Carpetball

Nevin Aladağ’s practice, encompassing installations, sculptures, performances and videos, focuses on urban space, as well as ethnic, sexual and cultural identities. In her works, the artist explores issues such as modes of play and staging, and the traces of actions, along with the limits and politics of sculpture.

For her series "Carpetball", Aladağ creates hybrid objects and paintings by combining the popular American team sport of basketball with traditional Eastern motifs. The artist’s "Carpetball" series of basketballs covered in pieces of rugs. In this series, Aladağ draws attention to dualities such as global and local, traditional and contemporary, group play/performance and domestic privacy, as well as issues such as physical labour and the sports industry.