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Meeting Europe – Istanbul exhibitions

Meeting Europe – Istanbul exhibitions / projections / publication25-30 November 2009 Wacken Exhibition Centre, Strasbourgwithin the framework of st-art’09, 14th Strasbourg Contemporary Art FairProjected Visions35 years of Turkish video artArtists: Haka…

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‘Batman vs. Batman’ by Fikret Atay

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News
Thursday, November 12, 2009

Fikret Atay, a well-known Turkish artist living in Paris, brings together the recent works of ’Batman vs. Batman,’ which depicts the comical homonymy between the southeastern Turkish city of Batman and the superhero figure, and ’Gooaall!!’ in which he deals with asphalt roads, which are prime symbols of modernism
Outlet//Independent Art Space presents the first Istanbul solo show of internationally renowned Turkish artist Fikret Atay. The artist is premiering two video works for the Istanbul audience.

The exhibition brings together the recent works “Batman vs. Batman” and “Gooaall!!” which were both produced this year. Added to these is a selection of past highlights, including “Spring Fever” and “Holiwuut.”

Fikret Atay has had solo exhibitions at prestigious venues such as Bonner Kunstverein in Germany, Site Gallery in the United Kingdom, Hammer Museum in the United States, Maison de l’Architecture in France, Index in Sweden and Büro Friedrich in Germany.

Atay, who is showing his video work “Theorists” at the ongoing 10th Lyon Biennial, will also participate at the Alexandria Biennial this December, where “Gooaall!!” will be introduced to a large international audience.

In his videos, Atay makes reference to “country issues” through cultural, social and geographical connections. His work is involved with traditional lifestyles, which are marked by Western influences. As a Turkish artist who has gained worldwide acclaim at a young age, his success is rooted in his ability to discover the universal aspects of supposedly local concerns.

In his “Batman vs. Batman” video, Atay depicts the comical homonymy between the southeastern Turkish city of Batman and the superhero figure, documenting a lawsuit pursued by distraught local authorities. Whereas the case was largely ignored or derided internationally, Atay turns the officials’ quest into a superhero story of its own. The mayor of Batman morphs into a real-world surrogate of the “Dark Knight.” Atay’s documentary-style inquiry is meshed with snippets of the Batman series, thus involving the audience in a spirited and playful displacement.

In the video “Gooaall!!” the artist deals with paved roads, which serve as a primary symbol of modernity. He depicts children experiencing modernity, consciously or not, as they play football barefoot on the asphalt road where past meets future and center meets periphery. The old man scores in the seemingly empty net – which is perhaps kept by the viewer. He scores against the center.

The exhibition “Batman vs. Batman” can be seen from Tuesday to Saturday through Nov. 26.

Outlet//Independent Art Space

Bogazkesen Cad.

Kadirler Yokuşu No: 69

Tophane, Istanbul

www.outlet-istanbul.org

Fikret Atay

Born in Batman in 1976, Atay has lived and worked in Paris and Batman since 2003. The artist, who focuses on symbols and codes, alongside the relationships of identity, geography and history, has focused recently on the representation of time and space within the framework of personal responsibility. His work is held in major public collections including the Castile Leon Museum of Contemporary Art, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and the Museum of Luxembourg.

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TONGUE

TONGUE is a project by Oda Projesi (Istanbul) and Nadin Reschke (Berlin) in Koproduktion mit Kultursprünge im Ballhaus Naunynstrasse im Rahmen von beyond belonging – translokalfrom 11.11. – 29.11.2009tongue.sprachkurse@gmail.comhttp://tonguesprachkurs…

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Ramazan Bayrakoğlu @ Istanbul Next Wave


EŞZAMANLILIK-KOŞUTLUK-KARŞITLIK

Modern ve Çağdaş Sanat Sergisi

İstanbul-Berlin 20. yıl Kardeşşehir projeleri çerçevesinde İstanbul Büyük Şehir Belediyesi, Akademie der Künste ve Berlin Senatosu işbirliğiyle gerçekleşen bir projedir.

Küratörler: Çetin Güzelhan (Başküratör), Beral Madra, Levent Çalıkoğlu, Johannes Odenthal

12.11.2009 – 03.01.2010, Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz

12.11.2009 – 17.01.2010, Martin-Gropius-Bau und Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg

Türkler kadar Avrupa’yla yakιn ilişkileri olan ve son bin yιllιk tarihi “Eşzamanlı-Koşut-Karşıt” pozisyonlarla paylaşan başka bir İslam Ülkesi bulunmamaktadır. Ortaçağdan günümüze Türkler ve Avrupalılar bir çok alanda hem birbirlerine rakip hem de dost olmuşlardır. Bu tarihsel süreç her iki kültürün de sanatlarına yansιmιştιr.

2009 Berlin-Istanbul 20. yιl etkinlikleri çerçevesinde gerçekleştirilecek “Istanbul Next Wave, Eşzamanlιlιk-Koşutluk-Karşιtlιk” sergisi bu yakιn ilişkiyi ve ortak tarihi süreci, sanat tarihi araçlarıyla Istanbul´un bakιş açιsιndan ele almaktadιr. Uluslararasι büyük bir saygιnlιğι olan Martin Gropius Bau, Akademie der Künste Pariser Platz ve Hanseaten Weg´de gerçekleştirilecek bu sergiyle Türkiye´nin çağdaş sanatι ilk defa bu kapsamlιlιkta ve bütünlükte Avrupa da gösterilmiş olacaktιr.

Istanbul, müslüman ve aynι zamanda levanten geleneğiyle özgün bir metropoldür ve tarihsel sürecinde kendine has bir Modernlik yaratmıştır. Bu süreç Atatürk´ün Cumhuriyeti kurmasıyla yeni bir ivme kazanmıştır. Istanbul’un, bin yıllara dayanan kültür zenginliği, hem bu şehrin insanlarına hem de zengin sanat ortamına baz oluşturmaktadır. Bunun arkasında kültürel katmanların kompleks ve karmaşık bağıntıları vardır. Istanbul kendine güç santralı haline getirdiği bu özelliği ile emsalsizdir.

