VIDEO / DENEYSEL / SUNUM PERA FİLM 16 ve 23 OCAK / JANUARY 2010 “Deneysel Video Sunumları” ARZU ÖZKAL / EYTAN İPEKER ARZU ÖZKAL 16 OCAK / JANUARY CUMARTESİ / SATURDAY 15:00 Yeni medya ve performans alanlarında çalısan genç sanatçı Arzu Özkal, Bilkent Üniversitesi Grafik Tasarım Bölümü’nden sonra, Buffalo Üniversitesi (SUNY Buffalo) Sanat Bölümü’nde yüksek Full Article…
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Ali Kazma’dan ‘engellemeler’
Videolarından oluşan ‘Engellemeler’ sergisinde sanatçı Ali Kazma, “kaosla düzen, yaşamla ölüm arasındaki gergin dengeyi” irdeliyor ÇAĞDAŞ sanat sahnesinin bilindik isimlerinden, video işleriyle tanınan Ali Kazma’nın ‘Engellemeler/Obstructions‘ başlıklı kişisel sergisi, İstanbul’daki Yapı Kredi Kazım Taşkent Sanat Galerisi’nde sürüyor. Küratörlüğünü Emre Baykal’ın yaptığı sergide, sanatçının 2005 yılından bu yana yaptığı çalışmalardan oluşan bir video seçkisi sanatseverlerle buluşuyor. Full Article…
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Astrid Rieger Sergisi
09-30 Ocak 2010: Astrid Rieger Sergisi 06-27 Şubat 2010: VAST-FORWARD – 1646 Seçkisi (Lahey / Hollanda) Eylül 2009’da İMÇ 5533’te sabit bir arşiv mekanına kavuşan Kurye Video Organizasyonu, Ocak 2010’dan itibaren arşivinde öne çıkan sanatçıların kişisel sergilerine ve yabancı partner organizasyonların seçkilerine ev sahipliği yapacak. 09-30 Ocak tarihleri arasında gerçekleşecek olan ilk sergi, Almanya’da yaşayan Full Article…
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Riot/Emeute
Video 4-6 aralik Centre Pompidou, Paris
PART 1 Servet Koçyiğit, Shake it ‘till it drops, 2007 Şener Özmen & Cengiz Tekin, One Day a T and a K, 2009 Bengü Karaduman, in place of silent words, 2009 Ahmet Öğüt, Things we count, 2008
PART 2 Nevin Aladağ, Raise the Roof, 2007 Nilbar Güreş, The Letter, 2006 Ferhat Özgür, A Young girl is growing up, 2003 Aslı Süngü, Püff, 2002
Küratör : Azra Tüzünoğlu
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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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Pst… Pst… (2003)
Single channel video of a 5 second loop, motion sensors.
A woman, on the streets of any large city in Turkey, is surely to hear remarks of appreciation,
occasionally favorable and once in a while disgraceful. Accustomed to the…
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PERSONALITY CRİSİS 04,04,2009/23,05,2009
“Personality Crisis”+ “Centro di Permanenza Temporanea”Outlet//Independent Art Space continues to bring dynamism to the contemporary art scene of the city. The gallery’s forth exhibition “Personality Crisis”, which opens on April 4th, is …
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ENG / A Review of the Taipei Biennial 2008 (RES, April 09)
A Review of the Taipei Biennial 2008:(When) Global Attacks On A Local Paradise By ADNAN YILDIZ a) Taipei City Context and Curators’ Approach After landing at the Taipei International Airport, on my way to the hotel, I was listening to my taxi d…
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Adrian Paci Konuşması
4 Nisan Cumartesi, 14.00
Garanti Galeri ve Platform Garanti Güncel Sanat Merkezi / 5. Kat
Garanti Han 115A, İstiklal Caddesi
Adrian Paci, kişisel deneyimlerini yeniden yaratırken, belgesel nitelikli düz bir sunumdan ziyade geleneksel hikaye anlatım yöntemlerini kullanıyor. Kendi düğününde çekilen video görüntülerini tabloya dönüştürebiliyor (Düğün / The Wedding, 2003), ailesinin Arnavutluk’tan İtalya’ya göç hikayesini kızının anlatımıyla masalsı bir ifadeyle kayda geçirebiliyor (Arnavut Masalları / Albanian Stories, 1997).
Adrian Paci, WHW’nin düzenlediği Yamuk Bakmak / Looking Awry (apexart, 2003); Balkanların Geçitlerinde / In the Gorges of the Balkans (Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany, 2003); New Video, New Europe, (Tate Modern, London, 2004); Biennial of Sevilla, (2004) gibi birçok sergiye katıldı. Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Contemporary Arts Museum Houston; PS1/Museum of Modern Art, New York; Museum Am Ostwall, Dortmund’da kişisel sergiler açtı.
