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RAHAT HİSSEDİYOR MUSUN?’ (DO YOU
FEEL COMFORTABLE) - ONLINE EXHIBI-
TION

Date: Sunday, May 30, 2021 ~ Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Event with Indefinite Date
Location: Online Events

British Council’s innovative online exhibition platform’ Muse-
um Without Walls ‘ opens its fifth exhibition: ‘Rahat Hissediy-
or Musun?’ (Do You Feel Comfortable) The exhibition explores
what it means to feel at home within ourselves or where we live,
while looking closely at the female experience, family and our
planet. Curated by Rita Aktay representing Turkey and Ritika sented the exhibition. Simultaneous Turkish translation, English
Biswas representing the United Kingdom, the digital exhibition and Turkish Sign Language translation were provided through-
will be open to everyone on the website http://exhibitions.british- out the event.
council.org/ from 27 May.
An innovative experience offering different cruise routes.
The British Council opened the fifth exhibition titled ‘Do you feel
comfortable?’ hosted by its award-winning platform ‘Museum For the first time, the fifth exhibition of the Museum Without
Without Walls’ on May 27, 2021 at 16.00. In the curator team Walls, “Do you feel comfortable?” offers the visitor multiple
of Rita Aktay from Turkey and Ritika Biswas from the Unit- routes, creating an innovative experience. By choosing different
ed Kingdom, the exhibition allows us to approach gender issues emojis, visitors can choose which artwork will be included in
from a new perspective by examining what it means to feel at their journey, each time setting a different cruise route.
home, either inside ourselves or where we live. This is the fifth
exhibition held on the museum platform without walls, which has The exhibition brings together the works of the British Council
so far reached nearly a million visitors. Selected works and art- Collection with the works of international artists.
ists from the British Council Collection, which houses selected
works, are accompanied by contemporary international artists. Participating artists (in alphabetical order) Sharon Aivaliotis,
Shirley Baker, Ursula Biemann, Elif Biradlı, Flo Brooks, Chila
Approaching to social issues like gender from a new per- Kumari Burman, Helen Chadwick, Jayashree Chakravarty, Tac-
spective. ita Dean, Rohini Devasher, Suki Dhanda, Ayçesu Duran, Anna
Fox, Lubaina Himid, Siobhan Hapaska, Jun Hasegawa, Sibel
The innovative digital exhibition, organised by the British Coun- Horada, Shirazeh Houshiary, Delaine Le Bas, Clare Leighton,
cil, brings together international artists who think about a va- Goshka Macuga, Paula Rego, See Red Women’s Workshop,
riety of social issues, including gender, using their creativity. Charlotte Schmitz, Eda Sütunç, Madame Yevonde, Zadie Xa.
The curators state that “the exhibition treats the female body,
family, and our planet as spaces that concern, think, and unite A digital exhibition that crosses barriers.
us. This dreamy journey, where joy and grief can co-exist, offers
a journey between moments of crisis and both emotional and ‘Do you feel comfortable?’ allows visitors to visit the exhibition
political projections of attentive behavior, survival effort and at any speed and without any time limit or physical restrictions.
decisiveness. Especially in these days, when we feel the anxiety
of the global pandemic growing, we share the dreams of com- According to the Ministry of Family and Social Policy, more
monality, survival together and taking good care of nature as than 2 million men and more than 2.8 million women are dis-
well as people. abled in Turkey. 15% of the world’s population is made up of
disabled people.
The opening event of the exhibition promotes intercultural dia- According to a study by the British Council, internet usage rates
logue. in Turkey are 84% among 16-24 years old and 79% among 25-
The creative team, representing the UK and Turkey, will meet 34 years old; however, 27% of people with disabilities have nev-
decisively at the inaugural event to discuss the issues the exhibi- er used the internet. The exhibition presents detailed written and
tion addresses. The event was broadcast live on the British Coun- audio-visual information about each of the works and artists,
cil Turkey’s YouTube channel on May 27. British Council Tur- supported by features that facilitate access such as audio de-
key Art Director Su Başbuğu moderated the event, while British scription, Turkish and English Sign Language, use of contrast-
Council Art Director Skinder Hundal shared his opinions on the ing colors and enriched text that work in harmony with screen
exhibition and the British Council’s global art programme. The readers. It is possible to reach the exhibition with a single click
curators of the exhibition, Rita Aktay and Ritika Biswas, pre- at http://exhibitions.britishcouncil.org/.