Küratörler ekibi, Çetin Güzelhan´ın öncülüğünde, çesitli vurgularla Türkiye´nin modernliğini değişik açılardan sunmaktalar. Martin Gropius Bau Müzesinde „Istanbul Modern Berlin“ başlιğι altιnda ülkemiz sanatιnιn genel bir tanιtιmι yapιlacaktιr. İstanbul´un tarihten günümüze süregelen ihtişamı ve özellikle İslam kültüründeki yenilikçi özel konumu bu bölümün girişinde multimedyal görseller ile sunulacak. Buradan orjinal eserlerden oluşan kιsιmlara geçilip güncel sanata kadar olan sanat tarihimiz genel bir bakιşla tanιtιlacak. (Küratörler: Levent Çalוkoğlu, Çetin Güzelhan). Pariser Platz’da geçmişten günümüze kadιn sanatçιlar ve kadιn hareketleri bilgi panolarιyla sunulacak. Orjinal yapιtlardan oluşan ana sergi, 1980 lerden günümüze Istanbul sanat ortamιnιn dinamizmini kadιn sanatçιlarla sergileyecek. (Küratörler: Beral Madra, Çetin Güzelhan).

Hanseatenweg´de Istanbul´un kosmopolit yapιsιndaki değişik sanaçι pozisyonlarιndan bir kesit sergilenecek. Eleştirel bir tavιrla, toplumsal konularι ve çelişkileri eserlerine yansιtan sanatçιlarιmιz burada bir araya getirilecek. Böylelikle Istanbul´un çok katmanlι ve çeşitli sanat zenginliği Berlin´de tanιtιlmιş olacaktιr. (Küratörler: Çetin Güzelhan und Johannes Odenthal).

SANATÇILAR

Istanbul Modern Berlin Martin-Gropius-Bau

Haluk Akakçe, 1970
Erol Akyavaş, 1932 – 1999
Özdemir Altan, 1931
Avni Arbas, (1919 – 2003)
Hale Asaf, 1905/1906 – 1938
Ferruh Başağa, 1914
Bedri Baykam, 1957
Ramazan Bayrakoglu, 1966
Aliye Berger, 1903 – 1974
Nurullah Berk, 1906 – 1982
Sabri Berkel, 1907 – 1993
Semiha Berksoy, 1910 – 2004
Bubi, 1956
Cihat Burak, 1915 – 1994
Ibrahim Çalli, 1882 – 1960
Ali Avni Celebi, 1904 – 1933
Taner Ceylan, 1967
Adnan Çoker, 1927
Cevat Dereli, 1900 – 1989
Nejat Melih Devrim, 1923 – 1995
Ismet Dogan, 1957
Burhan Doğançay, 1929
Feyhaman Duran, 1886 – 1970
Ayşe Erkmen, 1949
İnci Eviner, 1956
Bedri Rahmi Eyüboğlu, 1911 – 1975
Leyla Gediz, 1974-
Hamit Görele, 1894 – 1981
Mehmet Güleryüz, 1938-
Nedim Günsür, 1924 – 1994
Nazmi Ziya Güran, 1881 – 1937
Mustafa Horasan, 1965
Balkan Naci İslimyeli, 1947
Doğan İsmet, 1957
Ergin İnan, 1943
Nuri İyem, 1915 – 2005
Zeki Faik İzer, 1905 – 1988
Gülsün Karamustafa, 1946
Zeki Kocamemi, 1900-1959
Temür Köran, 1960
Komet, 1941
İrfan Önürmen, 1958
Erkan Özgen, 1971
Şener Özmen, 1971
Hikmet Onat, 1882 – 1977
Ahmet Oran, 1957
Mübin Orhon, 1924 – 1981
Mustafa Pancar, 1964
Orhan Peker, 1926 – 1978
Sarkis, 1938
Yusuf Taktak, 1951
Hale Tenger, 1960
Cemal Tollu, 1899 -1968
Canan Tolon, 1955
Selim Turan, 1915 – 1994
Ömer Uluç, 1931
Adnan Varinca, 1918
Nil Yalter, 1938
Pınar Yolaçan, 1981
Fahrelnissa Zeid, 1901 – 1991

Boden unter meine Füßen, nicht den Himmel Akademie der Künste, Pariser Platz

Yeşim Ağaoğlu
Gülçin Aksoy, 1965
Nancy Atakan, 1946
Atıl Kunst
Nazan Azeri, 1953
Handan Börüteçene, 1957
Ipek Duben, 1941
Nezaket Ekici, 1970
Gözde İlkin, 1981
Gül Ilgaz, 1962
Cemile Kaptan, 1977
Şükran Moral, 1962
Nazlı Eda Noyan, 1974
Neriman Polat, 1968
Necla Rüzgar, 1972
Gülay Semercioğlu, 1968
Nalan Yırtmaç, 1969

Sechs Positionen kritischer Kunst aus Istanbul Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg

Halil Altındere, 1971
Bedri Baykam, 1957
Altan Gürman, (1935 – 1976)
Balkan Naci İslimyeli, 1947
Şükran Moral, 1962
İrfan Önürmen, 1958

KÜRATÖRLER

Çetin Güzelhan Küratör ve Sanat Tarihçisidir. İstanbul Tatbiki Güzel Sanatlar Akademisini bitirdikten sonra, Istanbul Devlet Güzel Sanatlar Akademisi’ndeki Yüksek Lisans öğrenimine (Adnan Çoker) başladι ve Alman Devlet Bursuyla (DAAD) Hamburg Güzel Sanatlar Akademisinde tamamladι. Daha sonra Hamburg Üniversitesi Sanat- ve Kültürtarihi bölümünü bitirdi. Mastιr çalιşmasιnι Londra Aby Warburg Enstitüsü ve Oxford Bodlean Kütüphanesinde burslu olarak yapmιştιr. Aby Warburg hakkιnda Topkapı Müzesi Arşivinde 1992 ile 1994 yılları arasında araştırmalarda bulunmuş olup, 1984 yılından itibaren Almanya ve Türkiye’de pek çok küratörsel ve sanat tarihi konulu çalışmalar yapmıştır. Kendisi 2007 yılından itibaren “Contemporary Istanbul” Sanat Fuarı’nın küratör ve sanat danışmanıdır. Çetin Güzelhan “Istanbul Next Wave” Berlin Sergisinin Baş Küratörlüğünü yapmaktadır.