4 Nisan’dan itibaren Outlet//İhraç Fazlası Sanat Galerisi‘nde gerçekleştirilecek “Kişilik Krizi” adlı sergide, sanatçının 2007 tarihli Centro di Permanenza Temporanea adlı fotoğraf ve video işi izlenebilir. Sergide, savaş, yoksulluk ve eşitsizliğin tetiklediği koşullarda göç, sürgün ve bekleyiş döngüsünü düşündüren Centro di Permanenza Temporanea, aprondaki bir dizi insanın uçağa binmek üzere merdivenlerden çıkmaları ve aslında var olmayan bir uçağı beklemeleri konu alınıyor. Uzaktan, uçakların iniş ve kalış sesleri duyulmakta ancak bekleyenlerin durumunda bir değişiklik olmamaktadır. Yapıtın adı, İtalya’daki kaçak göçmenlerin bekletildiği kamplara gönderme yapıyor.
1969’da Arnavutluk’ta doğan Adrian Paci, Arnavutluk Sanat Akademisi’nde öğrenim gördükten sonra 1990’ların ortasında ailesiyle İtalya’ya göç etmek zorunda kaldı. Doğduğu topraklarla bağını sürdüren sanatçı, göç, yoksulluk ve köksüzlük deneyimlerinden yola çıkarak bir dizi son derece güçlü eser üretiyor.
Konuşma, İngilizce yapılacak.
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Ahmet Ögüt / Jakup Ferri
Jakup Ferri | Don’t Tell Anybody | 2003 | DVD 12′ | video still | courtesy of the artist
Today in History: Ahmet Ögüt / Jakup Ferri
5 March- 15 April 2009
Centre for Visual Introspection
16 Biserica Enei Str, District 1, Bucharest
Curated by Alina Serban
http://www.pplus4.ro/mainen.html
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haksız tahrik!
oda projesi 17′ Necati bey video dokümantasyonAhu Antmen yorumu:http://www.radikal.com.tr/Default.aspx?aType=RadikalYazarYazisi&ArticleID=927824&Yazar=AHU%20ANTMEN&Date=25.03.2009&CategoryID=113
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doublethink-2
Doublethink-2
Video and Sound Installation, 4min.
Video and Sound Installation, 4min.
Exibition Format: sound installation along a tight, curvy and dark hall, video installation in a dark and small cabin at the end of the hall.
The second piece of the Doublethink project is formed by 10 youtube videos in which the pre-school kids are singing the national anthem memorized by heart. These videos are only a sample of what was uploaded by the proud parents and teachers.
While groping in the dark hall, the audiance will hear the sound of the kids singing the anthem in a pretentious, almost hysterical and overexaggerated way. When at last the room at the end of the hall is reached, the overacted gestures of the kids, their difficulties in memorizing, their artificial tears can be observed in the video, this time in total silence.
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doublethink-1
“Doublethink 1”
Video Instalation 4 min. 43 sec.
All the nations that were founded late 19th century or early 20th century are based on their national symbols, heroic stories, made-up mythologies and independence war heroes to create and strengthen the consciousnes of being a state and to connect the citizens horizontally with the bounds of the brotherhood. In the case of Turkish Republic, one of the most important national symbols is the national anthem, “Istiklal Marsi”
It is formed of 41 lines and 256 words and any Turkish citizen is obliged to know it word by word beginning from early childhood. Is it possible to think of this hymn (which all the students in all the schools sing every monday morning and ever friday evening until reaching the university years) in a different way?
The doublethink project consists of two video installations. To form the first one, all the words of the anthem were put in alfabetical order. This coincidential method of creating a new, almost dadaist poem, sometimes ended up creating new meanings, and sometimes totaly absurd ones. Afterwards, the video has been created by the first 256 images which google images finds searching for the turkish anthem “istiklal marsi” . Each image lasts on the screen during the reading of the words that forms the new poem. The overrepetition of the words such as patria, blood, nation, citizen, martyrs, as well as the repetition of the images of national ceremonies, flag, the school kids etc. can be observed in the video. The aim of this randomly made video is to invite the audiance to think about the fragile theme of being a nation, to forget about its sacred meanings and to trivialize it.
The name of the piece is inspired from the famous novel of George Orwell, 1984:
And if all others accepted the lie which the Party imposed–if all records told the same tale–then the lie passed into history and became truth. ‘Who controls the past,’ ran the Party slogan, ‘controls the future: who controls the present controls the past.’ And yet the past, though of its nature alterable, never had been altered. Whatever was true now was true from everlasting to everlasting. It was quite simple. All that was needed was an unending series of victories over your own memory. ‘Reality control’, they called it: in Newspeak, ‘doublethink’.
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Deniz Gül
Tokyo Wonder Site Residency in Collaboration with Platform Garanti
Fall 2008
Deniz Gül lives and works in Istanbul, Turkey where she received her BA in Visual Arts and Communication Design from Sabanci University.
