…nd commuter rail hub as well as the busiest railway station in Turkey until 2012. As of 19 June 2013 all train service to the station has been indefinitely suspended due to the rehabilitation of the existing line for the new Marmaray commuter rail line. The closure of the station has been subject to a lot of controversy. As it was unclear if Haydarpaşa would be re-opened to rail service once the Marmaray project was completed. Claims that the Turk…
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…st: The Future Is A Constant Wake, by Ariel René Jackson & Michael J. Love, 2019, 6:12min. Kate Lain is a Los Angeles–area based, multidisciplinary artist working in film, video, clay, and other media. In her varied works, Kate plays with material, texture, traces, and movement and is interested in ways humans understand and interact with nature. Kate Lain’s experimental film and video work verges on documentary and spans a wide range—from essay…
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…t the song Susamam – We cannot stay silent –, a 15 minutes tune released in 2019, reuniting 20 rappers among which Tahribad-ı İsyan, Fuat, Ados, Deniz Tekin… Tahribad-ı İsyan from the clip of Susamam Each one evokes in his verse a different subject dealing with a political or social failing in the country, from education, to justice, law, privilege, domestic violence, or corruption. Gathering more than 50 millions of views up to this day, this…
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…oglu temporary space, opened its door in November 2020 and closed in August 2021. However it is still possible to easly “walk” through the over 100 works by Gürbüz, thanks to the Virtual Tour offered on the Istanbul Modern website. “This Place We Call World” showcases the 35 years of artistic research of one of Turkey’s leading artists in contemporary art. Myths, legends and fairytales from all around the world are entwined with the inspiration ta…
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…a was awarded a residency by the European Investment Bank in Luxembourg. In 2016 he undertook a traineeship with the cultural association for the arts Nuova Icona in Venice, and in 2017 he was one of the artists selected in the Maltese Pavilion at the Venice Biennale. Bezzina met Thomas and Sabine for the first time in Malta. It was in 2017, regarding Bezzina’s participation in the Malta Pavilion. He was later invited to a Maltese edition of the…
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…ject was born in 2014 and they started working with recycled instruments in 2019. Roni Aran, Serhat Ayebe and Herman Artuç wanted to create awareness about the dangers of climate change, and nowadays they’re inspiring people with their music to recover the natural order of life. Their last album, called Trash Oriental, was released in 2022 and they received very good feedback from people who are sensitive to ecology and the environment. Fungistanb…
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