Beral Madra sanat eleştirmeni ve küratördür. Kendisi İstanbul’da yaşamakta ve çalışmakta olup, 1984 yılından itibaren BM Contemporary Art Center’i, 2007 yılından itibaren BM-Suma Galerideki merkezden BM Contemporary Art Center’i yönetmektedir. Birinci (1987) ve ikinci (1989) İstanbul Bianelini koordine etmiş, Türk sanatçıları ile 43., 45., 49., 50. ve 51. Venedik Bianellerindeki sergilerin küratörlüğünü yapmıştır. Kendisi 1984 yılından itibaren yerel ve uluslararası sanatçıların solo veya grup sergilerini İstanbul’da kendi sanat merkezinde ve diğer resmi sanat kuruluşlarında organize etmektedir. Beral Madra 1995 yılından itibaren Berlin Senatosu’nun İstanbul Burslu Öğrenciler Programı’nın sanatsal sorumlusudur. Ayrıca Diyarbakır Art Centre’nin (2002 yılının Eylül ayında kurulmuştur) kurucu üyesi, Türkiye AICA’nın kurucu üyesi ve başkanı (2003 yılında kurulmuştur) olup, AMCA’nın (Association for Modern and Contemporary Art of the Arab World, Iran, and Turkey, www.amcainternational.org) kurucularındandır. En yeni sergileri şunlardır: Check in Europe, Münih Avrupa Patent Dairesi, 2006; Sinopale, küratör danışmanı Ağustos 2006 ve 2008; Neighbours in Dialogue, Sarayevo Ars Aevi Kolleksiyonu Sergisi, 2007 yılında Istanbul’da, 2008 yılında Sarayevo’da; Captivated by Bakhchesaray, Crimea, 2008; Between Arrival and Departure-Istanbul Scholarship Artists, 2009; Making Interstices, Merkezi Asya Pavyonu, 35. Venedig Bineyali, 2009. Beral Madra Kültür Başkenti İstanbul 2010’nun eğitici sanatlar bölümünün yöneticisidir. Kendisi 1980 yılından itibaren günlük gazeteler için makaleler ve eleştiriler yazmakta olup, 1999 yılından itibaren Radikal’de yazarlık yapmaktadır. En son yayınları: “Neighbours in Dialogue”, yayımcı Beral Madra/Ayşe Orhun Gültekin, Norgunk Publishers, Istanbul, 2007 ve “MAIDAN”, yayımcı Beral Madra, BMCAC Yayınları, İstanbul, 2007. Beral Madra “Istanbul Next Wave” için Pariser Platz’daki Sanatlar Akademisi’nde Çetin Güzelhan ile birlikte “Boden unter meinen Füßen, nicht den Himmel” sergisinin küratörlüğünü yapmaktadır.

Levent Çalוkoğlu küratör ve sanat eleştirmenidir. İstanbul Modern Sanat Müzesi’nin şef küratörlüğünü yürütmektedir. Çalוkoğlu, Ankara Üniversitesi’nde sanat tarihi (Bachelor of Arts) lisans ve İstanbul Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi’nde müzecilik (Master of Arts) yükseklisans öğrenimi görmüştür. Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Sanat Yönetimi Bölümü’nde öğretim görevlisi olarak ders vermektedir. Modern ve Çağdaş Türk Sanat Tarihi hakkında yayınlanmış pekçok makalesi bulunmaktadır. 1998 yılından bu yana ulusal ve uluslararası ölçekte pek çok serginin küratörlüğünü üstlenmiştir. İstanbul Modern, yine İstanbul’da bulunan Akbank Sanat, Yildiz Teknik Üniversitesi Sanat Galerisi ile Londra’da bulunan Space Triangle Gallery küratörlüğünü yaptığı sergilere evsahipliği yapmış kurumlardan bazılarıdır. Son olarak İstanbul Modern’de “Yeni Yapıtlar Yeni Ufuklar” adlı sergiyi düzenlemiştir (2009). Levent Çalוkoğlu “Istanbul Next Wave” çerçevesinde Çetin Güzelhan ile birlikte Martin-Gropius-Binası’ndaki “Istanbul Modern Berlin” sergisinin küratörlüğünü yapmaktadır.

Johannes Odenthal sanat tarihçisi ve yayıncı olup, 2006 yılından itibaren Berlin Sanatlar Akademisi’nin program görevlisi olarak çalışmaktadır. Kendisi Kolonya, Bonn ve Paris kentlerinde sanat tarihi ve arkeoloji öğrenimi görmüştür. 1986 yılında Tanz Aktuell magazinini kurmuştur. Bu magazin 1993 yılında kendisi tarafından yeni kurulan Ballett International/Tanz Aktuell magazininde sonlanmıştır. Buna paralel olarak pek çok Avrupa kültür projelerinin öncülüğünü ve organizasyonunu yapmıştır. Kendisi 1997 ile 2006 yılları arasında Berlin Dünya Kültürleri Evi’nde müzik, dans ve tiyatro bölümünün sanatsal yöneticiliğini ve diğerleri yanısıra Performing-Arts-Festivals IN TRANSIT’in girişimciliğini yapmıştır. Ağırlık noktalarını çağdaş sanatlar, kültür tarihi ve İnterkültüralite oluşturmakta olup, bu konu alanlarında pek çok sayıda kitaplar ve çalışmalar yayınlamıştır. Johannes Odenthal „Istanbul Next Wave” kapsamında Çetin Güzelhan ile birlikte Hanseatenweg’deki akademi binasında çağdaş Türk sanatçılarının politik pozisyonu konulu serginin küratörlüğünü yapmaktadır.

