Archive for January, 2010
virtual protest march on google maps
January 26th, 2010 by lifeproof
I have written an article on the dispute between Google and China for a Turkish newspaper the last week. I stated that The Great Firewall of China was not much different than the firewall that the Turkish conservative government has built around us. When I first returned to Turkey this summer after spending two years [...]
Tags: AKP, ban on YouTube, bobiler.org, China, Google, Google Docs, google maps, Istanbul, New York, New York City, ReadWriteWeb, Tayyip Erdogan, The Great Firewall of China, Turkey, virtual protest, virtual protest march, YouTube
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PinPoint
paper toys: milk gone mad!
January 22nd, 2010 by lifeproof
Milk Gallery in Istanbul opened an extraordinary paper toy art exhibition with the collaboration of many contemporary urban artists and designers of Turkey. Milk Gallery‘s website introduced the exhibition with below excerpt: Milk will host first custom toy show in Turkey! The print – cut – build generation is invading the gallery with some of [...]
Tags: 2mikrop, Alexander Gwynne, Anıl Tortop, Bal İçme, Bengi Gençer, Buğra Bayrak, Burak Şentürk, Çağrı Akyurt, Deniz Beşer, Derin Çiler, Dolly Oblong, Duygu Esentürk, Dyadic, Ece Diçmen, Eric Wirjanata, Esra Arıcı, Fatih Yilmaz, Gemma Correll, Istanbul, Japi Honoo, Luke Glood, Mekazoo, Michael C. Hsiung, Milk Gallery, Nadire Şule Atılgan, Nur Teker, Olcayto Cengiz, Öykü Akkoyunlu, Pamela Halomoan, paper toy, paper toy show, Rokkas vs. Sukkas, Rüya Ögü, Sadi Tekin, Sernur Işık, Toygun Özdemir, ucman balaban, vimeo, Volkan Saruç, Yasin Sandık, Yubba, Yusuf Gençer, Zeynep Rojda Güvenç
Posted in PinPoint, Reminder
la puerta: stuck in between
January 22nd, 2010 by lifeproof
Let’s have an artistic beginning to the weekend with a video collaboration from Limow (blog) and Sam3 (blog), which has been prepared “during the Fame Festival in Grottaglie and after in Barcelona and Murcia.” If you are familiar with street art then you have probably heard of Limow and Sam3. We had an interesting art exhibition opening yesterday, [...]
Tags: Barcelona, Fame Festival, Grottaglie, La Puerta, Limow, Murcia, Sam3
Posted in PinPoint
cashback in haiti
January 21st, 2010 by lifeproof
It seems that the USA and its military never disregard any chance to invade officially–or under disguise–any potential new or new-again markets. It is reported by the news agencies that the US military is in charge of the rescue and relief efforts in Haiti and that they are deciding on which aid from where will [...]
Tags: American army, American military, American politics, cashback, charity, CNN, earthquake, Evelyn Leopold, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, Help Haiti, politics, relief, rescue, rescue team, Sanjay Gupta, The Huffington Post, Turkey, Turkish rescue team
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PoliTickles