Evren Uzer and Otto von Busch

January –July 2009
Evren Uzer and Otto von Busch
Evren Uzer is an urban planner and designer based in Istanbul working on post-disaster shelter, participatory housing and risk mitigation. She is about to submit her PhD on cultural heritage at risk. Otto von Busch is a designer working on participatory cultures and fashion. He has a PhD from Goteborg University on fashion design. Evren and Otto both make projects under ‘roomservices’ that reflect their wide inquisitiveness for experimenting with tools and techniques for providing a different viewpoint or celebrating the differences in everyday life (see www.roomservices.org). Evren and Otto, together with James Charlton, have developed a project for CoLab called "CoVolutions". CoVolutions is an interdisciplinary artistic research project exploring the living interactions within ecological systems. Together with local invited artists/designers/makers, a five-day workshop will be carried out at Mimiwhangata Natural Preservation Area in New Zealand in May with a final public presentation on the 8th May at Galatos. Some of the vehicles and readings of the workshop will also be exhibited.
http://www.roomservices.org/about/about.htm

http://www.roomservices.org/coVol/coVol.htm