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Manifest'ou 3rd International Symposium on Art and Design
9 Dec 2026 – 11 Dec 2026 Istanbul Okan University Tuzla Campus, Istanbul
The Manifest'ou 3rd International Symposium on Art and Design is organized by the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at Istanbul Okan University. The symposium brings together contemporary discussions on the future across the fields of art and design under the theme 'Reimagining the Future: Thresholds, Possibilities and New Explorations in Art and Design.' It invites artists, designers, academics, and researchers from diverse disciplinary backgrounds to present and discuss theoretical, practice-based, critical, and experimental work.
Conference theme
Reimagining the Future: Thresholds, Possibilities and New Explorations in Art and Design
Objectives
The symposium approaches the future not as a fixed or predictable destination, but as a dynamic field of thought continuously reshaped through uncertainties, shifts, disruptions, and emerging encounters. It seeks to explore how art and design formulate new questions about the future, develop alternative possibilities through creative and critical practices, and contribute to the transformation of existing paradigms.
Who should attend
Academics, researchers, artists, and designers working in creative fields, both from Turkey and abroad.
Organising Committee
Honorary President: Prof. Güliz Muğan. Organizing Committee Chairman: Prof. Mehmet Reşat Başar. Organizing Committee Members: Assist. Prof. Didem Kara Sarıoğlu, Assist. Prof. Eda Çekil Konrat, Assist. Prof. Fatih Sel, Assist. Prof. Gizem Yücelen, Asst. Prof. Mira Elif Demirhan, Res. Assist. Cemre Yıldırım, Res. Assist. İlayda Pınarlı, Res. Assist. Tuğçe Günaydın Sinir.
Scientific Committee
Prof. Aslı Ağırbaş (Özyeğin University), Prof. Behiye Işık Aksulu (Istanbul Okan University), Prof. Ceren Bulut Yumrukaya (Dokuz Eylül University), Prof. Çiğdem Kaya (Istanbul Technical University), Prof. Demet Irklı Eryıldız (Istanbul Okan University), Prof. Emre Aysu (Istanbul Okan University), Prof. Evangila Şarlak (Işık University), Prof. Fuat Akdenizli (Dokuz Eylül University), Prof. H. Tonguç Tokol (Marmara University), Prof. He Sien (Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts), Prof. İdil Akbostancı (Marmara University), Prof. İsmail Tetikçi (Bursa Uludağ University), Prof. Müge Göker Paktaş (Marmara University), Prof. Nermin Saybaşılı (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), Prof. Oğuz Makal (Beykent University), Prof. Rıfat Şahiner (Yıldız Technical University), Prof. Sevgi Avcı (Dokuz Eylül University), Prof. Vladimer Asatiani (Tbilisi State University), Prof. Celia Figueiredo (University of Évora), Prof. Gordana Vrencoska (European University Skopje), Assoc. Prof. Atilla Cengiz Kılıç (Dokuz Eylül University), Assoc. Prof. Deniz Ekmekçioğlu (Ondokuz Mayıs University), Assoc. Prof. Devabil Kara (Marmara University), Assoc. Prof. Didem Kılıçkıran (Kadir Has University), Assoc. Prof. Dilek Tunalı (Dokuz Eylül University), Assoc. Prof. Elif Dastarlı Dellaloğlu (Yıldız Technical University), Assoc. Prof. Elif Tekin Gürgen (Dokuz Eylül University), Assoc. Prof. Fatma Yelda Gezicioğlu (Tarsus University), Assoc. Prof. Fehime Yeşim Gürani (Çukurova University), Assoc. Prof. Gökçen Ergür (Dokuz Eylül University), Assoc. Prof. M. Çağatay Göktan (Kocaeli University), Assoc. Prof. Memet Ali Zeren (Dokuz Eylül University), Assoc. Prof. Naci Madanoğlu (Istanbul Okan University), Assoc. Prof. Nergis Ataç (Istanbul Okan University), Assoc. Prof. Rabia Özgül Kılınçarslan (Izmir University of Economics), Assoc. Prof. Roberto Liberti (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli), Assoc. Prof. Sabire Soytok (Dokuz Eylül University), Assoc. Prof. Safiye Başar (Kocaeli University), Assoc. Prof. Sinem Budun Gülas (Istanbul Aydın University), Assoc. Prof. Vildan Tok Dereci (Marmara University), Assoc. Prof. Zeynep Koçer Göztepe (Istanbul Kültür University), Asst. Prof. A. Fasih Sayın (Istanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Almina