…ptekin-Archive, Courtesy of the Estate of Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin and Rampa Istanbul At gallery Rampa, Istanbul until July 12th […] Read more… Three Books, Three Partitions, Three Sounds Thomas BüschA Library That Music Runs Through Murat Opus reinterprets Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin Collection at SALT Galata SALT continues to invite others to reinterpret the Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin Collection, which consists of the artist’s archive and books, loca…
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…rts Istanbul is an independent music and culture Festival, taking place in Istanbul for one week between March 24 and April 2 taking palce at different venues in both sides of the city. First edition of the Festival in 2016 was created as a musical bridge between two Mediterranean cities – Tel Aviv and Istanbul. During 3 days in Tel Aviv, 4 days in Istanbul we established a new space for contemporary music soundscape of these two cities blended to…
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…ndoruk works on commission, collective, initiation based interdisciplinary design in İstanbul and New York. Eray Makal is owner of the design studio 12punto, a lecturer in İstanbul Bilgi University and the creative director of the magazine GQ Türkiye. Erhan Muratoğlu currently teaches part time in METU, Department of Industrial Design. He was one of the founding members of NOMAD, an association working on digital art and culture and was in the org…
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…the Ottoman Empire pressed the button for the deportation of Armenians in Istanbul. 24 Nisan 1915’te, İstanbul’da Osmanlı İmparatorluğu’nun İttihat ve Terakki hükümetince Ermeni tehciri için düğmeye basıldı. The Turkish journalist Necati Abay started an investigation about the fate of the Armenian colleagues of this period in 1998. He could localize 32 Armenian journalist and author’s names as victims of the genocide. He is assuming that the numb…
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…and Design in Linz Austria. The program teaches interactive art, interface design and the development innovative interface solutions at the confluence of art, design and research. “Tangible Score” by Enrique Tomas The rapid and ongoing integration of media and communication technologies into our daily lives has cause significant social impact over the past years. The relationship between humans and digital technologies becomes closer and closer, a…
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…tion into the Mahalla Festival in the frame of parallel events of the 17th Istanbul Biennial under the title Palimpsest of Power and his stay in Istanbul during this time is supported by the Art Council Malta. INTERVIEW with Aaron Bezzina By Maëla Sanmartín Maëla Sanmartín, Diyalog Derneği Aaron Bezzina, artist of the Mahalla Festival What artwork are you proposing for the Mahalla Festival? My works, sculptures or installations are very depend…
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…e hotel (drive by) It is the first fully steel frame highrise structure in Istanbul (by UrasXDilekçi architects) erected in Avcılar aiming to demonstrate the favorable qualities of that technology vis e vis seismic risks. Ambarlı new-harbour (‘Marport’) The harbour of Istanbul is currently being relocated: The central harbour in Haydarpaşa is still in use but being privatized and given up. One of the alternative sites is being developed in the wes…
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…rsity has been realizing the worldwide Bellastock project in Istanbul this week. The idea behind the project is to recycle the masses of waste the world is producing every second. About half a year, the students in Istanbul have been collecting rubbish from Turkish markets, mainly wooden boxes from Tarlabaşı and Beşiktaş, in order to show how waste materials can be reused efficiently instead of producing new goods. The dedicated students have buil…
Read More…s face is painted on plexiglass. One artist, Enis Karavil, in his mask design titled “2020,313” integrates technology into his mask design. It combines the concept of past and future; the mask wearer is portrayed wearing an older style of clothing, and the Apple Watch worn on his mask, new. Additionally, Apple’s voice system means that whatever the person wearing the mask says is instantly displayed on the screen in text form. The committee of…
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