An interview by
, curator and curator
Gerd Brockmann
FM BECKER Fotografie Flensburg / Germany
Hello abens and thank you for the Invitation. Yes, my Studies at the University of Flensburg gave me some basics about the combination of textile, art and visual media concepts and I learned to use my experiences from the early years. In the 90 ´ s I finished an apprenticeship in an old tradition house( since 1899), near Hamburg and I learned a lot of things about fabrics, garment, sewing and all that stuff in a really“ old-school” way. Before I decide to study abroad I took a workshop at the Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and I meet the
Head of the Fashion Design & Textiles Department, Prof. Dr. Kemal Can while he gave a lecture about Fiber Art and the development of ephemeral concepts in environmental installations. I fall in Love with it. A short time before I started to work at the border of different disciplines and started to research in between fashion, art, photography projects etc. at Germany. I realized that I found a new way for me and this Professor opened another door to create a new visual language. It was the intense beginning of my new work periods. Between
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