Gül’s artistic practice involves public interventions or site-specific productions ans she uses photography, video, objects and text to create works of art that examine the construction of identity and space through social roles, urban myths and representation. Dealing with a matter’s condition of existence, she deconstructs her subjects to capture and develop a new reality. In her recent video series Mama Stop! (2008, Tokyo) she depicts forms of parental control over a child in different settings and reproduces codes of behaviour via spatial arguments on identities and roles of women in society. Gül’s latest photographic series Backyard and Façade (2008, Istanbul) exposes the use of an early 19th century style of architectural structure composed of counterfeit combination of baroque and western styles by a narrative which imagines fictive characters circulating in the contemporary cultural, social and practical rituals. This series reproduces the cult of western influence on the orient and locates cultural artefacts in a staged wedding celebration.
In addition to her artistic practice, Gül writes for various magazines and blogs about contemporary culture, arts, design and urban life. In 2008, Gul’s fictive-documentary Zeytinburnu Monologues was published as a part of “Urban Makers- Parallel Narratives of Grassroots Practices and Tensions” by Bbooks, Germany. In the same year, she exhibited in “Post-it Cities”, Centre De Cultura Contemporania (Barcelona) and “Bodig 08”, Hafriyat (Istanbul).
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what time is it there?
What time is it there? is a single channel experimental video. I made use of several personal video images in order to create new sorts of meanings. In addition to this, by adding a performance section I attempted to reinforce the atmosphere tried to b…
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Collaborations 2008
Spike Island Residency in Collaboration with Platform Garanti
Fall 2008
Fatma Ciftci was born in Amasya in 1981 and now lives and works in Istanbul. She graduated from the Bilkent University Fine Arts Department of Ankara in 2005.
Cifti works with photography, video, performance, animation and drawing, merging these different media within her artistic practice. She often introduces found images and objects to her works in order to invent games that blur reality and fiction, as well as modes of representation and creativity. In her recent works Cifti’s interest has focused on political and military issues. For example I will be a soldier is a series of eight embroidered drawings that each depict the black silhouette of a soldier in a different military position. The inspiration for this series is a toy soldier and the childish expression ‘when I grow up I want to be a solder’. The relationship between the influence of such a toy and a child’s imagined dream can be seen as both ironic and paradoxical.
Once Upon a Time in Istanbul is a video project in which Cifti overlays a found amateur 16mm film with dialogue from old Turkish movies. The video was shot in the 1970s in Istanbul and it presents scenes of people and their social activities of that period. Cifti’s layering of periods and subjects creates a complex sequence that sees change condensed into one act.
In 2008 Cifti attended the Spike Island Residency programme in Bristol for three months. Her work was presented on the YAMA public screen in Istanbul in 2008 and in Asia Art Now, Arario Beijing, China, 2007; Mom’s Livingroom, Goyang Art Studio Exhibition Hall, Seoul, Korea, 2007; freekick (hospitality zone of 9th International Istanbul Biennial, Turkey, 2005; and in the 23rd Exhibition of Contemporary Artists of Istanbul and of Diyarbakir, Turkey, 2004.
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PiST/// at Frieze Art Fair 2008, Stand F36
Regent’s Park, London
16 – 19 October 2008
www.frieze.com
Opening Reception
Wednesday, 15 October
7 – 10 PM
PiST has been invited by the directors of the Frieze Art Fair as one of the two not-for-profit, artist-run galleries participating in the fair in 2008. For Frieze Art Fair 2008, PiST has juxtaposed the works of Caner Aslan, Osman Bozkurt, Yang Ah Ham, Köken Ergun, Sefer Memişoğlu, Fahrettin Örenli and Didem Özbek.
Caner Aslan is a young artist who has participated the 5th Berlin Biennial. His works are strongly influenced by the internet.
His installation work “https” will be at the PiST Stand F36.
https (gathering information in a variety of ways, not just by “spying” like you see in the movies)
Mixed media
Variable sizes
Caner Aslan, 2007
Osman Bozkurt mainly uses photography and video in his works. After the “Global Cities” exhibition at Tate Modern in 2007, Frieze Art Fair will be his second presentation in London. His new portrait series “Untitled” will be exhibited for the first time at PiST’s Stand F36.
Untitled 0119L
50×70 cm
C-Print
Osman Bozkurt, 2008
Köken Ergun’s video “The Flag” received an award at the Rotterdam Film Festival in 2007. At the PiST stand one of his new videos “The Wedding” will be screened for the first time.
The Wedding
3 Channel Video
12′ 10″
Köken Ergun, 2008
Yang Ah Ham who was nominated for the Hermes Art Award 2008 in Korea will install her sculpture “Chocolate Heads” with its companion performance video “Adjective Life – Out of Frame”.
