Speakers

• .Mercan Dede Multidisciplinary Explorer
  .Mercan Dede

  Multidisciplinary Explorer

  Mercan Dede (a.k.a Arkin Allen) believes that when you put digital, electronic sounds together with hand-made, human ones, you can create universal language, capable of uniting old and young, ancient and modern, East and West. It’s a bold claim, but the Turkish-born and Montreal-based musician/producer/DJ has the career and the music to back it up. When he takes the stage with his group Secret Tribe, he hovers at the side behind his turntables and electronics, occasionally picking up a traditional wooden flute, or ney to float in sweet, breathy melodies, while masters of the kanun (zither), clarinet, darbuka (hand drum) and whatever other instruments he’s decided to include that night, ornament his grooves and spin magical, trance melodies to match the whirling of the group’s spectacular dervish dancer, Mira Burke.

  Under 9 different names, he has released more than 100 singles world wide. Mercan Dede, Arkin Allen, Blueman and Poundmaker aside, he still keeps 5 other names secret even from his own management and family; believing that nothing should stand between sound and the ear, include the artist himself.

  Mercan Dede is keen on bring his extraordinary music and stagecraft to the entire world feeling that its inclusive spirit carries a profound message of understanding and reconciliation. ‘I don’t like the separation,’ says Dede. ‘The Sufi poet Rumi has a very good saying: ‘If you are everywhere, you are nowhere. If you are somewhere, you are everywhere.’ My somewhere is my heart. I try to figure it out. The rest’the hype, the trends’they are not important. We are here for nothing else but Love, the rest is nothing but bunch of gossip” If music does not make us a better person even in a small way, who cares if you are the best musician in the world. I prefer to be someone who follows his heart no matter where it goes. Succes is not something to which I aspire but rather I accept as simply a wonderful gift of life from the Creator as a recogniton of my naive and simple believe that with music we can help ourselves and others in a most humble way.

  Whether as Mercan Dede with his Secret Tribe or dj Arkin Allen with his tribal trio; he is one of the most unique artist uniting many people from different backgrounds regardless of their age, cultural background or personal differences never failing to impress his audiences with the explosive energy he creates on stage. He is rightly recognized as one of the most creative, unique yet modest artists in the world music scene today.
  https://www.mercandede.com/
  https://soundcloud.com/mercandede

• Arzu Kaprol Fashion Artist, Multi-Disciplinary Designer
  Arzu Kaprol

  Fashion Artist, Multi-Disciplinary Designer

  Defining design as fashion architecture, Arzu Kaprol creates modern and future-forward style, unique workmanship in details identified with the designer, timeless design and accessories, which refers to fashion culture of the future.

  Arzu Kaprol, founded her design studio at the age of 21. She took active role as Creative Director of the fashion brand NetWork – Beymen Group of companies from 2002 till 2012, while she created her own brand with her name. Her passion is at the conjunction of Art / Design / Technology/ Sustainability meets. Her namesake brand took place in Paris Fashion Week for many years and her designs are still distributed internationally. Arzu Kaprol realised different technological fashion performances. In 2015 Turkey’s first hologram show and, in 2016 Turkey’s first Digital Symphony has been realised with a multi-disciplinary approach combining design, music, dance and technology with Mercan Dede. In 2015 Arzu Kaprol also created one of the first prototypes of contextual smart-wear; a jacket that morphs its shape and functionality with climate change. And in 2019 created a sustainable collection for WWF Turkey.

• Bibi Brzozka Conscious Sexuality facilitator. Wellness director of Nomade Tulum.
  Bibi Brzozka

  Conscious Sexuality facilitator. Wellness director of Nomade Tulum.

  After graduating with three Masters in Finance, Banking and International Marketing, and 15 years of fitting in into corporate structures while using fat bonuses, casual sex and retail therapy to cover up a lack of fulfillment, Bibi redesigned her life completely.

  As she dug deep for answers on my path to self-discovery, she came across conscious sexuality and experienced her first full body orgasm at the age of 35.
  Now she is on a mission to share how she got here with you. Our society struggles with intimacy now more than ever. She has taken what she learned during her time in the business world to craft the kind of sex education we all need not only for great sex, but for richly fulfilling lives.

  Over the past years, she has shared Energetic Lovemaking with thousands of people across the world, sparking frank conversations in the places where you’d least expect it.

• Chris Paradox Inspiration Engineer
  Chris Paradox

  Inspiration Engineer

  Every since he gave up his lucrative career in Advertising to make himself homeless and live under a tree in Battersea park for seven months and had the first of many mystic experiences, Chris has been informing, inspiring and empowering people to live more purposeful meaningful contributive lives…through his performance poetry, public speaking, writing, workshops, online courses and life coaching programmes.

  In March 2020 Chris founded One Trillion Trees – a real life role playing game that makes your personal conscious evolution, the evolution of our culture and saving the world a fun inspiring and empowering game to play with family and friends.
  Patreon.com/OneTrillionTrees

• Perf. Alper Akcay Dancer and Performance Artist Medicinal, Creative Movement and Dance Instructor - Whirling Dervish
  Perf. Alper Akcay

  Dancer and Performance Artist Medicinal, Creative Movement and Dance Instructor - Whirling Dervish

  Alper walks the path of Sufism and Tasavvuf (Islamic mysthicism), and practices the Malawi Whirling Dance (Sema) and Flame – Bektashi Whirling Dance (Semah) for 15 years.

  He produced his own works in areas such as new media, performance art, dance, video, photography and took part in mixed exhibitions, projects and performances. He performs on local and international stages, and collaborates with other artists, especially with musicians.

  Giving and collaborating on heart centric workshops about Creative – Healing Movements, Anatolian-Central Asian Sacred Dances, Meditative and Circle Peace Dances. In previous years he has been working with children as well. He practiced on Skinner Releasing Technique, Japanese Butoh Dance and many Improvisational, Contemporary Movements and Dance, Yoga as well.

  He is member of VAWWA International artists platforms and UNESCO International Dance Council CID.

  For more information about Alper;
  www.alperakcay.com
  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvXukZhLrioMy22d8Dvsd0g