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  • Veteran Game Designer visits Bilkent COMD (Mithad Meraj, MAN IV)

    Veteran Game Designer visits Bilkent COMD (Mithad Meraj, MAN IV)

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    Bilkent students recently had the opportunity to learn about design from an unusual perspective when Dutch game designer Ellis Bartholomeus visited campus to give a talk for the Department of Communication and Design. Over a decade ago, Ms. Bartholomeus began focusing on designing games for older people; in her talk on February 8, she shared…

  • Köken Ergun at COMD

    Köken Ergun at COMD

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    Video and performance artist Köken Ergun visited the Department of Communication and Design, on December 1st for a conversation about his work and contemporary art. Meeting with MFA students of the Media and Design program, Ergun discussed the politics of video art. The artist also examined students’ portfolio and gave critical feedback. Born in Istanbul…

  • Tribute Screening of The Stuart Hall Project (Dir. John Akomfrah)

    Tribute Screening of The Stuart Hall Project (Dir. John Akomfrah)

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    Department of Communication and Design invites to a tribute screening of The Stuart Hall Project, John Akomfrah’s emotionally charged portrait of cultural theorist Stuart Hall (1932 – 2014). Stuart Hall, who died February 10 at the age of 82 is regarded as one of the most influential cultural theorists of the 20th century. He was…