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Raphael Vella – Maltese Artist, Teacher and Curator

February 16, 2023February 18, 2023 Maëla Sanmartín

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

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

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

#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

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

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

Place Hacking Places Seen Beyond Topics Topography of Memory

The Lion, the “Which” and the War Told

May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 David Siegel

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.

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Made in Turkiye

April 17, 2017April 30, 2018 Thomas Büsch

[widgetkit id=21650] NoLaB presents the exhibition Made in Turkiye until the end of June 2017 at Hasköy Spinning Factory in

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Earth Pass

January 2, 2017January 5, 2017 Thomas Büsch

[widgetkit id=21444] From Multitude to Participation The exhibition Earth Pass – Visions for Berlin – From Multitude to Participation is the

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One aspect of Place Hacking can be described as Urban Exploration.

Devotees around the world explore the hidden sides of cities - abandoned buildings, underground tunnels, sewer systems, unused stretches of subway or old industry plants.

The movement uses the potential of existing public space and transform it into a moving environment.

Guerrilla Gardening as a form of Place Hacking is gardening on land that the gardeners do not have legal right to use, often an abandoned site or area not cared for by anyone.

We understand Urban Knitting as well as a form of Place Hacking that employs colourful displays of knitted or crocheted yarn or fibre.

The celebration of May Day around the world is seen also as a phenomena that deals with the relationship between artistic practices and political action.