Pelin Tan and Anton Vidokle

Prof. Dr. Pelin Tan is a sociologist and art historian based in Mardin. She is head of the Film Department at University of Batman, Turkiye; senior researcher at the Center for Design, Arts and Social Research; Prof. Roemer Fellow of Orient Institut Beirut; and the 6th recipient of the Keith Haring Art & Activism award. Tan has taught commons of architecture, critical spatial practices, and alternative pedagogies at Mardin Artuklu University, PolyU School of Design, University of Cyprus, and Bard College, among many institutions. Tan’s recent publications include Agonistic Assemblies (Sternberg/MIT Press, 2024) and From Public to Commons (Routledge, 2023).

Anton Vidokle is an artist and editor of e-flux journal, as well as Artistic Director for the 13th Seoul Mediacity Biennale. He was born in Moscow and lives in New York and Berlin. Vidokle’s work has been exhibited internationally at Documenta 13 and the 56th Venice Biennale. Vidokle’s films have been presented at Bergen Assembly, Shanghai Biennale, Berlinale International Film Festival, Forum Expanded, Gwangju Biennale, Center Pompidou, Tate Modern, Garage Museum, Istanbul Biennial, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Tensta Konsthall, Blaffer Art Museum, Stedelijk Museum, Lincoln Center, MMCA Seoul, the Latvian Center for Contemporary Art, and others. He served as chief curator of the 14th Shanghai Biennale: Cosmos Cinema.