Team
Dr. Kıvılcım Zafer Teoman
Kıvılcım Zafer Teoman is a filmmaker and artist. Currently lives in Bonn & Istanbul. She holds an M.A. in Visual and Media Anthropology from Freie Universität Berlin and a Ph.D. in Media and Communication from Galatasaray University. She currently works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Visual Communication Design at Istanbul Medipol University, Turkey.
Begüm Özyer
After graduating in sociology, Begüm Özyer focused her career on the civil society field and completed a master’s degree in NGO management and social projects. She has been working in the field of educational equity for many years, developing projects that empower girls and young women; through the Equal Future Association (Eşit Gelecek Derneği), which she co-founded, she has reached more than 10,000 girls and collaborated with global institutions such as Coca-Cola Turkey and FIBA Holding.
Now based in Spain, Begüm aims to stand by girls and young women on their educational journeys and create safe spaces where they can build confidence and claim their voices.
Ozan Erkovan
Ozan Erkovan is a psychoanalytic psychotherapist based in Paris. He holds a BA in Psychological Counseling and Guidance from Boğaziçi University, an MA from Bahçeşehir University with a thesis on Masculinities and Fatherhood in Turkey, and an MA in Critical Studies from Malmö University with a thesis on Affective Encounters with More-Than-Human Environments.
His practice centers on migration, masculinity, and ecological perspectives in therapy, and he is a co-founder of the Network of Migrant Psychologists and Psychotherapists (GPPA).
Bilge Zengin
Zeynep Bilgenur Zengin is a researcher and designer focusing on immersive storytelling, cultural heritage, and user-centered design. She is currently working as a Research Assistant in the Department of Visual Communication Design at Istanbul Medipol University, where she is also pursuing her Ph.D. in Art and Design. She holds a master’s degree in Interactive Media Design from Yıldız Technical University.
Her academic and creative work explores the intersections of oral culture, participatory design, and emerging technologies such as AR/VR, with a particular focus on how data-driven interactive narratives can support the transmission of cultural heritage.
Oğuzhan Güdek
Oğuzhan Güdek is an artist and researcher working at the intersection of sculpture, speculative design, and immersive technologies. He earned his bachelor’s degree in Sculpture from Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and completed his master’s studies in Fine Arts with a focus on the relationship between sculpture, cosmology, and extended reality technologies.
He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in Art and Design at Yıldız Technical University, where his research explores primitive technologies, body-object relations, and gesture through a speculative design approach. His artistic and academic practice investigates how materiality, embodiment, and emerging technologies reshape the boundaries of contemporary sculpture.
