Baris Gokturk
Baris Gokturk was raised in Turkey and Puerto Rico. He is interested in the scale relation between the individual body and the larger body-politic, in the way each influences, internalizes, provokes or corrupts the other.
Junte is an arts and culture project founded in Adjuntas, Puerto Rico in 2016 by Baris Gokturk, Noah Garcia, Oscar Cornejo, Ian Gerson, Melanie Mclain, Elle Perez and Omar Mismar.Junte is a place of gathering, where global and local communities engage in cultural exchange through the arts.
Participants share, learn, and connect across various cultures with the aim of fostering local communities. Junte is international with a hands-on local approach: artists, architects, engineers, writers, and creatives are asked to contribute by building both physical and creative spaces of inquiry. Junte’s philosophy is to work holistically and laterally, providing a horizontal platform to collectively cultivate culture and reinforce its relevance to politics.