Köken Ergun studied acting and visual communication design in Istanbul and London. He was working with theatre director Robert Wilson and has exhibited and shown his films internationally. Along with Clemens von Wedemeyer, Hito Steyerl, Yael Bartana and Guy Ben Ner he is the founding member of AFAVA, Artists’ Film and Video Association. He is currently completing his PhD at Istanbul University and the Freie Universität, Berlin. Ergun teaches at the International Art Academy Palestine in Ramallah.

“Hier und jetzt” presents a weekly series of artists talks with artists who live and work – sometimes temporarily – in Stuttgart. Working in different media and disciplines, and using different presentation formats, from talks, discussions to performances, the series implies a panorama of contemporary practices from the region.

Parts of the series are co-produced with the Akademie Schloss Solitude. Curators: Michael Birchall, Axel J. Wieder.