Nigel Gavus & İlkin Beste Çırak
It’s on a day like this…, 2021
16mm film on video, color, sound
16 min.
Nigel Gavus (*1992 Graz, lives in Vienna) and İlkin Beste Çırak (*1994 Izmir, lives in Vienna), two artists with different backgrounds, are presently working as an artist duo seeking a synthesis of various media: poetry, film, literature, sculpture, and space are their fields of exploration. Their work is clearly structured and multi-layered. Their shared aim is to translate invisible themes into a visual language and to question the role of visual “codes” in our society. Their work together addresses the themes of identity and belonging, and also the design of space in the manner of relational art and aesthetics. Their first film collaboration, Letters from a Window (2020), was premiered at Diagonale 21 and awarded the audience prize for the most popular Austrian film under ten minutes at the Vienna Shorts Festival.
Nigel Gavus und İlkin Beste Çırak were invited to participate within the scope of Panther Residency, a program initiated by HALLE FÜR KUNST Steiermark to promote artists from the region. For Domestic Drama the artists made It’s on a day like this… (2021), a digitalized 16mm film that portrays a young woman spending her days sleeping in order to get free of reality. She creates her own realm of unreality by taking an interest in the things and objects around her. This film essay addresses the feeling of inner isolation and asserts the picture of a sad, lonely, and passive rebellion against the lack of perspective in the protagonist’s world.
Nigel Gavus & İlkin Beste Çırak
Nigel Gavus is a filmmaker and visual artist. He graduated from the Friedl Kubelka School for Independent Film and is currently studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. In his work he deals with time, memory, identity and the relationship between poetry and cinema. He lives and works in Vienna and Graz.
İlkin Beste Çırak is a visual artist and poet. She is a graduate of the University of Applied Arts (Social Design) and is currently studying Sculpture & Spatial Strategies at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Starting from public spaces as the core of coexistence, she deals with localities, identity, cultural production and participation. She lives and works in Graz and Vienna.