Panel: Artist & Collector Talks – On making and collecting video art
On the morning of April 4th the Elgiz Museum is in collaboration with the Tarabya Cultural Academy presenting a panel discussion that addresses the production of video art, video collecting, and the contemporary transformation of the video medium from different perspectives. It aims to open a space for dialogue between the artist and the collector through video art, and to reflect on the intersections of different practices of production and collecting.
The panel brings together Annika Kahrs, the artist of the video work titled “A BIG YEAR”, which was recently included in the Elgiz Collection, and also a participant of the Tarabya Cultural Academy’s artist residency program for the February–May 2026 term, with Agah Uğur, a collector focusing on video and new media art in his collection. The discussion will be moderated by artist, academic, and director Zeyno Pekünlü.
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April 4, 2026, Saturday, 11:00–12:30h
Location: Elgiz Museum
Annika Kahrs (b. 1984)
Annika Kahrs lives and works in Berlin. Her performances, film and sound installations show in various ways the importance of acoustic information in the form of music and sound in different social, cultural and political structures of coexistence. Kahrs has received in recent years numerous awards and scholarships, which include the Mercedes-Benz Art Scope & Arts Initiative Tokyo in Japan (2024), at Casa Baldi of the German Academy Villa Massimo in Rome, Italy (2024) and at Villa Aurora in Los Angeles, USA (2023). Nominated for the shortlist of the Pauli Prize (formerly the Böttcherstraße Bremen Art Prize) in the autumn of 2024, her works have been featured in numerous national and international exhibitions.
Agah Uğur (b. 1957)
In addition to his long-standing executive career in the business world, Agah Uğur is known for his contemporary art collecting, particularly focusing on video and new media art. Following his experience in international companies, he held senior executive and CEO positions at Borusan Holding. Today, he continues to take an active role in various companies and initiatives while deepening his engagement with contemporary art through his collecting practice.
Zeyno Pekünlü (b. 1980)
Zeyno Pekünlü is an artist whose artistic interventions mostly take the form of videos and installations. Her work has been shown both locally and internationally, including at institutions such as IMMA (Dublin), SALT (Istanbul), Istanbul Modern, CAC Brétigny, the Jewish Museum (New York), the MAXXI Museum (Rome), the Whitechapel Gallery (London), and the Hammer Museum (Los Angeles). She has also participated in major biennials such as the 14th Istanbul Biennial, Jakarta Biennale, and EVA International. Together with Köken Ergun, she co-founded the KIRIK initiative. She is on the editorial board of Red Thread Journal.