Posts Tagged ‘Beyoğlu’
beyond boundaries: attacking turkish art scene
September 22nd, 2010 by lifeproof
Last night there was an attack on galleries located on a central street in Istanbul. Despite the ongoing gentrification that started with the opening of a number of boutique hotels, restaurants, cafes and art galleries a few years ago, the neighborhood is predominantly inhabited by the conservative layer of Istanbul’s population — that is to say [...]
Tags: 10th International Istanbul Biennial, attacks on art galleries in istanbul, Beyoğlu, European Capital of Culture of 2010, Extramücadele, extrastruggle, Galeri NON, Istanbul, Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency, Nazım Dikbaş, taksim, turkish art scene
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles
street art: istanbul, tunel
August 4th, 2010 by lifeproof
Tags: Beyoğlu, Istanbul, stencil, street art, taksim, tunel
Posted in Reminder
aponia: blow up the boredom
May 28th, 2010 by lifeproof
Aponia is an upcoming design brand from Istanbul. They call themselves: the happiest local brand of Istanbul. Aponia has a very pretty store in the most popular neighborhood of Istanbul, Beyoğlu. Their store is located near Galatasaray Square in a historical Hazzopulo Passage. On the first floor of the store there are their products such [...]
Tags: Aponia, Aponia Gallery, Aponia Store, Beyoğlu, Blow Up the Boredom, Deniz Alpay, Fatih Dağlı, Galatasaray Square, Hazzopulo Passage, Istanbul, Melissa Mey, Milkyhead, Milkyhead Design Studio, United Atoms of Short Life
Posted in Black Yogurt Chronicles, PinPoint
A Dangerous Trio
October 20th, 2009 by lifeproof
We have just come across this stencil at one of the alleys in İstiklal Avenue, Beyoğlu district of Istanbul. It is very striking as the trinity that is depicted in the stencil are obviously dangerous, if you put them together in one square. The danger is about what they can do, if they are on [...]
Tags: Abdullah Gul, Beyoğlu, danger, dangerous, Fethullah Gülen, Istanbul, Istiklal Street, politics, stencil, street art, Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey
Posted in PhotoMorphosis, PinPoint, PoliTickles