Alopecia Areata

July 2026 – January 2027
MUĞLA

"Alopecia Areata" is a multi-channel video and photography installation project that questions the relationship between the human body and the earth through the concepts of "care" and "destruction." The project addresses the baldness caused by open-pit mines destroying forested areas in the Muğla region, drawing a visual analogy with alopecia areata, a stress-related disease affecting the human head.

At the heart of the project lies the dual nature of the act of "shaving." On one hand, there is an aesthetic "care/healing" ritual performed in a barber's chair; on the other, a brutal act of "destruction/shaving" carried out by massive construction machinery digging up the forest. This project will visually and audibly superimpose these two actions.

The project aims to make the viewer perceive the intervention in nature not as a distant "environmental problem," but as a cut, a wound felt directly on their own skin.

Burkay Doğan

Burkay Doğan was born in Ankara in 1982. He graduated from Anadolu University with a degree in Civil Engineering in 2005. He made his first short film, "About Uğur Kaymazlar," in 2006. This film won the Best Experimental Film award at the 19th Istanbul International Short Film Festival. As a reward, he was among the filmmakers who traveled to the Netherlands with the support of the Dutch Embassy. He participated in the Hamburg Film Festival in 2007 with "Average 40 Trash Cans." His film was selected among the top 9 animations worldwide by Nine Nation Animation in America. In 2009, he won the Jury Special Award at the Adana Golden Koza Film Festival. He received support from the General Directorate of Cinema for 3 short films, 1 animation, and 2 script development projects. To date, he has produced 15 short films, 6 documentaries, 3 animations, and 20 videos. He has won numerous awards from national and international competitions.

Burkay Doğan With her feature film project "Blind Spot," she was selected as a finalist for the Antalya Film Forum within the 54th International Antalya Film Festival in 2017. In 2025, she won the best screenplay development award at the Antalya Golden Orange Film Festival Film Forum with her feature film project "Sharpening."

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This page is published on 20 August 2026.