Fatih Gençkal is an artist, curator, and cultural manager working at the intersection of text, performance, and choreography. He co-founded Studio 4 Istanbul, a company creating work for theater and film, and Köşe, a performance space in Istanbul's Yeldeğirmeni neighborhood. His projects explore live experiences across disciplines with A Corner in the World and tibia x fibula.
Fatih's work has been presented at renowned venues such as Theater Freiburg, TheaterFormen, Julidans, Amsterdam Fringe Festival, PS122, and the Istanbul Theater Festival. He has collaborated with companies including garajistanbul, TalDans, and the Istanbul State Theater.
A former resident co-curator at bomontiada ALT and performance curator at Darağaç, Fatih has also taught at institutions like Haliç University and Eskişehir University. He is a recipient of several awards, including the Direklerarası New Space Manager Award and the New Theater Magazine Contribution to Turkish Language Award.
He holds a BA in Political Science from Marmara University, an MFA in Acting from CUNY Brooklyn College, and an MFA in Contemporary Dance from Mimar Sinan University. Fatih is currently involved with multiple cultural advisory committees, including Spaces of Culture and the FANAK Fund.
Fatih Gençkal is a resident at Moussem as part of Moussem Cities Istanbul.
For Moussem Cities he will perfrom the (Smuggled) Tea Time performance is a playful mise-en–abîme of the impossible collaboration between a Turkish and a Kurdish artist within the complex sociopolitical landscape of Turkey.
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