Tuesday, July 13, 2010

WATERCOLORS-2008



"Sweet Dreams", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper


"Let's Name Our New Baby Grenade", 2008, 40x30 cm, watercolor on paper



"A New Pool Proposal", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper


"An Analysis of a Gun", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper


"Hands Up", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper



"farewell", 2008, 40x30, watercolor on paper


"One, Two, Three", 2008, 30x40 cm watercolor on paper




"impossible bridge", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper


"Discharge Letter", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper


"hide and seek", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper


"water gun", 2008, 30x40 cm, acrylic on canvas


"caretaker", 2008, 30x40 cm, acrylic on canvas


"War Memory", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper



"Careless Soldier", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper



"Today's Beggar", 2008, 40x30 cm, watercolor on paper



"Monument for Olaf Metzel", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper



"New Pilot", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper



"Military Zone", 2008, 40x30 cm, watercolor on paper



"Joke", 2008, 40x30 cm, watercolor on paper




"Jerk Off", 2008, 40x30 cm, watercolor on paper




"Farm", 2008, 30x40 cm, watercolor on paper




"Curious Moments", 2008, 40x30 cm, watercolor on paper




"Burglar", 2008, 40x30 cm, watercolor on paper



"Birthday Present", 2008, 40x30 cm, acrylic on canvas



"The 6 Arrows", 2008, 40x30 cm, watercolor on paper

Wednesday, May 05, 2010

6th Berlin Biennale

Berlin Biennale



Michael Schmidt
Untitled, 2010 (from the series "Frauen", 1997–1999)
Photographs in public space





6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art
11 June – 8 August 2010


KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststraße 69
D-10117 Berlin

www.berlinbiennale.de
The 6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art announces the participating artists, the venues, and accompanying events.


Deadline for accreditations for media representatives and professionals is May 7, 2010. Please register online under www.berlinbiennale.de/accreditation.


ARTISTS:

Bernard Bazile (*1952 in France), Mark Boulos (*1975 in Boston/USA), Mohamed Bourouissa (*1978 in Blida/Algeria), Olga Chernysheva (*1962 in Moscow/Russia), Phil Collins (*1970 in Runcorn/Great Britain), Minerva Cuevas (*1975 in Mexico City/Mexico), Shannon Ebner (*1971 in Englewood/USA), Nir Evron (*1974 in Herzliya/Israel), Marcus Geiger (*1957 in Muri/Switzerland), Ion Grigorescu (*1945 in Bucharest/Romania), Friedl vom Gröller (Kubelka) (*1946 in London/Great Britain), Nilbar Güreş (*1977 in Istanbul/Turkey), Petrit Halilaj (*1986 in Skenderaj/Kosovo), Marlene Haring (*1978 in Vienna/Austria), Cameron Jamie (*1969 in Los Angeles/USA), Sven-Åke Johansson (*1943 in Mariestad/Sweden), Thomas Judin (*1982 in Frankfurt am Main/Germany), George Kuchar (*1942 in New York/USA), Andrey Kuzkin (*1979 in Moscow/Russia), Thomas Locher (*1956 in Munderkingen/Germany), Adrian Lohmüller (*1977 in Gengenbach/Germany), Armando Lulaj (*1980 in Tirana/Albania), Renzo Martens (*1973 in Sluiskil/The Netherlands), Adolph Menzel (*1815 in Breslau, † 1905 in Berlin), Avi Mograbi (*1956 in Tel-Aviv/Israel), Henrik Olesen (*1967 in Esbjerg/Denmark), Roman Ondák (*1966 in Zilina/Slovak Republic), Marion von Osten (*1963 in Dortmund/Germany), Ferhat Özgür (*1965 in Ankara/Turkey), Margaret Salmon (*1975 in New York/USA), Hans Schabus (*1970 in Watschig/Austria), Michael Schmidt (*1945 in Berlin/Germany), Ruti Sela (*1974 in Jerusalem/Israel) & Maayan Amir (*1978 in Hadera/Israel), Gedi Sibony (*1973 in New York/USA), John Smith (*1952 in London/Great Britain), Michael Stevenson (*1964 in Inglewood/New Zealand), Sebastian Stumpf (*1980 in Würzburg/Germany), Ron Tran (*1972 in Saigon/Vietnam), Danh Vo (*1975 in Saigon/Vietnam), Marie Voignier (*1974 in Ris-Orangis/France), Vincent Vulsma (*1982 in Zaandam/The Netherlands), Anna Witt (*1981 in Wasserburg am Inn/Germany), Pleurad Xhafa / Sokol Peçi (both *1984 in Albania).


