Ayse Balko

After being a panellist at the Somewhere_to_Create, I discovered the need for a short description on what to do if you want to work in the creative sector as an artist/performer. The questions asked are the indicators of what is occupying the minds. I heard it a lot that it is not easy. I am opposing this, it is as easy as breathing.  We should get over the other stuff which occupies more time than we could imagine. Before becoming practical, lets be more practical. First, eat well and move around. Go for walks or any other way to keep the blood flowing well with high nutritions in your blood. Not from a health point, from a thinking point.You will need the every quality thinking second you can get out of your brain. It is the brain we want to keep in very good shape, the rest is to feed it well with best quality air, nutritiants and good blood flow. Lets presume you know what you want to do but you don't know how to make connections and put your work out, and be...

Close System ...is where audiences actively become part of the moment of the creation by producing sounds from everyday objects. The Close System is a real-time simultaneous audience participation project.  A Close system is an isolated system in thermodynamics.  The idea "Close System" is creating a space which becomes A playground of audiences. Creating a safe environment to allow intentions to travel by sound waves, unite with the movement of dance and become a painting. The Room is blacked out; with incense to intensify our senses. The candle-light creates warmth and allows the room to be sensual, rises the confidence levels up...   Audiences play basic homemade instruments; create noises through found objects in the room. They follow a series of basic guiding instructions coming from the movements. We exchange intentions and the pathways as an individual during  moment of collectively creating dance, music and painting through sound and m...