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Open Studio Day/Platform Garanti 5th floor, Studio 3


Saturday, November 07
1 p.m.-6 p.m.

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Platform Garanti CAC hosts an open studio day to share the work of current Istanbul Residency Program artists: Jesper Alvaer, Vangelis Vlahos, Witte van Hulzen & Sander Breure, Francesco Mattuzzi, Kalle Brolin, İnci Furni, Barbara Musil, Atılkunst, Soren Thilo Funder, and Sofie van der Linden.

Atılkunst
Platform Garanti 5th floor, Studio 3
4:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.

Atılkunst will present a new video work titled “Agenda Exercises”. They will also make a sticker intervention on a daily newspaper.

Atılkunst is an artist collective run by three women artists since 2006. The main activity of Atılkunst focuses on current events, and the agendas of the day. They send out one e-mail every week with the subject “Surplus of Agenda”, consisting of one image called “Decal” which is inspired by political topics that have been raised throughout that week.

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Open Studio Day at Istanbul Residency Program

Saturday, November 07
1 p.m.-6 p.m.

Platform Garanti CAC hosts an open studio day to share the work of current Istanbul Residency Program artists: Jesper Alvaer, Vangelis Vlahos, Witte van Hulzen & Sander Breure, Francesco Mattuzzi, Kalle Brolin, İnci Furni, Barbara Musil, Atılkunst, Soren Thilo Funder, and Sofie van der Linden.

Jesper Alvaer
Platform Garanti 3rd floor, Studio 4
1 p.m.-1:20 p.m.

Jesper Alvaer will present his ongoing project “From Zagros to Zagreb”, which is an attempt to present a guitar-string theory based on the Iranian origin of the Croats. The project includes the apparent lines that separate earth from sky, etnogenesis and acousticecology in spacetime.

Jesper Alvaer studied at the University of Oslo, in History of Ideas (91-93); then Cooper Union School of Art, NY (00-01), University of Oslo, Development Studies (08-09). He has participated in various group exhibitions in Oslo, Prague, Vienna and Miami. He recently had a solo presentation of his work at Galerie Jeleni, Prague.

Vangelis Vlahos
Platform Garanti 3rd floor, Studio 5
1:30 p.m.-1:50 p.m.

Vlahos’ recent work, focusing on different fragments of recent history and using archival material from various sources, questions the relevance of this material as a tool to rethink historical concepts that still seem to influence and shape the way we understand our present. For the open studios Vhalos will present “The differences between the parts are the subject of the composition”. The work is part of a series of projects realised under the same title that is again based on found images.

Vangelis Vlahos was born in Athens, Greece, where he lives and works. Recent exhibitions include: 11th Istanbul Biennial (2009); Monument to Transformation, City Gallery Prague (2009); After Architecture, Centre d’Art Santa Monica, Barcelona (2009); ISLANDS+GHETTOS, NGBK & Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien, Berlin (2009). Vlahos has also held solo exhibitions at Prometeogallery di Ida Pisani, Milan and Blow de la Barra Gallery, London, both in 2008.

Witte van Hulzen & Sander Breure
Platform Garanti 4th floor, Studio 1
2:00 p.m.-2:20 p.m.

Witte van Hulzen & Sander Breure are working on a script for a new film based on the lives of the members of their own family. The story of their family will be mixed with stories that they have discovered in Istanbul after talking to many people and the resulting interviews are mixed with fictional elements of their own imagination.

Witte van Hulzen graduated from the Academy of Fine arts and design at Artez Arnhem in the Netherlands in 2009. Sander Breure has been studying at the composition department of the Royal Conservatory in the Hague. They have participated in group exhibitions including Made in Arnhem, Modern Museum of Art, Arnhem the Netherlands; Altijd Bewegen, Gemak, the Hague, Netherlands this year. They have worked collaboratively together since 2006.

Francesco Mattuzzi
Platform Garanti 4th floor, Studio 2
2:30 p.m.-2:50 p.m.

Francesco Mattuzzi will present his ongoing project “Startrucks”. The project concentrates on the lives of truck drivers who spend most of their lives on the road travelling the regions that border the Mediterranean. Mattuzi considers how to explore such a symbolic and cultural aspect of the “travel experience” within East and West freight transport and has continued research on this topic in Istanbul.

Francesco Mattuzzi graduated from Arts in Design at University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy. He has participated in group exhibitions in Israel, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. An early version of “Startrucks” was shown at Fabbrica del Vapore in Milan, Italy this year.

Kalle Brolin
Platform Garanti 4th floor, Studio 3
3:00 p.m.-3:20 p.m.

Kalle Brolin will present two recent works: the first features a wall of posters and a performance on child labor unions in America (O! Children!); the other is a video that pitches Swedish skinheads and immigrants against each other on stage through the act of reading insulting poetry (Battla 2010). He will also talk about his project in Istanbul, which consists of two connected videos, both featuring deaf actors that speak in sign language (Mafiya). The videos reconstruct some events Kalle was involved in while staying in Moscow in 2003.

Kalle Brolin is an artist from Sweden. He works with both documentary material, in video, installation, and social projects. He is a board member of gallery Box in Gothenburg, Sweden. He will participate at the Bucharest Biennale in the summer of 2010.

İnci Furni
Platform Garanti 4th floor, Studio 4
3:30 p.m.-3:50 p.m.

İnci Furni will present a fanzine titled “I made a new human” designed specially for the open studio day. Furni’s recent works have been shaped under her project “The Control Room and Imaginations”. She says: “Control Room and Imaginations” allows me ask questions such as: What is the meaning of the act of imagining? When do we start to imagine? Why do we need to imagine? What is the source of our imagination? Is it the world that we know? Can we imagine something we have never seen or known? Is imagination itself a language? Or, how does language affect the imagination?”

Inci Furni’s recent exhibitions include “I Don’t Believe in Personal Isolation, I Believe in Building!”, Masa Project, Istanbul (2009) and “Spirit”, Apartment Project, Istanbul (2007). Selected group exhibitions include “Unfair Provocation”, Hafriyat-Karaköy, Istanbul (2009) and “Connect The Dots 2”, Fargfabriken, Stockholm. She is currently participating in the 11th International Biennial.

