…s as lazy dreamer The photographer Yasın Akgül documented the fled of 2500 Yazidis from Irak last year. Which fruit stands for the name of the İstanbul based photo agency Akgül is part of? Apple (Elma) Orange (Portakal) Pomegranate (Nar) Name Email Time’s up Cancel Find some help at our Urban Voices Project to answer the questions: Man on Wire Thomas BüschJuly 9, 2014Tightrope Walking Read more… Prisoner of Love Thomas BüschJuly 10, 2014Tigh…
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…d Brooklyn has become a synonym for the rise of a hipsterdom that destroys urban authenticity. Graffiti in Istanbul Urban change is inevitable. But the way that change happens is always the result of specific policy and planning decisions. In order to preserve vibrant, mixed use cities, we must preserve affordable spaces for housing, working class jobs and the arts through tools like zoning. Cities have the ability to preserve the industrial, the…
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…resting, are those voices not written down for the brighter society; those voices considering the former developments in the run-up to the vote as well as on election`s day, setting every mosaic piece to a whole. More precisely – those voices not reproducing just ones’ opinion – the opinion of Turkey’s leading party AKP. Reactions after the election’s results were published According to election assistants and independent or non-compliant media so…
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…erine ulaşabildi. Aslında sayının daha fazla olduğunu düşünüyor. Soykırım kurbanı Ermeni gazeteciler, ya gözaltına alındıktan bir süre sonra cesetleri bulundu ya da kendilerinden bir daha haber alınamadı. Halen mezarlarının nerede olduğu da bilinmiyor. Isimleri: 1 Kevork Ferid, Tasvir’i Efkar gazetesi/Tales of Sorrow Newspaper, İstanbul, akıbeti bilinmiyor/fate unknown. 2-Hovhannes Kazancıyan, gazeteci-yazar/writer,Istanbul, akıbeti bilinmiyor/fat…
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…sion, displacement and the need for personal expression. With our platform Urban Voices we are reflecting new creative efforts and discuss future utopia of life beyond borders which still exists within nations, gender, religion and ethics. Since 2014 we prepared under the title Searching Traces on behalf the Goethe-Institut Istanbul an extensive workshop program with migrants and host communities in Turkey reflecting the living situation in exile….
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…planting of artificial tulip-beds are showing the same intention for these urban spaces. The creation of an artifical Ottoman make up for the city instead of preserving useful rooted structures for public use. Nowadays the urban transformation around the city wall is more caused by land saling for private interests. For example in Sulukule, where one of the oldest Roma settlements had to made place for chic new townhouses. This comment on the over…
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The concept of drifting (dérive) is the wandering around in the urban area and the close observation and exploration of the effects of the psycho-geographical nature on the residents. Since it also includes the claim of constructive play behavior while exploring, it is opposed to the classical notions of a journey, strolling or a walk in every respect. 1. Drifting Theory of Guy Débord The french situationist and philosopher Guy Debord (1931-1998)…
Read More…events of the 13th International Istanbul Biennial on September 14th 2013. Urban Voices, a reflection of culture whose values and norms of behavior deviate from those of mainstream society, as we find it in the daily capuling protests in Turkey. Sea Elephant Travel Agency launched May 2013 in memory of Hüseyin B. Alptekin and offering an open forum that focusses on inter-actions of variety of populations and cultures in the Black Sea Region. Istan…
Read More…events of the 13th International Istanbul Biennial on September 14th 2013. Urban Voices, a reflection of culture whose values and norms of behavior deviate from those of mainstream society, as we find it in the daily capuling protests in Turkey. Sea Elephant Travel Agency launched May 2013 in memory of Hüseyin B. Alptekin and offering an open forum that focusses on inter-actions of variety of populations and cultures in the Black Sea Region. Istan…
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