…2012 Frankfurt Book Fair. WHAT? This year´s theme is „Literary Cities“. Welcomed are texts imaginary or real, past, present or future related, utopian or dystopian, stories dealing with our cities and metropolis as the core of culture and creativity. WHEN? From August 15th until October 12th participating authors will write and publish in real-time. HOW? This experiment is based on the Internet platform poiesipedia.com. Here, one can read, edit, o…
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…with the purpose of the İstanbul Edebiyat Evi. Kıraathane is an archaic word composed of qiraat which in Arabic means “reading” and hane which means “place”, “house”, “space”. This word is used in Turkey in the sense of coffee house, where newspapers and magazines could be read while drinking tea or coffee during the times of the Ottoman Empire. It’s also the name of the İstanbul Edebiyat Evi – İstanbul Litterature House – located in Beyoğlu, who…
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…ng costs of artists at risk and, where necessary, relocate artists to a place of safety within their own country or region. AR Artists exposing in Helsinki To make a donation: https://www.gofundme.com/f/artistsatrisk For further information contact emergencyfund@artistsatrisk.org. For secure chat/talk, please register a personal account at www.wire.com and find @AR….
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…nd started with artistic projects. Why did you decide to leave Romania and come to Spain? Was it a difficult decision? Leaving your family is the hardest thing. Breaking with my stability and everything I had at that moment -culture, education…- and giving a step forward has been the most difficult thing for me. I jumped into the void, because I didn’t know a lot about Spain. This experience changes your life a lot: it makes you much more independ…
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…M video conferencing software! Contact for registration info@nadasistanbul.com. On Saturday 4th of April 2020, a group of 22 people from around the world met on an online platform in order to attend an art workshop. Better said, a portrait workshop done through a camera. The project Face to Face – Yüz Yüze is a portrait exhibition, initially planned to be realized physically in the frame of the international Slow Art day, in the warm and cooperati…
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…us is changing (maybe for the worse) there is still hope and the possibility of dreaming of change. Raphael Vella (n.d.). raphaelvella.com. Available at: http://raphaelvella.com/…
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…wly visible places. Far from preachy or patronizing, the film echoes the words of a third guide and another invisible world: “I don’t help anyone. I give you only a place.” -Don Pierino Despite their differences, Taubi, Pogačnik, Pierino, and Stoyanov echo a similar kind of compassion which creates space for what might be found in invisible worlds. Where there is invisible, there is often neglect and suffering that elicits a strong desire to help….
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…ts. The Exhibition is open Thursday-Sunday 12-7 PM. Kirmizi Minare Sokak, 34445 Beyoglu, 34445 Istanbul. http://nolab.co/ https://www.facebook.com/nolabistanbul/ https://www.instagram.com/nolabistanbul/…
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…arrett and a $100 gift certificate to online photo equipment store Adorama.com. Two runners-up will receive a signed copy and a $50 gift certificate. Tweet your best place-hacking photos to @VersoBooks using the hashtag #ExploreEverything between 12:00 PM EST 10/8/13 and 12:00AM EST 11/1/13 to be entered to win. Make sure you’re following @VersoBooks on Twitter, and check out the official rules on VersoBooks.com to make sure you and your photo are…
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