Sofie van der Linden
Platform Garanti 4th floor, Studio 5
1 p.m.- 6 p.m.

Sofie van der Linden’s works focus on the relation between the city and the people. During the open studio day, she will present her recent project realised in Ghent where she visited residents living in social houses and made sketches of their apartments. After this research period she made a large-scale detailed drawing of all the different flats based on her sketches and on memory.

Sofie van der Linden received a masters in Multimedia from Kask, Ghent, Belgium. Recently she had a one person show in Gallery Gyga in Antwerp, Belgium (2009) and participated in group exhibitions at SMAK, Ghent, Belgium (2009), KUVA, Helsinki, Finland (2007)

Barbara Musil
Platform Garanti 4th floor, Studio 6
4:00 p.m.-4:20 p.m.

Although a variety of techniques and media are involved in the work of Barbara Musil, two areas of focus can be recognized in her work: experimentation in and with public space and a preference for video/video installation based on available raw materials. Both of these spheres of activity are continually intertwined with one another. Realised in a medium suitable for the respective context, the works all have one thing in common: a conceptual approach. For the open studios she will present three ongoing projects.
Barbara Musil lives in Linz and Vienna. She studied human medicine in Graz, then experimental design in Linz. She has undertaken residencies in Cluj, Romania; Vilnius, Lithuania; Tallinn, Estonia; Tenno, Italy and Istanbul, Turkey.

Atılkunst
Platform Garanti 5th floor, Studio 3
4:30 p.m.-4:50 p.m.

Atılkunst will present a new video work titled “Agenda Exercises”. They will also make a sticker intervention on a daily newspaper.

Atılkunst is an artist collective run by three women artists since 2006. The main activity of Atılkunst focuses on current events, and the agendas of the day. They send out one e-mail every week with the subject “Surplus of Agenda”, consisting of one image called “Decal” which is inspired by political topics that have been raised throughout that week.



Soren Thilo Funder
Platform Garanti 5th floor, Studio 4
5:00 p.m.-5:20 p.m.

“Focusing on the literary realm of counter-culture and political-(militant)-activism, Soren Thilo Funder is currently engaged in an investigation of a possible connecting-space between the literary allegory and the political antagonistic action. It is a myth-making, storytelling attempt to fuse critique, subversion and exposure with mythification, dislocation and fictionalization, in order to enable a new potential allegorical space to encounter the “reals” of our contemporary society and propose new possibilities for the future.” Soren Thilo Funder will show one of his videos during the open studio day, and will talk about his current project.

Soren Thilo Funder studied at The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts (2002-2008) and The School of Art and Architecture at the University of Illinois at Chicago (2006-2007). He participated in exhibitions in Denmark, Iran, Serbia, Vietnam, USA, Spain. He had a one person show at Beaver Projects, Copenhagen, Denmark in 2009.

5:30 p.m.-6:00 p.m.
Studios open wide!

Artists at Open Studio Day are supported by OCA (Norway), IASPIS (Sweden), DAC (Denmark), FONDS BKVB (The Netherlands), Flemish Government (Belgium), GAI-PARC-D.E.M.O (Italy), European Union grant, Creative Collaboration Grant (British Council, UK) and Platform Garanti.

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Erdoğan Zümrütoğlu /// ya da / or /// PiARTWORKS /// 5 Kasım – 31 Aralık

Erdoğan Zümrütoğlu ardarda açacağı 2 solo sergisi ile Pi Artworks’ de!
DemSA koleksiyonu izni ile sergilenecek YA DA I sergisi 5 Kasım – 9 Aralık 2009 tarihleri arasında, YA DA II sergisi ise 10-31 Aralık 2009 tarihleri arasında Pi ARTWORKS TOPHANE, GALER1 ve GALERİ 2’ de sergilenecek.
YA DA sergileri, Pi Artworks ekibine geçen sene katılan Erdoğan [...]

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İpek Duben: Bir Seçki 1994-2009 /// AkSanat Beyoğlu /// 18 Kasım – 2 Ocak

İlk kişisel sergisini 1979 yılında Istanbul’da açan İpek Duben’in İpek Duben: Bir Seçki 1994-2009 adlı sergisi son onbeş yıllık üretiminin sanatçı kitapları ve yerleştirmeler üzerine yoğunlaşan bölümünü kapsıyor.
1991-2001 yıllarında New York’ta yaşayan sanatçı bu dönemde başladığı ve izleyen yıllarda yoğunlaşarak sürdürdüğü sanatçı kitapları ve yerleştirmelerinde kimlik, cinsiyet, göç, kültürel önyargılar gibi konuları eleştirel bir perspektifle [...]

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“Batman Batman’a Karşı”@ OUTLET


Fikret Atay’ın Türkiye’deki ilk kişisel sergisi 22 Ekim’de Outlet//İhraç Fazlası Sanat’ta açılıyor! Sergide sanatçının iki yeni videosunun dünya prömiyeri yapılacak.

Daha önce Bonner Kunstverein(Almanya), Site Gallery(İngiltere), Maison de l’Architecture(Fransa), Index(İsveç), Buro Freidrich(Almanya) gibi dünyanın önde gelen sanat merkezlerinde kişisel sergiler gerçekleştiren Fikret Atay, Türkiye’de ilk defa bir kişisel sergi hazırlıyor. Sanatçının sergide 2009 yılı içinde ürettiği “Batman Batman’a Karşı” ve “Gooaall!” isimli iki yeni çalışmasının yanısıra, “Fuck Tic”, “Spring Fever”, “Holiwutt” gibi klasikleşmiş çalışmaları da Türkiyeli izleyiciyle buluşacak. Sergiyle eş zamanlı olarak gerçekleştirilecek Lyon Bienali’ne “Teorisyenler” isimli video çalışmasıyla katılacak olan Atay, Aralık ayında ise İskenderiye Bienali’nde yer alacak. Sanatçının son çalışmalarından olan “Gooalll” bienalde, ilk kez uluslararası izleyiciyle buluşacak.

