KÜME views Arts and Culture as a platform where cultural heritage is preserved, sustained, and shared with future generations. It is also a hub for supporting and promoting artistic creations, transforming them into added value. This shared space brings together creative individuals who aim to capture the spirit of the times through their artistic works, pursue art’s transformation into design and products, and explore culture through fresh and diverse lenses.
KÜME Arts and Culture will thrive through the efforts of various units, including KÜME Atelier, KÜME Reports, KÜME Field, and KÜME Support.
KÜME Atelier serves as a space that unites artistic and design productions with educational stages in these fields.
Our primary focus is on experimental and artistic field research, enhancing perception awareness, and sharpening sensitivity toward artistic processes such as new media and contemporary art. In addition to project-based work, the atelier aims to develop individual, subject-specific, and interdisciplinary ideas and visions, foster artistic strategies, create forms of interaction and participation, and cultivate our own concepts and designs. Furthermore, we strive to find ways to present these works to audiences through various exhibitions and contexts.
Developing multilevel perspectives and strong critical thinking skills to incorporate diverse viewpoints.
Designing and implementing aesthetically independent solutions with originality.
Demonstrating exceptional spatial and design imagination alongside robust representational skills.
Excelling in teamwork within project groups and on-site environments across various disciplines.
Staying attuned to developments in culture, technology, and society, with the awareness that proficiency in these areas is essential for solving complex problems effectively.
Combining high technical competence with the flexibility and agility to navigate unknown, challenging problem areas.
Displaying confidence throughout production stages and implementation processes.
Skillfully and independently utilizing materials such as texture, color, form, and code.
Upholding professionalism in open sharing and clear communication.
Embracing originality and authenticity as foundational qualities across all competencies.
1. Multimedia Atelier
2. Performing Arts Atelier
3. Design Atelier
4. New Media Atelier
5. Artistic Action and Research Atelier
KÜME Reports serves as an annual open-source repository that compiles and presents numerical data related to the Turkish arts and culture landscape. It focuses on research, data analysis, situational assessments, and field studies, making this information accessible to the public.
KÜME Field represents the unit responsible for ensuring that all outputs produced, designed, and planned within the scope of KÜME Arts and Culture become visible on both local and global scales.
