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AR:
What [i]s your attitude towards grants or towards collectors buying your work? [Do] you find this a good way to finance artists’ costs of living or project costs? What would you think?

KE:
Well, as long as you are not trying to create works that collectors would like to buy I think it [i]s ok. If you are just being sincere with your work and not manipulate it, not change it so it [i]s more likeable by collectors or grants then it [i]s ok. If the collectors actually see your work that you have created for yourself maybe and by yourself and not thinking about whether it can be sold or not and if the collector likes it and he is free to buy it I do n[o]t mind.

I mean …, that does n[o]t really apply to me because you can[no]t sell music like that. It more applies to – you know – fine arts, I think, like paintings, sculpture and stuff. Music – I mean, you can sell it to a publisher like a label, record label, [yes], if they like it …, [yes], in order to bring out albums you have to do that. But we never try to taylor our sounds towards a certain record label. We do n[o]t listen to them and they can[no]t dictate anything on us. If we do n[o]t bring out an album that [i]s fine. We just want to do the music we like.

And about grants: that does n[o]t exist in Turkey anyways, so I never gave a serious thought about it. But I know it [i]s the way of living for many artists in Europe and I know most artists make a living out of grants or scholarships or residencies. I have done a few residencies in Europe but I did n[o]t make any money out of them. They just paid my costs and stuff. But [yes], I would n[o]t mind, actually, why not?