EXHIBITION VENUES:

Berlin-Mitte:

KW Institute for Contemporary Art
Auguststraße 69, 10117 Berlin

Alte Nationalgalerie / Old National Gallery (Museum Island)
Bodestraße 1–3, 10178 Berlin

Berlin-Kreuzberg:

Oranienplatz 17, 10999 Berlin

Dresdener Straße 19, 10999 Berlin

Kohlfurter Straße 1, 10999 Berlin

Mehringdamm 28, 10961 Berlin


ACCOMPANYING EVENTS AND COLLABORATIONS:

La monnaie vivante / The Living Currency / Die lebende Münze
17.–19.6.2010, 7.30 pm–00.30 am, HAU 1, Stresemannstraße 29, 10963 Berlin
After Pierre Klossowski, staged by Pierre Bal-Blanc for the 6th Berlin Biennale and realized in cooperation with Hebbel am Ufer (HAU) and Centre d'art contemporain de Brétigny (CAC Brétigny).
With performances and works by Marie Cool Fabio Balducci, Robert Breer, Pier Paolo Calzolari, Ceal Floyer, Simone Forti, Prinz Gholam, Jens Haaning, Sanja Iveković, Jiří Kovanda, Teresa Margolles, Roman Ondák, Christodoulos Panayiotou, Gianni Pettena, Pratchaya Phinthong, Santiago Sierra, Annie Vigier & Franck Apertet (les gens d'Uterpan), Franz Erhard Walther, Franz West, Artur Żmijewski, amongst others; and with scores by Cornelius Cardew and Christian Wolff, played by Jean-Jacques Palix.

Searching for the Post-Capitalist Self
e-flux journal #17, Summer 2010, guest-edited by the artist and curator Marion von Osten, as her contribution to the 6th Berlin Biennale in cooperation with e-flux journal.
With texts and conversations by An Architektur / Massimo de Angelis / Stavros Stavrides, Manuela Bojadzijev / Serhat Karakayali, Antke Engel, Jesko Fezer, Tom Holert, Judith Hopf, Isabell Lorey, Sebastian Luetgert, Natascha Sadr Haghighian, Marion von Osten / Fahim Amir / Eva Egermann / Peter Spillmann and Florian Zeyfang.
www.e-flux.com/journal



The Berlin Biennale is organized by KW Institute for Contemporary Art and funded by the German Federal Cultural Foundation.

The exhibition Menzel's Extreme Realism is curated by the American art historian Michael Fried at the invitation of Kathrin Rhomberg in collaboration with the Alte Nationalgalerie / Old National Gallery and the Kupferstichkabinett / Museum of Prints and Drawings of the National Museums in Berlin.

The project George Kuchar was realized in collaboration with film scholar Marc Siegel.


KW Institute for Contemporary Art
6th Berlin Biennale for Contemporary Art

Auguststraße 69
D-10117 Berlin

www.kw-berlin.de
www.facebook.com/KWInstituteforContemporaryArt
www.facebook.com/BerlinBiennale


Further information:
Denhart v. Harling . T +49. 30. 243459. 42 . press@berlinbiennale.de

Friday, April 16, 2010

'Chaotic Metamorphosis / Kaotik Metamorfoz'

Maslak
Beybi Giz Plaza
Istanbul
Tel: +90 212 290 25 25
info@proje4l.org
www.proje4l.org
www.elgizmuseum.org
Kapak / Cover :
Murat Germen
Kaotik Muta-morfoz#2 / 2009
Krom Bask / Chromogenic print
Elgiz Koleksiyonu'nun ev sahipliği yaptığı 2010
Proje Odaları sergi açılışına
katlmanızdan mutluluk duyarz.



Elgiz Collection kindly invites you to attend at the opening
of the 2010 exhibition in Project Rooms.
"Kaotik Metamorfoz"
"Chaotic Metamorphosis"

29.04 - 04.09.2010

Açılış / Opening
29.04.2010
perşembe / thursday
18:30 - 20:30

Panel
17:00 - 18:00
Sanatçılar / Artists

Can Aytekin
Elif Çelebi
Çnar Eslek
Murat Germen
Genco Gülan
Gözde lkin
Bahar Oganer
İrfan Önürmen
Ferhat Özgür
Ekin Saçlıoğlu

Küratör / Curator

Burcu Pelvanoğlu

'Fasafiso / Gobbledygook'


Wednesday, March 10, 2010

'Unplugged'

unplugged: a transition from the fragmented nature of the image to a background acoustic / unplugged: gorüntünün fragmanlaşmış doğasından bir arkaplan akustiğine geçiş

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“unplugged: gorüntünün fragmanlaşmış doğasından bir arkaplan akustiğine geçiş”

Ali Kazma, Çağrı Saray, Fatih Aydoğdu, Ferhat Özgür, Hülya Özdemir, Suat Öğüt, Yeni Anıt

12.03. — 12.04.2010

Açılış 12.03.2010, saat 19.00

Manzara Perspectives, VİDEOİST’in “unplugged: gorüntünün fragmanlaşmış doğasından bir arkaplan akustiğine geçiş” sergisini sunmaktan mutluluk duyar.

