Orhun Mersin (Izmir, 1999) is a Berlin-based transdisciplinary researcher and drag artist working at the intersection of academia, exhibitions, nightlife, and theaters, often under the stage name Kekik.

Trained as a contemporary dancer and holding a bachelor's degree in computer science, they have been part of the research platform New Practice in Art and Technology at TU–UdK Berlin, supported by a scholarship from Stiftung der Deutschen Wirtschaft. Their practice blends contemporary dance, contortion, and drag with computational methods; treating AI not as a "neutral tool," but as a performative material. They often combine this with diasporic archival materials from Turkey's and Germany's 1980s–2000s, using "dragging" as a methodology: pulling fragments across contexts to expose stereotypes, break narratives, and open up queer futures. Recently, they have been a research fellow at the University of Freiburg.

They have been invited to show their work at Maxim Gorki Theater (Berlin), Sophiensæle (Berlin), DOCK11 (Berlin), Schauspiel Dortmund, HEK Basel, Ars Electronica (Linz), b3 Biennale (Frankfurt), Kaynaş Club (Amsterdam), İÇ İÇE (Berlin), and re:festival (Nürnberg).