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Manifatura @ 5533

Sanat, Tasarim, Zanaat Baglantilari Üzerine Deneysel bir Çalisma

MANiFATURA, 2007 yazinda istanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Kültür Yönetimi,
Sanat Yönetimi, Sahne ve Gösteri Sanatlari Yönetimi ve Tasarim
Kültürü ve Yönetimi Sertifika Programi ögrencileri tarafindan sanat,
tasarim ve zanaatin bilinen sinirlarini asmak ve yeni üretim
stratejileri kesfetmek üzere gerçeklestirlen deneysel bir atölye
çalismasiydi.

Ortak çalismanin eseri olan bitmis “is”lerden çok, ortak
çalisma sürecine odaklanan MANiFATURA kapsaminda Türkiye, Gürcistan
ve Ermenistan’dan genç sanatçilar ve tasarimcilar Unkapanini görmüs geçirmis
sokaklarinda ve zanaatkar atölyelerinde
gündelik yasamin parçasi oldular.Olusturulan bes ayri çalisma grubu
Temmuz ayi boyunca bir dizi seminer takip edip tasarimci Erdem Akan
ve küratör Marcus Graf’in çizdigi kavramsal çerçeveyi
tartistilar. Gruplarda bir sanat, bir tasarim ögrencisi ve bir
zanaatkar yer aldi. Bir sanat veya tasarim yönetimi ögrencisi üretim
sürecini koordine etti. Grup üyeleri bir yandan mekani, malzemeyi,
semtin kendine özgü hikayelerini, diger yandan Tarihi Yarimada’
yi ilgilendiren kentsel dönüsüm planlari kapsaminda alinan tahliye
kararlarinin esnaf arasinda yarattigi endiseyi ortak çalismalarina
dahil ettiler. 20 Agustos – 20 Eylül 2007 tarihleri arasinda
Hizir Bey Sokagi’nda çesitli atölyelerde bir sergi açildi;
sokaktaki çay bahçesinde semt sohbetleri düzenlendi ve bölgeyi
tanitan bir rehber taslagi hazirlandi.

MANiFATURA @ 5533, projeyi iMÇ’nin arka sokaklarından iMÇ’
nin içindeki 5533 adli sanat mekanina tasiyarak projenin sonuçlarini
degerlendirmeyi, kent mekaninda sanat, tasarim ve zanaat arasindaki
iliskiyi sorgulayan MANiFATURA’nin baslattigi tartismayi yeni
bir düzlemde yeniden ele almayi amaçliyor. 5533′de 2007 yilinda
üretilen islerin yani sira projenin fotograf ve video dokümantasyonu
sergilenecek. Ayrica, irem Tok, Özgür Demirci ve Alpaslan Arslan
MANiFATURA projesinin kavramsal çerçevesi etrafinda yeni ve mekana
özgü tasarlanmis isler üretecek.

Marcus Graf
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Manifatura @ 5533
An Experimental Project about the Interconnection between Art, Design and Craft

Manifatura was an experimental workshop during the summer of 2007 that brought
together art, design and craft in order to cross the borders of the known and
discover new strategies of production.
Coordinated by students of Cultural Management, Art Management, Management of
Performing Arts, Design Culture and Mangement Certificate Program at Istanbul Bilgi
University, Manifatura exposed the producer’s interception with the city, the
dialogue between art, craft and design, and the response of the local community.
Manifatura focused on the process rather than the completed art/design work. Young
artists and design students from Turkey, Georgia and Armenia, became active parts of
the old streets of Unkapanı and the workshops of the local craftsmen. Five
working groups were organized. These groups followed a series of seminars during
July and discussed the conceptual framework drawn by designer Erdem Akan and curator
Marcus Graf. Each group was composed of one fine arts student, one design student
and one craftsman, and their coordination was managed one arts or design management
student. The group members included in their projects the location and its stories
as well as the concerns of the local craftsmen on the urban regeneration plans for
the Historical Peninsula and the orders of evacuation resulting from such plans.
Talks and seminars, an exhibition between the 20.08. and 20.09 in various workshops
on the Hızır Bey Sokağı and an exercise for a district guide
were organized.

The exhibition Manifatura @ 5533 is a translocation of the project from the back of
IMÇ’s streets to the art space 5533 within IMÇ in order to analyze Manifatura by
reviewing its results and opening up further discussions about the interconnection
of art, design and craftsmanship. At 5533, works created during the summer 2007 as
well as photo and video documents are exhibited. Besides that, Irem Tok, Özgür
Demirci and Alpaslan Arslan create new site specific works at 5533 that circle
around the conceptual framework of Manifatura.

Marcus Graf