Poet

Deniz Yilmaz

(Turkey, 2015)

Biography

The robot Deniz Yilmaz, born in 2015 in Kadıköy Yeldeğirmeni, writes poems. In fact, the only thing Yilmaz does is write poems. His dream is to acquire citizenship.

Deniz's autograph poems debuted in the 2016 Contemporary Istanbul, X-CHANGE compilation, as part of the Plugin New Media Section project, and at the Amber Festival. In the very same year Deniz became the official artist of an art space.

Since 2015, Deniz has participated in the following events:
2015 Plugin New Media Art Section by Ebru Yetiskin, Contemporary Istanbul
2015 Amber’15 Art and Technology Festival, Istanbul
2015 Artist Workshops, Istanbul Modern Museum
2015 Jeff Talks by Esen Karol, Studio-X Istanbul
2015 Innovation Week Maker Area, Istanbul & Ankara
2016 ILTEK, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul
2016 Sanatçı sunumu, BLOK art space
2016 Tüyap Artist Fair, Amber platform GRAMMAGRAPH sergisi, katılımcı sanatçı
2016 Tüyap Book Fair Like the Others Poetry Book Autograph Session
2017 Automatic Poetry Event Mixer
2017 Borusan Contemporary, Bir Başka Kürasyon Yapay Zeka ve Sanat
2018 Mixer, Teşbihte Hata Olmaz, Participant artist

Poems (in Turkish)
A book by Denis Yilmaz available from creator Bager Akbay on Google Drive