FIKRET ATAY’ın video çalışmaları, kurduğu kültürel, sosyal ve coğrafi bağlantılar ile memleket meselelerine göndermeler yapar. Sanatçı çalışmalarında, batı etkisinde yaşanan geleneksel hayatın izini sürer. Çok genç yaşta, dünyada en çok tanınan Türkiyeli sanatçılardan biri olması, yerel görünen bir konunun evrensel boyutlarını keşfetmesinde ve bunları göstermeyi bilmesinde yatar.

“Batman Batman’a Karşı” videosunda Atay, Batman çizgi karakteri ve Batman şehri arasındaki komik ses benzerliğinin farkına varılarak dava açılmasıyla ilgileniyor. Dünyada ciddiye alınmayan bu olayın üzerine giderek, meseleyi tam da Batman filmlerinde görülebilecek polisiye-süper kahramanlık hikayesine dönüştürüyor. Batman şehrinin belediye başkanı neredeyse Batman’e dönüşüyor. Belgesele yaklaşan araştırması ve Batman filminden küçük fragmanlarla desteklenen video çalışma, cüretkar bir yer değiştirme oyununu izleyiciyle paylaşıyor.

“Gooaall” çalışmasında ise sanatçı, merkeze modernitenin simgesi asfalt yolları koyuyor. Ve çocukların farkında olarak ya da olmadan modernizmi deneyimlemelerini, çıplak ayaklarıyla futbol oynamaları üzerinden anlatıyor. Geçmişle gelecek, merkezle periferi asfalt yol üzerinde karşılaşıyor. Yaşlı adamın çığlığı, Maradona’nın çığlığına karışıyor ve boş kaleye gol atılıyor. Aslında kale, onu izleyenler tarafından doldurulmuş durumda. Yaşlı adam ise onu izleyenlere gol atmaktadır.

1976 yılında Batman’da doğan Atay, 2003′ten bu yana Paris ve Batman’da yaşamaktadır. Yapıtlarında semboller, sembollerin kodları, kimlik kavramının coğrafya ve tarih ile ilişkisi üzerinde yoğunlaşan sanatçı, son dönemde kişisel sorumluluk çerçevesinde zaman ve mekânın temsiliyle ilgilenmektedir. Sanatçının çalışmaları; Tate Modern başta olmak üzere FRAC, MUSAC, Museé d’Art Contemporain de Montreal, Museé du Luxembourg gibi koleksiyonlarda yer almaktadır.

Fikret Atay “Batman Batman’a karşı” sergisi 22 Ekim’den 26 Kasım’a dek Salı’dan Cumartesi’ye 10.00-18.30 saatleri arasında Outlet//İhraç Fazlası Sanat ‘ta görülebilir.

OUTLET HAKKINDA
Outlet, sosyal ve kültürel adaletsizliğin bunca derinleştiği bir ortam/zamanda, lüks olarak görülen sanatı, kitlelerle buluşturma girişimidir. Outlet; müzeler, enstitüler, banka galerileri, kurumlar arasında giderek sıkışan sanat ortamı için bir nefes alma alanı yaratmayı ve yenilikçi, risk alabilen projeler gerçekleştirmeyi hedefler.
Sanatın gündemini takip etmek isteyenlerin yeni adresi Outlet; Canan Pak, AYK, MAS Matbaası, BenQ, The Point Otel, Beck’s, Coca Cola, Netcopy Center ve Derin Design’ın sponsorluğuyla Azra Tüzünoğlu tarafından yürütülmektedir.

Outlet Proje Alanı: Sanatçıların özgün/farklı çalışmalarına ev sahipliği yapmak, yeni projeler üretmeyi desteklemek amacını taşır. Türkiye’den ve dünyadan sanatçıların davet edilmesi ve/ya başvurularla şekillenen proje alanı; Outlet’te aynı anda birbiriyle ilintili farklı sergiler görmeyi mümkün kılar.

ZAMAN:
Açılış: 22 Ekim 18.30-20.30
Sergi: 22 Ekim – 26 Kasım
Ziyaret saatleri: Salı-Cumartesi 10.00 – 18.30

MEKAN:
Outlet//İhraç Fazlası Sanat Galerisi
Boğazkesen Cad.
Kadirler Yokuşu No:69
Tophane-İstanbul

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“Batman vs. Batman”

Outlet//Independent Art Space presents the first solo show in Turkey of the internationally known artist Fikret Atay! The artist will premiere two video works for the Istanbul audience.

Fikret Atay has had solo exhibitions at prestigious venues such as Bonner Kunstverein (Germany), Site Gallery (UK), Hammer Museum (USA), Maison de l’Architecture (France), Index (Sweden), Büro Friedrich (Germany). The exhibition brings together the recent works “Batman vs. Batman” and “Gooaall!!”, both produced in 2009. Added to these are a selection of already classic works including “Fuck Tic”, “Spring Fever” and “Holiwuut”. Atay, who presents his video work entitled “Theorists” at the ongoing 10th Lyon Biennial, will also participate at the Alexandria Biennial this December, where one of his recent works “Goaall” will reach the international audience for the first time.

In his videos, FIKRET ATAY makes reference to “country matters” through cultural, social and geographical connections. His work is involved with traditional lifestyles which are marked by Western influences. As a Turkish artist who has gained worldwide acclaim at an early age, his success is rooted in his ability to discover the universal aspects of supposedly local concerns and his ability to reflect on these.

In his “Batman vs. Batman” video, Atay depicts the comical homonymy between the city of Batman and the superhero figure as a contention that is taken seriously by local authorities and which leads to a lawsuit. Whereas internationally the case wasn’t taken seriously or derided, Atay turns the event into a superhero story, similar to the genre of the Batman movies. The mayor of Batman mutates virtually into “The Dark Knight”. Atay’s documentary style inquiry is meshed with snippets of the Batman series, thus involving the audience in a spirited and playful displacement.

