…undation announces May 2 the recipients of the 2014 Václav Havel Prize for Creative Dissent. The 2014 laureates are Turkish performance artist Erdem Gündüz together with Russian punk protest group Pussy Riot. The Human Rights Foundation founded the Havel Prize with the endorsement of Dagmar Havlová, widow of the late poet, playwright, and statesman Václav Havel. The Prize celebrates those who, with bravery and ingenuity, unmask the lie of dictator…
Read More…Impression from the Istanbul Design Week by the Institute for Arts and Media Management……
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…art is able to suggest multiple strategies to raise awareness and generate creative solutions to environmental problems, as well as reconnecting human beings and nature (1). Her artworks have been exhibited in the Galleria Luisa Delle Piane in Milan, the Círculo de Bellas Artes in Madrid, Sónar in Barcelona and different fairs like Miart Milano, Art Brussels, Stampa or Casa Arte. She has also received several prizes: the Scholarship for Production…
Read Morecoming soon Cluster sound Based on covert communication. The sound-oriented and cluster based language and narrative style of hidden noise is inspired by the art and science of encrypted secret messages and by a new artistic communication form. Hidden noise is powered by latest network technologies for covert communication and develops these into innovative forms of artistic expression. This platfrom will offer exciting opportunities for innova…
Read Morecoming soon Cluster sound Based on covert communication. The sound-oriented and cluster based language and narrative style of hidden noise is inspired by the art and science of encrypted secret messages and by a new artistic communication form. Hidden noise is powered by latest network technologies for covert communication and develops these into innovative forms of artistic expression. This platfrom will offer exciting opportunities for innova…
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…ethod to re-view, re-investigate and re-consider prevailing imagery of migrants in European societies; ultimately, to ‘re-map’ Europe visually, geographically and mentally. An important result of the project is the archival and creative exposure of present-day perspectives of young (future) citizens on migration, as captured in creative media. It contributes to the European cultural heritage and is a future point of reference in our collective mem…
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…st gift/commodity. Not only after the discussion about the Guggenheim Lab, creative spaces are what everyone seems to talk about and thus I decided to take a walk around Kreuzberg to explore these spaces and find out, how the inquiry about the IDEA is manifested. Main-Initiator of the Denkerei, founded in late 2011, is Bazon Brock, famous for his often provocative arguments concerning arts, culture and day-to-day aesthetics in general. Together wi…
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…owned by the city. In the end they will have to decide if they want to sell the next piece of the riverside to a company which will construct luxury apartments or hotels there or to a creative project which will not pay the highest price but will enrich the city, create working opportunities and a space for everyone to live….
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…d the Middle East. In 2013 we created the largest online archive about the creative expressions during the Gezi protests in Istanbul; follwoing the Gezi park protests the InEnArt team organized the first ever Three Sided Football match in Turkey in the frame of the Istanbul Biennial 2013.- The InEnArt team was always reflecting cultural search of identity in areas of cultural alienation either due to repression, displacement and the need for perso…
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