ASAŞ, which is one of the companies listed in ISO 500 in Turkey thanks to its stable growth trend since its incorporation in 1992, exports its products to 80 countries and which is also one of the leading producers in Europe, has made a breakthrough in its sector with the event that took place at ASAŞ ART. The famous American artist Dennis Lee Mitchell was hosted in the event that was jointly organized by ASAŞ ART and US Consulate General at the factory located in Sakarya – Akyazi on February 18th, 2016.
ASAŞ ART organized an artistic event in factory environment which will be an example for the industry sector and which is a first in Turkey. The event took place at the facilities located in Sakarya – Akyazı on Thursday, February 18th, 2016 and attended by the artist Dennis Lee Mitchel, who is famous for its clay sculptures and smoke drawings and who was invited to Turkey by the US Consulate General. ASAŞ Board Members Safa Bayar Yavuz and Gökhan Yavuz, the students and lecturers from Eskişehir Anadolu University, Kocaeli University, Marmara University, Sakarya University Faculty of Fine Arts as well as Süleyman Saim Tekcan, Hanefi Yeter and Serpil Yeter, who are significant artists in Turkey that achieved successes in various branches of visual art in the country, and with whom ASAŞ ART regularly cooperates, and US Consulate General Cultural Attaché Adrienne Bory, ASAŞART Manager Demet İncirci, ASAŞART Executive Mert Ege Köse and US Consulate General Artistic and Cultural Affairs Expert Sevil Sezen were attended to the event.
The famous artist Dennis Lee Mitchell captivated the participants with his performance that he delivered with smoke and heat in the event that took place at ASAŞ facilities under the leadership of Board Member Safa Bayar Yavuz and Gökhan Yavuz. The artist also took the opportunity of trying his own technique on painted and unpainted aluminium plate, which is recognized as the metal of the future. The students that attended this event also took the chance of using this new technique. The theme of the event was “Meeting of Industry and Art” and artists and artist candidates came together in an industrial platform for the first time. The event created a cultural exchange platform and contributed to the extensive use of different materials and techniques in art by promoting technology, production means and products made of aluminium during a short factory tour.
ASAŞ leads the sector with its efforts at ASAŞ ART which combines industry with art as the first workshop in this field in Turkey. ASAŞ ART Workshop aims to be a learning, sharing, designing and production platform that brings art and design students together with academicians and professionals, and a center that enables artists and designers to apply their creative ideas freely and a workshop where new thoughts and application methods are demonstrated and tried with interdisciplinary approaches.
ASAŞ ART acts as a training platform to introduce the possibilities and extend the use of aluminium as a material in various fields of art and also provides professional workshop service so that artists and designers can create their works of art. In this regard, ASAŞ provides artisan support to artists.
ASAŞ ART, which plans to build a sculptures garden within the factory, supports art and artists and also introduces art to its employees. ASAŞ believes that knowing, loving and embracing art will open up a new window in the world of all of its employees. Therefore to extend this awareness spouses and children of employees will be able to attend courses and seminars at the workshop in the next periods. Also, the aim is to develop projects to enable our handicapped friends to create works of art in line with the social responsibility activities of ASAŞ.
