Eray Çaylı

Eray Çaylı, scholar and author of Earthmoving, draws on fieldwork and artist collaborations in Northern Kurdistan. He explores how extractivism, war, and visuality intertwine. Short scenes include hafriyat trucks, collaborative art spaces like Loading, and visual strategies that challenge displacement and colonial logics.

Eray Çaylı, scholar of extractivism, coloniality, and visual culture, discusses fieldwork in Northern Kurdistan and his book Earthmoving. He explores how extractivism operates alongside humanitarian visuals. He highlights art practices, river and heritage transformations, and collaborative, non-extractive research approaches. The conversation centers on visuality, wartime landscape change, and how artists respond to and reshape these harms.