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“A Roma Model/ The Cosmopolitan Other?” (Berlin, Germany)
Daniel Baker and Ethel Brooks’ performative conversation in the frame of the Former West project, entitled “A Roma Model/ The Cosmopolitan Other” which takes place today, March 20th 2013 in Berlin,...
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Call to Rethink the 13th Istanbul Biennial and Response of the Biennale Curators
via Anti Istanbul Biennial 2013 A declaration to the Public by Kamusal Direniş Platformu (Kent Hareketleri, Açıkalan Sanat Kolektifi, Kamusal Sanat Laboratuvarı, Homur Mizah ve Karikatür Grubu,...
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Istanbul Biennial Protests Foreshadowed Battle for Gezi Park
via Ben Davis & Sara Roffino (ArtInfo) The world is watching Turkey’s wave of protests, currently in the news as police storm Taksim Square. The country-wide popular movement began over the...
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Another World Is Possible – What about an Anonymous Istanbul Biennial?
via Ahmet Ögüt I never performed for the media. I tried to reach people. It was not acting. It was not some media muppet show. That is a cynical interpration of history. * Abbie Hoffman * After his act...
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International Exhibition Censored by Turkish Embassy in Madrid
by Pelin Başaran and Banu Karaca Last year, the exhibition Here Together Now was held at Matadero Madrid, Spain. Curated by Manuela Villa, was realised with the support of the Turkish Embassy in...
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Turkish Government Censors Film about the Kurdistan Workers’ Party at the...
On April 12th, at the IKSV ISTANBUL FILM FESTIVAL the Turkish government censored a documentary about kurdish guerrilla PKK (The Kurdistan Workers’ Party). The film title is “Bakur”(Director: Çayan...
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Statement by the Jury for the Akbank Sanat International Curator Competition...
We were very disappointed to hear that Akbank Sanat took the decision to cancel hosting the prize winning exhibition proposal ‘Post-Peace’ conceived and curated by Katia Krupennikova. We selected...
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Anonymous Stateless Immigrants Statement on “Post-Peace” Exhibition Censorship
As artists in “Post-Peace” we express our discontent over the decision by Akbank Sanat to cancel the exhibition over “the delicate situation in Turkey.” As members of ASI (Anonymous Stateless...
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Artists’ Response to the Cancellation of the Post-Peace Exhibition (Istanbul,...
For more background on this case please read “Post-Peace” exhibition cancelled in Istanbul. //EN In the weeks since the initial writing of this statement, the context which necessitated it has been...
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belit sağ // Open Letter
Open Letter – 11 May 2016 It was my intention for a long time to publish a statement about the censorship of my video Ayhan and me (2016), part of the group exhibition Post-Peace that was censored by...
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The End – Akbank Sanat International Curator Competition (Istanbul, Turkey)
For more background on this case please read “Post-Peace” exhibition cancelled in Istanbul. For the past five years I have had a great pleasure to witness the Akbank Sanat International Curator...
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