Chocolate Heads
60x40x30 cm
Before and after the performance of Adjective Life – Out of Frame
08′
Yang Ah Ham, 2007
One of Turkey’s leading video artists Sefer Memişoğlu will screen his recent HD video “Rendering Rome” for the first time at Frieze Art Fair 2008.
Rendering Rome
06′ 09″
HD Video
Sefer Memişoğlu, 2008
ABN AMRO Art Prize 2004 winner Fahrettin Örenli will exhibit his recent installation work “West-East Dog Line”. It is a multi layered installation that consists of drawings, poems, video and photography with gold-plated and silver sculptures.
A Fairy Tale in Future: Sisss! Shadows
20×54.5 cm
Drawing on Etching Paper
Fahrettin Örenli, 2008
Didem Özbek will exhibit her limited edition work “White Sugar Cube Book”. Produced as a part of the tea stand installation of PiST at its Stand F36, Turkish tea’s ubiquitous companion, white sugar cubes will work as a metaphor of the white cube gallery spaces of the art market, becoming a – sweet – guide for the viewers of the show.
White Sugar Cube Book
240 pieces of wrapped white cube sugars
Limited Edition Work
Didem Özbek, 2008
As an artist-run intative PiST has also invited Maya Ersan to help to present the artist’s works at its stand with Didem Özbek and Osman Bozkurt.
PiST/// is a non-profit, independent, artist-run space in Istanbul. Co-directed by Didem Özbek and Osman Bozkurt, it aims to offer an open, diverse, alternative art space. The main focus of PiST is to support the local contemporary art scene while sustaining its continuing growth. Since May 2006 PiST has hosted various exhibitions, discussions, and projects as well as produced its own publications.
PiST///
Dolapdere Caddesi
Pangalti Dere Sokak
No 12 / 14 / 16
Pangalti 34375
Istanbul TR
www.pist.org.tr
www.pist-org.blogspot.com
pist@pist.org.tr
LiST: Istanbul’s Contemporary Art List
www.istanbulartlist.net
list@pist.org.tr
With the kind support of Canan Pak and Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency
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appraisal to insanity
“appraisal to insanity”, 2006, 5 piece video installation
Appraisal to insanity… doesn’t actually know what it is appraising or what is insanity.
They are recordings of the people whom I found and followed in Italy, who had given up.
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Altın Günü
ALTIN GÜNÜ
5533, 8 Mart Dünya Kadınlar Günü kapsamında bir dizi etkinliğe ev sahipliği yapmaktadır.Yaklaşık dört gün sürecek bu etkinlik dizisi çerçevesinde sunumlar, video gösterimleri ve performansların yanı sıra bir tartışma platformu yaratılması hedeflenmektedir. Etkinlikler 4-7 Mart 2008 tarihleri arasında gerçekleşecektir.
Maria Sezer :“Başka Çadır” yerleştirme
Gunnur Özsoy : ‘hamile’ video gösterim
Ciğdem Kaya : ‘white to red’ video gösterim
Ece Tunak : “Ben?” video gösterim
Gülşah Karanlık : “yol” video gösterim
Dilay Koçoğulları : “Çuval” video gösterim
Aliye Arslan : ‘portreler ‘ slayt gösterimi
Saliha Yılmaz : ‘kadın ve erkek’ slayt gösterimi
Yapılacak sunumların programı aşağıdadır:
4 Mart 2008 Salı 16:00 : Amargi’den Hasbiye Günaçtı ve Dilara Kızıldağ
“Cinsellik ve kadın Bedeni” (söyleşi)
5 Mart 2008 Çarşamba 16:00 : Canan Şenol sunumu
7 Mart 2008 Cuma 16:00 : Işın Önol “Çağdaş Sanatta Kadın” sunumu
“GOLDEN DAYS”
5533. will host a series of events to celebrate 8th of March World Women’s
Day. An event lasting four days will include a series of presentations, video
shows, and performance aiming to create a platform for discussion. The event takes
place from the 4th through the 7th of March, 2008.
Art work to be shown includes:
Maria Sezer: “Other Tent” installation
Gunnur Ozsoy: “Pregnant” video
Cigdem Kaya: “White to Red” video
Ece Tunak: “Me?” video
Gulsah Karanlik: “Road” video
Dilay Kocogullari: “Sack” video
Aliye Arslan: “Portraits” slide show
Saliha Yilmaz: “Women and Men”” Slide Show
The Presentation Program includes:
March 4, Tuesday Hasbiye Gunacti and Dilara Kizildag from Amargi
“Gender and The Female Body”
March 5, Wednesday Canan Senol
March 7, Friday Isin Onol “Contempoary Art and Women”
*This event was organized by Ayşegül Akyüz, Evrim Vurdu ve Tuğçe Oklay.
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