Posts Tagged ‘European Capital of Culture of 2010’
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
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interdimensional exhibition: ghost buildings
September 20th, 2010 by lifeproof
Nowadays, an exhibition takes place around the city in Istanbul. The exhibition is there but the subjects of the exhibit are inexistent; they are ghosts of the city: the buildings that were demolished either by human hand or by catastrophes. 12 monumental buildings were chosen from different historical eras: Antiochos Palace, Polyeuktos Church, Walls of [...]
Tags: Antiochos Palace, architectural history, Candarli Hammam, Çırağan Palace, Darülfünun, Direklerarası, European Capital of Culture of 2010, experience design, Ghost Buildings, Ghost Buildings Main Exhibition, Hayal-et Binalar, Haydarpaşa Train Station, Hotel Kempinsky, İncili Mansion, Istanbul, Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency, Monument of Ayastefanos, multi-touch table, Nerdworking, Old Ciragan Palace, Polyeuktos Church, Sadabad Palace, Taksim Barracks, Taksim Square, The Squibb Building, Walls of Galata
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monolithic: visual history of istanbul
June 15th, 2010 by lifeproof
Since Istanbul is the European Capital of Culture of 2010, there are numerous cultural, musical and artistic events going on around the city and it is crowded with many cosmopolitans from all around the world. Haydarpaşa Train Station was built on water between 1906 – 1908 by German architects and was presented as a gift [...]
Tags: Ahmet Türkoğlu, Alican Aktürk, Baran Gülerşen, Byzantine Empire, Can Dinlenmiş, Candaş Şişman, Deniz Kader, Efor Production, Erdem Dilbaz, European Capital of Culture of 2010, Gökhan Kurtuluş, Gökhan Uzun, Görkem Şen, Haydarpaşa Train Station, Human Landscapes from My Country, Istanbul, Kaiser Willem II, Latin Empire, Lokman Doğmuş, monolithic, Murat Durusoy, Mustafa Nurdoğdu, Nazım Hikmet Ran, Ottoman Empire, projection mapping, Refik Anadol, Roman Empire, Sinevizyon, Tolga Dizmen, Ümit Özdemir, Visio – Vox, Yakup Çetinkaya, yekpare
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