Buğra wears Hannah Shirt, Black
Buğra wears Hannah Shirt, Black
stories no.9
Buğra Büyükşimşek
#everydayactivism
Buğra is a performance artist, dancer and model. He uses art for the things he wants to change without sacrificing his joy. We had a pleasant conversation on the concept of “everyday activism” with Buğra, who inspires us with his expression of himself through dance and his smile reminding us that a better world is possible.
Buğra is a performance artist, dancer and model. He uses art for the things he wants to change without sacrificing his joy. We had a pleasant conversation on the concept of “everyday activism” with Buğra, who inspires us with his expression of himself through dance and his smile reminding us that a better world is possible.
Q. What do you want to change in this world?
I would like to be able to change all kinds of production and consumption that have been made unconsciously lately.
Q. We believe that social transformation is about what we individually choose to do every day. What do you choose to do or not to do when making decisions that do not seem very important in your daily life for the change you want to create?
I believe that the way we live life is a kind of “voting”. Everything from what we choose to wear to what we eat and what we use is ‘’voting’’. I have been using the same water bottle for 9 years. I take care not to waste plastic bottles and glasses when I go out, go to the set, in my rehearsals etc.
Q. Can we say that you use your body, dance and art as tools for the change you want to create? What does this mean for you?
I have always admired the power of art to make every theme visible in the background. I also take great pleasure in presenting some hidden facts that are not talked about and some have never met with the audience. Everybody is unique, yet so familiar. I can say that it is my mission to show that a part of us can find form in different ways.
Q. How do you think this activist stance that you place in your daily life as a routine and habit, disrupting the malicious rhythm created by the system, affects the people around you?
For the most part, people support or accept and remain silent. Because I do not impose an opinion with my activist identity. I am trying to provide a different, new perspective. I think the other person I am in contact with can also see this, in this regard, I get a lot of feedback that makes me happy.
Q. “Utopias are beautiful.” What would an ordinary day look like in your imagined future? Can you describe us a little bit?
I dream of an order with a production-consumption balance in which what is stolen from nature is brought back to nature… Also, a social order in which everyone approaches with respect, knowing that everything is temporary. Have you ever imagined how much the stress rate on earth would reduce this way?
Interviewed and translated by Deniz Saygı
Q. What do you want to change in this world?
I would like to be able to change all kinds of production and consumption that have been made unconsciously lately.
Q. We believe that social transformation is about what we individually choose to do every day. What do you choose to do or not to do when making decisions that do not seem very important in your daily life for the change you want to create?
I believe that the way we live life is a kind of “voting”. Everything from what we choose to wear to what we eat and what we use is ‘’voting’’. I have been using the same water bottle for 9 years. I take care not to waste plastic bottles and glasses when I go out, go to the set, in my rehearsals etc.
Q. Can we say that you use your body, dance and art as tools for the change you want to create? What does this mean for you?
I have always admired the power of art to make every theme visible in the background. I also take great pleasure in presenting some hidden facts that are not talked about and some have never met with the audience. Everybody is unique, yet so familiar. I can say that it is my mission to show that a part of us can find form in different ways.
Q. How do you think this activist stance that you place in your daily life as a routine and habit, disrupting the malicious rhythm created by the system, affects the people around you?
For the most part, people support or accept and remain silent. Because I do not impose an opinion with my activist identity. I am trying to provide a different, new perspective. I think the other person I am in contact with can also see this, in this regard, I get a lot of feedback that makes me happy.
Q. “Utopias are beautiful.” What would an ordinary day look like in your imagined future? Can you describe us a little bit?
I dream of an order with a production-consumption balance in which what is stolen from nature is brought back to nature… Also, a social order in which everyone approaches with respect, knowing that everything is temporary. Have you ever imagined how much the stress rate on earth would reduce this way?
Interviewed and translated by Deniz Saygı