Poetic action is the presence of art not detached from life, but right within it. A performance that suddenly appears on the street, an ironic phrase carved on walls, a body inviting people to engage, a work completed by participants… Art should no longer be something just to be watched; it must be a force that provokes thought, disturbs, makes people laugh, and ignites action. Because true art lives not on walls, but in the streets, minds, and moments.
Bio:
Artist, Designer, Educator. Storyteller of Robot Poet Deniz Yilmaz. Bager’s artworks are exhibited in Ars Electronica, Todays Art and Transmediale festivals. He is the co-author of Programming Scratch for Kids, co-founder of Iskele47 Studio and co-curator of Istanbul Maker Faire. Bager is currently on the board of Amber Platform which hosts art and technology festivals since 2007 and Baska Bir Okul Mumkun NGO which works in the democratic school movement. Currently teaching in Todays Art History at Istanbul Mimar Sinan University and Marmara University and Programming for Puppeteers at Berlin Ernst Busch University and running an “Art Talk Show” at FLU TV.