Durakovic (Faculty of Design), Asst. Prof. Başak Özkendirci (Istanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Batu Bozoğlu (Bahçeşehir University), Asst. Prof. Borga Kantürk (Dokuz Eylül University), Asst. Prof. Burim Ukiçi (University of Tetova), Asst. Prof. Demet Mutman Uluengin (Özyeğin University), Asst. Prof. Derya Ülker Kıpçak (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University), Asst. Prof. Dilek Tina Winchester (Istanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Ebru Zübeyde Aklar (Kocaeli University), Asst. Prof. Ece Arıhan (Bahçeşehir University), Asst. Prof. Fatih Sel (Istanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Fatoş Su Özkarataş (Kocaeli University), Asst. Prof. Güneş Özayten (Kafkas University), Asst. Prof. H. Yarkın Biçer (Kocaeli University), Asst. Prof. İrem Ceylan Engin (İstanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Johannis Tsoumas (University of West Attica), Asst. Prof. Kamile Öztürk Kösenciğ (İstanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Moutushi Chakraborty (Amity University Kolkata), Asst. Prof. Murat Tırpan (Istanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Mürteza Fidan (Marmara University), Asst. Prof. Nevin Esin Tekin Bellibaş (Istanbul Medipol University), Asst. Prof. Oğuz Şentürk (Istanbul Aydın University), Asst. Prof. Özlem Demircan (Dokuz Eylül University), Asst. Prof. Pınar Boztepe Mutlu (Dokuz Eylül University), Asst. Prof. Pınar Çevikayak Yelmi (University of Leeds), Asst. Prof. Sema Yalçın (Istanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Sevgi Yılmaz (Istanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Sinan Savaş (Istanbul Okan University), Asst. Prof. Volkan Davut Mengi (Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University).
Call for Papers
The symposium invites submissions of papers and presentations across eight thematic areas:
- Technology and Creativity (digital art, artificial intelligence in art and design, augmented and virtual reality, digital identities, NFTs, and the art economy)
- Ecology and Sustainable Futures (ecological crises, regenerative design, biodesign, innovative materials, and local production models)
- Body, Space, and Experience (posthumanism, human–technology relations, interactive experiences, and future cities and spatial environments)
- Speculation and Future Imaginaries (alternative future scenarios, utopias and dystopias, speculative practices, and narratives of the future)
- Ethics, Social Transformation, and Inclusion (design ethics, social responsibility, participatory practices, gender equality, and the role of art and design in times of crisis)
- Education, Institutions, and New Pedagogies (the future of art and design education, curatorial approaches, and the transformation of exhibition practices)
- Culture, Memory, and Digital Technologies (archives, cultural memory, and the transformation of traditional practices in the digital age)
- Theory, Research, and Development (the relationship between theoretical approaches and creative practice in art and design, research-driven modes of production, and emerging forms of knowledge creation)
Submission Guidelines: Abstracts must be submitted in two separate files: one including author information (named) and one anonymized (without author information). Guidelines for abstracts and full papers are available after logging into the submission system. Each participant may submit only one paper, either individually or as a co-author. Presentations should be prepared to fit within a 15-minute time frame.
Key Deadlines: Call for Papers opens June 15, 2026. Abstract submission deadline: September 18, 2026 (23:59). Notification of accepted papers: October 26, 2026. Full paper submission deadline: November 25, 2026.
Languages: Turkish and English.
Publication: Full texts of accepted papers will be published in the proceedings book upon submission in accordance with the announced schedule.
Submission Link: Click Here to log into the submission system.
Registration
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