About
Başak Tuna (1992), she is a critical spatial practioner, born in Bursa/Turkey and currently based in Rome, graduated in 2021 from the Design Academy Eindhoven with an MA in Contextual Design. With a foundation in industrial design, her artistic research delves into the functionality and narratives of everyday objects.
She employs the methodological tool of disassembling daily life objects and infrastructures to explore the intricate relationships between built environments and human beings. Inspired by an investigative hands-on approach, her practice focuses on the deconstruction of physical and conceptual infrastructures, aiming to uncover hidden narratives and provoke critical reflection on social and cultural impacts. Through the processes of dissecting, documenting, intervening, and reassembling elements, she reveals the underlying dynamics of everyday objects within the urban fabric.
She is also co-founder of collective funduk/q and active part of collective ATI.
Contact
I am open for any kind of collaborations, please feel free to write me.
︎ basak.tuna
︎ contact@basaktuna.com
Projects and Exhibitions ︎︎︎
2024
This is not a folly, Designer in Residence for Biennale Urbana at Tangente Festival, St. Polten AU2023
AIR BB15 as Funduk, Linz AU
AIR InSilo, Day Light Computer , Hollabrunn AU
AIR Guestroom Maribor as Funduk, Maribor SI
2022
AIR IASPIS as Funduk, Umea SERoma Non Esiste, project coordination by DOM, 1 of 25 Performers, Rome IT
2021
No Sleep, Group Exhibition, Eindhoven NL, Curated by Artist/Designer Run Studio- The Foot, Eindhoven NL
While We Are Waiting, Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show- Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven NL
Downtown Daydreaming Upward Public Walk, with Matteo Locci, curated by Maximilian Lehner, KunstlerHaus Stuttgart DE
“Faceva la plus pulchra tempestas von der welt”, Upward Public Walk, 5020 Gallerie, Salzburg AU, with Matteo Locci curated by Maximilian Lehner
Merdivenler/ Ladders, Utopia and Island-Group Exhibition curated by Meliha Coşkun, Bozcaada TR
While We Are Waiting, Design Academy Eindhoven Graduation Show- Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven NL
Downtown Daydreaming Upward Public Walk, with Matteo Locci, curated by Maximilian Lehner, KunstlerHaus Stuttgart DE
“Faceva la plus pulchra tempestas von der welt”, Upward Public Walk, 5020 Gallerie, Salzburg AU, with Matteo Locci curated by Maximilian Lehner
Merdivenler/ Ladders, Utopia and Island-Group Exhibition curated by Meliha Coşkun, Bozcaada TR
2020
Hide and seek for the control room, video performance, Freiraum Festival, Goethe Institute with Matteo Locci and Natalia Agathi
Fences, “CHEAP Festival”- Street Art Festival, Collectively Curated , Bologna IT
Fences, “CHEAP Festival”- Street Art Festival, Collectively Curated , Bologna IT
2019
Roma Non Esiste, project coordination by DOM, 1 of 25 Performers, Rome ITEducation ︎︎︎
2021-2019
MA-Contextual Design, Design Academy Eindhoven, Eindhoven NL
2016-2012
BA-Industrial Design Department, Faculty of Architecture, Cum Laude, İstanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul TR
Selected Work Experience ︎︎︎
2019
Exhibition Production and Management, A School of Schools curated by Jan Boelen, LUMA, Arles FR
2018
Exhibition Production and Management, A School of Schools - 4. Design Biennial curated by Jan Boelen, Istanbul TR
2017
Artin’s School, Design Collective, Co-Founder/ Designer, Istanbul TR
Exhibition Coordinator Assistant, Are We Human? - 3. Design Biennial Istanbul curated by
Beatriz Colomina & Mark Wigley, Istanbul TR
Exhibition Coordinator Assistant, A Good Neighbor -15. Istanbul Biennial curated by
Elmgreen & Dragset, Istanbul TR