens of his fishing practice. The photographs evoke the fundamental role played by the fishing nets in my participant Şeker Reis’ daily routine and reveal the networks and relationships created by the materiality of these nets. The project takes place in Foça, a coastal town in Turkey where local life revolves around the Aegean Sea and everything that comes out of it. Streets are filled with seafood restaurants and with people enjoying the fresh catch of the day as the cats and gulls wait for their turn. In this photo-essay, the viewers are encouraged to question the categorical opposition often placed between the notions of nature and culture and they are asked to engage with the sociality engendered through the sense of touch. I borrow the concept of entanglement/interweaving from the phenomenological philosopher Merleau-Ponty to re-conceptualise these emerging social and bodily encounters between my participant and the non-human animals. Each type of media - text, photographs, moving images and audio - have their individual strengths and limitations based on their ontological conditioning, which inevitably shape the content of knowledge that can be conveyed in an anthropological research. <img width="5184" height="2916" width_o="5184" height_o="2916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2eb180e4af19dd43941b541da063866e9555081e89cceb9d33c23bbdc1278a9/P1022325.JPG" data-mid="101825005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2eb180e4af19dd43941b541da063866e9555081e89cceb9d33c23bbdc1278a9/P1022325.JPG" /> <img width="5184" height="2916" width_o="5184" height_o="2916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1d8a071ae55a13914e3b00ea8031cfcf148533c82c54f7adec4c8690a1c3cc8b/P1011242.JPG" data-mid="101822213" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1d8a071ae55a13914e3b00ea8031cfcf148533c82c54f7adec4c8690a1c3cc8b/P1011242.JPG" /> <img width="5184" height="2916" width_o="5184" height_o="2916" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25fde030f4539c0f847bcc359dfd6d0bc26348c3be11123d67971c31f38f424e/P1011415.JPG" data-mid="101795923" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25fde030f4539c0f847bcc359dfd6d0bc26348c3be11123d67971c31f38f424e/P1011415.JPG" /> <img width="4032" height="2268" width_o="4032" height_o="2268" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a9442b19cf9ded548622c3ec1024abf793e198089f7413c6ce919c2bea20456e/IMG_2863-2.JPG" data-mid="101824766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a9442b19cf9ded548622c3ec1024abf793e198089f7413c6ce919c2bea20456e/IMG_2863-2.JPG" /> <img width="3762" height="2116" width_o="3762" height_o="2116" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3ca416bc0083d184d77788d92706e284e2ec1d387ee7e45d5788378233bfe72c/P1011911.JPG" data-mid="101822214" border="0" data-scale="68" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3ca416bc0083d184d77788d92706e284e2ec1d387ee7e45d5788378233bfe72c/P1011911.JPG" /> Throughout my conversations with Şeker Reis, the concept of time and slow pace of daily life came up numerous times. Photography in particular appeared to be quite restricted in its representational capacity when the question involved conveying an experience of temporality and evoking the invisible rhythms unique to a place. Doing anthropology through sound opened up my ethnographic practice by allowing me to ask what it is that people hear every day. This allowed me to engage with a local acoustemology - defined by the ethnomusicologist Steven Feld as ‘one’s sonic way of knowing and being in the world’. To think with and through sound not only challenged the pervasive visual bias in anthropological represention of human life, but it also encouraged me as a researcher to recognise sound’s ability to communicate a form of experiential truth. https://zeynepkaserci.com/cv Tue, 23 Feb 2021 14:10:10 +0000 Zeynep Kaserci https://zeynepkaserci.com/cv Education 2018 – 2019 MA with Distinction in Visual Anthropology, The University of Manchester 2014 – 2018 BA with First Class Honours in History of Art and Social Anthropology, The University of St Andrews Screenings / Exhibitions Royal Anthropological Institute Film Festival, UK – March 2021 online Bharat International Film Festival, Mumbai, India – January 2021 – Best Short Film/Documentary Palma de Mallorca International Films Infest Festival, Spain – December 2020 Society for Visual Anthropology Film and Media Festival, American Anthropological Association, USA – October 2020 online Regard Bleu: Film Festival, Zurich, Switzerland – October 2020 IFF Etnofilm Čadca, Slovakia – October 2020 NAFA International Ethnographic Film Festival, Lisbon, Portugal – October 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19 Festival International du Film Ethnographic du Quebec, Montreal, Canada – May 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19 Venice Intercultural Film Festival, Italy – June 2020 Anatolia International Film Festival, Istanbul, Turkey – May 2020 Kinofilm: Manchester International Film Festival, UK – March 2020 cancelled due to Covid-19 Publications Bowdoin Journal of Art, ‘Blurring the Boundaries Between the Sacred and the Profane: Sufi Architecture in the Ottoman Empire. A Case Study of the Galata Mevlevihane in Istanbul’, 2018 Labs / Workshops 2016 – Tibetan Mahayana Buddhism Retreat, Tushita Meditation Centre, Dharamshala, India 2015 – Sculpting the Human Figure with Grzegorz Gwiazda, Barcelona Academy of Art, Spain Awards / Achievements 2017 - 2018 – Deans’ List, The University of St Andrews 2016 - 2017&nbsp;– Deans’ List, The University of St Andrews 2016 - 2017 – Undergraduate Research Assistantship Programme, The University of St Andrews 2013 – The ECIS Award for International Understanding