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Raphael Vella – Maltese Artist, Teacher and Curator

February 16, 2023February 18, 2023 Maëla Sanmartín 519 Views 0 Comments #maelasanmartin, antibody, greetings from nowhere, mahalla festival, Maren Richter, raphael vella, Valletta Contemporary

Raphael Vella – News from Nowhere, an interview with the Maltese artist by Maëla Sanmartín.

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Thomas Geiger – Art in Public Spaces in Istanbul

February 16, 2023March 15, 2023 Marlene Kadgien 412 Views 0 Comments art in public space, Austrian Cultural Forum Istanbul, Istanbul Simit Exchange, Le Pigeon, performance, Public Space, residence program, Thomas Geiger

Thomas Geiger studied Fine Arts in Karlsruhe and Interdisciplinary Art in Tallinn, Estonia and is now settled in Vienna.

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Throwback on the Otonom Art Events in Istanbul: Garage, Art, Metal, Rust

June 21, 2021June 21, 2021 Aliette Dumont Saint Priest 1446 Views 0 Comments art Istanbul, Atatürk Oto Sanayi, Hüseyin Arda, Komünart, maslak, Metallwerstatt Tacheles, Otonom Art Events

The Otonom Art Events, held between the 1st and the 6th of June 2021, describe themselves as « accessible, innovative, free, contemporary » art events.

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talk with #anarchyzen ile söyleşi

May 14, 2020May 14, 2020 Sabine Küper 2440 Views 0 Comments #anarchyzen, istanbul, streetart, turkey

#anarchyzen is the label of a Turkish Street-artist. During the pandemic days the emptiness of the streets unveils a

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Soufiane Ababri, Memories of a Solitary Cruise

January 15, 2019January 25, 2019 Sabine Küper 3183 Views 0 Comments art, immigration, istanbul, Queer, Soufiane Ababri, The Pill, turkey

The first solo exhibition in Turkey of Moroccan artist Soufiane Ababri. « Memories of a solitary cruise » at

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Inside the Invisible

May 17, 2018May 21, 2018 David Siegel 2853 Views 0 Comments art, documentary, homeless, Kamen Stoyanov, Ljubljana, movie, place hacking, video

“Time appears longer when you cannot see.” A poignant and powerful phrase from the beginning of Kamen Stoyanov’s documentary IN-VISIBLE.

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The Lion, the “Which” and the War Told

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 David Siegel 3051 Views 0 Comments art, art history, art in public space, Atlanta, documentary, exhibition, Film, Katharina Swoboda, Kunsthalle Luzern, Lion, Lucerne, USA, war

There is a bit of Darwin to Katharina Swoboda’s lions. An origin of a species of lion, one might say, migrating and changing but despite being made of stone. The Lion of Atlanta: a Research Story explores the one of the distant relatives of the Lion of Lucerne, which has made its home in Atlanta, USA since 1894.