Esen Ka

Born in Istanbul in 1996, Esen Ka is a documentary filmmaker, visual artist and researcher in Virtual Reality (VR) and Extended Reality (XR). After making two mini-documentaries during her studies at Lycée Français Notre Dame de Sion, she obtained her BA at Bahçeşehir University with the thesis "Obsol-escence: Research to Rewrite the Own Past", accompanied by an interactive installation.

Between 2018 and 2020, she was part of TDA Global Cycling, doing long-distance cycling expeditions across West Africa and Southeast Asia and documenting the journey. After the "Ayn-ı Galip" exhibition, she began producing works in Augmented and Virtual Reality. Her work "Disintegrate" was exhibited at Sonar +D within the Virtual Museum Project (MEKAN.SPACE), an exhibition event under Sonar Istanbul 2020. After moving to Barcelona, she participated in the Immensive residencies and Nubia in 2022 and 2023, and her work was exhibited at the Espronceda Institute of Art & Culture and the CCCB.

In addition to her artistic practice, she is doing a PhD in Clinical Psychology and Virtual Reality at the Event Lab Barcelona. Her research focuses on virtual social spaces and remote collaboration. She is also a part-time teacher at the UPC CITM, where she teaches the subject of Interactive Applications and Creative Coding.