Nihat Özdal: “Ornitolog focuses on a slow and unnoticed loss.”
Abdullah Ezik – “Ornitolog is not a direct disaster narrative; drying lakes, silenced landscapes, diminishing birds... It normalizes within daily life. The invisibility of ruin...”
BIOGRAPHY
NİHAT ÖZDAL
Artist • Writer • Curator
1984, Halfeti / Şanlıurfa
Nihat Özdal is an interdisciplinary artist, poet, writer, and curator working across contemporary art, olfactory art, literature, gastronomy, ecology, museology, and cultural memory. His practice focuses on rivers, submerged landscapes, ecological loss, memory, migration, belonging, and non-human life.
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Football is Also Part of Literature
İhsan Yılmaz reviews poet Nihat Özdal’s essay collection ‘Futbol Yuvarlaktır’, exploring the intersection of literature, culture, and football.
Rereading 'Futbol Yuvarlaktır' (II): Butler, Derrida, and Nietzsche on Football
Yağmur Sunar examines Nihat Özdal’s book through philosophical lenses of performativity, norms, and culture.
Rereading 'Futbol Yuvarlaktır' (I): Between the Levinasian Face and Foucault’s Power
A deep philosophical review of Nihat Özdal’s literary essays on football by Yağmur Sunar.
Nihat Özdal's 'Yük Yeri' (Collected Poems)
Enver Topaloğlu writes on the collected poetic works of Nihat Özdal spanning from 2010 onwards.
Short Holidays and Shoes
Renowned critic Doğan Hızlan reflects on travel, objects, and Nihat Özdal’s literary perspectives.
The Poetry and Art Practice of Nihat Özdal
An in-depth critical feature on Nihat Özdal’s interdisciplinary practice across poetry, scent art, and underwater exhibitions.
On Scents and the Book of Scent with Nihat Özdal
Interview with Nihat Özdal on olfactory literature and sensory poetry.
How Waves are Formed: Interview with Nihat Özdal
Betül Dündar discusses submerged topographies, Halfeti’s memory, and poetry with Nihat Özdal.
Wanting is Enough to Overcome Obstacles!
Milliyet Sanat highlights the İzmir Touch-Accessible Contemporary Art Museum curated by Nihat Özdal.
Memories in the Mind and on the Palate
A cultural review highlighting Nihat Özdal’s literary and gastronomic exploration.
Nihat Özdal: “I Value Feeling and Sensation”
Enver Topaloğlu in conversation with Nihat Özdal on spatial poetics and his poetry trilogy.
Tailors Have Not Left!
Critical analysis of Nihat Özdal’s poetry and tactile aesthetic in Hürriyet Kitap Sanat.