In the video “Goaall” the artist deals with the asphalt roads which are prime symbols of modernism. He depicts children experiencing modernism, consciously or not, as they play football barefoot on the asphalt road where past meets future and centre meets periphery. The old man scores in the empty net. Actually the net is kept by the viewers. He scores against the centre.

Born in Batman in 1976, Atay lives and works in Paris and Batman since 2003. The artist, who focuses on symbols, codes of symbols as well as the relationship between the concepts of identity and geography as well history, got interested recently by the representation of time and space within the framework of personal responsibility. Fikret Atay’s work is held in major public collections including FRAC, MUSAC, Musée d’Art Contemporain de Montreal and the Museé du Luxembourg.

The exhibition “Batman vs. Batman” can be seen from October, 22 to November, 26 between Tuesdays and Saturdays from 10.00 to 18.30.

ABOUT OUTLET

Outlet is a venture to bring art, regarded as a luxury commodity, to the masses, in a time and space where social and cultural inequity is ever more deeply entrenched. Outlet hopes to provide an innovative and vigorous platform for an artistic context wedged between the city’s many bank galleries, private institutions and museums. Outlet is run by Azra Tüzünoğlu with support of Canan Pak, AYK, Mas Printing, BenQ, Point Hotel, Beck’s, Coca Cola, Net Copy Center and Derin Design.

Outlet Project Room will host distinctive works by artists from Turkey and abroad, as well as helping to support the production of new projects with the desire to intertwine a commercial and a non-profit project space to encourage new attitudes and conversations.

WHEN:

Opening: 22 October 18.30-20.30

Exhibition: 22 October – 26 November

Visiting Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10.00 – 18.30

WHERE:

Outlet//Independent Art Space

Bogazkesen Cad.

Kadirler Yokuşu No: 69

Tophane-Istanbul

www.outlet-istanbul.org

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1. Uluslarararası Sanatçı İnisiyatifleri İstanbul Buluşması

İstanbul 2010 Avrupa Kültür Başkenti Ajansı, Art Pie işbirliği ile 11. Uluslararası İstanbul Bienali’nin paralel bir etkinliği olarak, 02-06 Ekim 2009 tarihleri arasında Kadırga İstanbul 2010 Sanat Üretim Merkezi’nde 1. Uluslarararası Sanatçı İnisiyatifleri İstanbul Buluşması’nı düzenliyor.

Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency is organizing the 1st International Artist Initiatives Istanbul Meeting in cooperation with Art Pie as a parallel event of the 11th International Istanbul Biennial, between 02nd-06th October 2009 in Istanbul 2010 Art Production Center Kadırga.

Katılımcılar/Participants

Pist, Bas, K2, Hangar, daralan, Fototrek Fotoğraf Grubu, Atıl Kunst, Hafriyat, Salı Fotoğraf Grubu, Reccollective, Remdans Proje Topluluğu / İstanbul Gösteri Sanatları Geliştirme Derneği, Amber, Videoist, Caravansarai, Apartman Projesi, Mtaar, Artık Mekan, Avrupa Kültür Derneği & Artcitizens’ Shop, Sanatorium, Oberliht Association, Water Tower Art Fest, Collabor.at, Art East, Formverk, Berliner Pool, Kuten, Coolturistes, Slobodne Veze, MOTA, Explore Satellietgroep, GeoAIR / Archidrome

http://www.artistinitiatives.org/tr/index.php

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SERGİ / EXHIBITION


Urban Bridges
An Exhibition in Galery Nauwieser 19
28.9.- 4.10 2009

Curators: Mtaär – Mert Akbal – Dragana Pesic

Artists : Brankica Končarević, Slavica Lazić Dundas, Nevena Popović, Milena Putnik, Maja Rakočević, Bora Akıncıtürk, Mert Akbal, Saydan Akşit, Gaye Su Akyol, Okan Arabacıoğlu, Dünya Atay, Bora Başkan, Didem Çabukel, Burcu Dayanıklı, Esen Demirci, Ayça Elkap, Sevil Tunaboylu, Erkin Gören, Ece Kalabak, Yiğit Karagöz, Emre Özbay, Gamze Özer, Hayal Pozantı, Kaan Sezyum

Istanbul, Belgrade and Saarbrücken are so many kilometers away from each other and in very different places of Europe, with very different lives, but the work of the artists are not so far away from each other. The exhibition „Urban Bridges“ is a possibility for Saarbrücker to have a look to see the works of more then 20 young artists from Serbia and Turkey.

Most of the artists from Istanbul participated on May 2009 in the exhibition „Local Illustrators 1“ in Galery Mtaär, an independent producer galery, which is initiated by Erkin Gören and Sevil Tunaboylu. It is one of the newest locations for contemporary art on anatolian side of Bosphorus in Istanbul.

Urban Bridges
28.09.2009 – 10.10.2009
Ausstellung von Istanbuler, Belgrader und Saarbrücker Künstlern
Vernisage: 28. september 19:00

http://www.mtaar.org

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SERGİ / EXHIBITION


Urban Bridges
An Exhibition in Galery Nauwieser 19
28.9.- 4.10 2009

Curators: Mtaär – Mert Akbal – Dragana Pesic

Artists : Brankica Končarević, Slavica Lazić Dundas, Nevena Popović, Milena Putnik, Maja Rakočević, Bora Akıncıtürk, Mert Akbal, Saydan Akşit, Gaye Su Akyol, Okan Arabacıoğlu, Dünya Atay, Bora Başkan, Didem Çabukel, Burcu Dayanıklı, Esen Demirci, Ayça Elkap, Sevil Tunaboylu, Erkin Gören, Ece Kalabak, Yiğit Karagöz, Emre Özbay, Gamze Özer, Hayal Pozantı, Kaan Sezyum

Istanbul, Belgrade and Saarbrücken are so many kilometers away from each other and in very different places of Europe, with very different lives, but the work of the artists are not so far away from each other. The exhibition „Urban Bridges“ is a possibility for Saarbrücker to have a look to see the works of more then 20 young artists from Serbia and Turkey.

Most of the artists from Istanbul participated on May 2009 in the exhibition „Local Illustrators 1“ in Galery Mtaär, an independent producer galery, which is initiated by Erkin Gören and Sevil Tunaboylu. It is one of the newest locations for contemporary art on anatolian side of Bosphorus in Istanbul.

Urban Bridges
28.09.2009 – 10.10.2009
Ausstellung von Istanbuler, Belgrader und Saarbrücker Künstlern
Vernisage: 28. september 19:00

http://www.mtaar.org

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Migrating Gardens

Migrating GardensOda Projesi (TR) and Nis Rømer (DK)
Møstingshus, Copenhagen, October 2009Migrating Gardens is a collaborative project by Oda Projesi and Nis Rømer reflecting on the relation of micro-scale farming and migration. It is an investiga…

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centri/fugacions

www.bcn.cat/lacapella2009Organizer:centri/fugacionsCan Xalant, Mataró / Platform Garanti, Istanbul. 2007/2008As part of the Roundabout Encounter Programme 6Participants: Mery Cuesta, Cevdet Erek, Erkan Özgen i Montse RomaníCan Xalant, an equipment o…

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La Capella

Can Xalant, Mataró / Platform Garanti, Istanbul (2007/2008)En el marc de “Roundabout Encounter Programme 6″Inauguració: dilluns 21 de setembre a les 19.30hAmb la participació de Mery Cuesta, Cevdet Erek, Erkan Özgen i Montse Romaní L’exposició “…

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SERGİ / EXHIBITION


Escape from Civilization September 18 – October 12 2009 // Sevil Tunaboylu – Erkin Gören


Mtaär artist initiative, welcomes everyone to their platform in Kadiköy, to the exhibition “Escape from Civilization” on 18th of September. Sevil Tunaboylu and Erkin Gören’s shared project, focuses on civilization that has been ‘reached’ after thousands of years through eastern / western cultures and life styles.

“Let the new human spirit that accustomed to live with a sense of defeat with the talent of forces upon, handle the materiality with the abstract value of money while bearing the spirit with the tangible things.

Several times each day trying to be grateful for what he has,but wishes to escape from the life that he has been stuck. Eventually, whatever he wishes, he can only escape, as long as the circumstances allow. And sure each time, he is in a position of escaping with the fear of going back or with the fear of wishing for going back. Such is the best slavery.”

‘Escape from Civilization’, is a a modest rebellion which brings the eastern and western civilizations geographically and culturally together, out of the big Istanbul.

Mtaär
Şair Latifi Sok. 27/A Moda/ Kadıköy İSTANBUL
http://www.mtaar.org

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TRANSIT II

TRANSIT II

Danilo Correale, Didem Ozbek & Osman Bozkurt
09.09.2009 – 09.11.2009
Wed – Sat
3 pm – 7 pm

Curated by Pelin Uran, Adriana Rispoli and Eugenio Viola

Opening: 09.09.09 Wed 9 pm – 1 am
Performance: The Istanbul Symphony, Danilo Correale, 9.30 pm – 10 pm
After Party: Kupa Beerhouse (Opposite PiST///)

PiST///
Dolapdere Caddesi
Pangalti Dere Sokak
No 8A/B/C
Pangalti 34375
Istanbul TR

www.pist.org.tr
www.pist-org.blogspot.com
pist@pist.org.tr

From September 9th to November 9th, 2009 PiST/// Interdisciplinary Project Space presents the exhibition TRANSIT II by Danilo Correale, Didem Ozbek & Osman Bozkurt. TRANSIT II investigates one of the defining issues of today such as amnesia in relation to the recent past and the movement of the immigrant, which according to Homi Bhabha changes the history of a nation. By concentrating on the forgotten history of a small district called Pangalti in Istanbul, Didem Ozbek & Osman Bozkurt implicitly makes the presence of the Italian / European community once visible within the Ottoman Empire and early Republic of Turkey. Danilo Correale, on the other hand, has concentrated his research on the production of handcrafted cymbals in Istanbul which was manufactured by Armenian community since the Ottoman Empire.

While The Istanbul Symphony by Danilo Correale will be preformed on September 9th, 2009 at 9.30 pm at PiST///; Grand rue Pancaldi, a daily performance by Didem Ozbek & Osman Bozkurt will take place at NAPOLI Grocery Store until November 9th, 2009.

Daily Performance: Grand rue Pancaldi
by Didem Ozbek & Osman Bozkurt
09.09.09 – 09.11.09
Mon-Fri 07:30 m – 06:30 pm
Sat 07:30 am – 02:00 pm

NAPOLi
Abide-i Hurriyet Caddesi
Izzet Pasa Sokak
No 8A Osmanbey
Istanbul TR
(NAPOLI Grocery is walking distance to Ferikoy Greek School and PiST///)

With the generous support of Barbaros Çağa and Museo MADRE / Naples
PiST/// thanks to LG Electronics Turkey, Istanbul Agop Cymbals, Italian Workers’ Association of Istanbul, and NAPOLI Grocery Store.

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LiST 10: Bienal Özel / LiST 10: Biennial Special

İstanbul’un Sanat Listesi: LiST, 11. Uluslararası İstanbul Bienal’i süresince İstanbul’da gerçekleşecek güncel sanat etkinliklerini yenilenen harita ve içeriğiyle en kapsamlı şekilde duyurmaya devam ediyor. Bienal Özel sayısıyla tirajını 60.000‘e çıkartan LiST, İstanbul ve Türkiye genelinde ücretsiz dağıtılıyor.

LiST 10‘u ayrıca pdf olarak da indirebilirsiniz.
http://www.istanbulartlist.net/

During the 11th International Istanbul Biennial, LiST: Istanbul’s Art Listing continues to list the contemporary art events of the city with its newly designed map and updated content. The Biennial Special issue of LiST has a circulation of 60.000 and its on free distribution in/around Istanbul and Turkey.

You can also download LiST 10‘s pdf version from the link below.
http://www.istanbulartlist.net/

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