VİDEOİST bu sergide monitörlerin, projeksiyonların ve oynatıcıların fişini çeker. Elektriği keserek Vide­o­ist, materyali ve hareketli imgelerin maddi olmayan arkaplanlarını sorgular ve seçilmiş video işlerin süreçlerini, erken gelişim aşamalarını görselleştirir. Bu aşamalardan çizimler, metinler, nesneler ve notlar gibi türemiş materyaller serginin esas unsurlarını oluşturular ve başlangıç noktalarına ve yaklaşımlara işaret eder, video sanatçılarının stratejilerini ve üretim süreçlerini tematize ettiği gibi medyumun üstüne düşünceleri de tematize ederler. Bu materyaller final ürünü olan vide­oyu tasvir etmezler ama bağımsız işler olarak kendilerini temsil ederler.

‘Zaman Notları” işinde Ali Kazma, hareketli imgenin temel yapısı olarak zamanı çıkartır. ”Obstructi­ons” adlı video serisi üstüne çalışırken kullandığı defterden çıkarttığı zamankodları, kurgu aşamasında önemli bir rol oynadığı gibi, kendi çalışma süreçlerini görselleştiren bir metod oluşturur.

Fatih Aydoğdu, vide­osu ”Diglossia” nın tektek karelerini, çizgisel imge sekansının haritasını çıkartır veya şifresini çözer gibi bir yerleştirme şeklinde gösterir.

Sinema ve filmlerin klasik üretim modelini Suat Öğüt ve Çağrı Saray farklı yollarla ele alır. Suat Öğüt’ün ”Tüketim Pratikleri” vide­osu için hazırladığı storyboard’dan (hikaye izleği) çıkarttığı dokuz çizimi sanatçının çalışma pratiğini tasvirler. Sinema filmlerinin üretim süreçleri ile doğrudan ilişkilidir. İlk etapta Öğüt tek tek sahnelerin ve dekorların çizgi romana benzer iki boyutlu görselleştirmelerinin planını belirten bir storybo­ard yaratır. Çağrı Saray’ın ”Kırmızı Oda” vide­osunda temel unsur teşkil eden el ile yazılmış senaryosu ayrıca ”Sekans 30, 31, ve 32″ için temeldir ki vide­oda göründüğü gibi senaryo betimlediği imgelere çevrilmemiş fakat imgenin kendisi olmuştur. Bölünmüş storybo­arduna benzer olarak Saray senaryonun üç sekansının parçalarını gösterir.

Ferhat Özgür Video işlerinde güncel toplumsal ve kültürel fenomeni öznel referans sistemleri ile birleştirir. Özgür’ün ”Bridgend Onyedi” adlı video işinin başlangıç noktası Bridgend’da (İngiltere) bir yıl içinde (Şubat 2007-Şubat 2008) intihar etmiş gençlerin medyadan alınmış 17 portresidir.

Hülya Özdemir, materyalin bir başlangıç noktası olmasını, potansiyelini ve bir müzenin kurumsallaştırma sistemindeki bilginin güce dönüşümünü sorgulayan ”Resmi Hafıza Kaybı” adlı işinde vide­osunun materyallerini bağımsız bir yerleştirmeye dönüştürüyor.

”Sanatçının Mal Beyanı”nda Yeni Anıt, VİDEOİST’in geçmişini ve temel özelliklerini, 2003’ten beri mobil ve bağımsız bir proje olarak varolduğunu belirterek gösterir.

www.videoist.org

“unplugged: a transition from the fragmented nature of the image to a backgro­und acoustic”

Ali Kazma, Çağrı Saray, Fatih Aydoğdu, Ferhat Özgür, Hülya Özdemir, Suat Öğüt, Yeni Anıt

12.03. — 12.04.2010

Opening 12.03.2010, 7pm

Manzara Perspectives is happy to present the exhibition “unplugged: a transition from the fragmented nature of the image to a backgro­und aco­ustic” by VİDEOİST.

In this exhibition VİDEOİST unplugges monitores, projectors and players. By cutting off the electricity VİDEOİST questi­ons the material and immaterial backgro­unds of moving images to visu­alise early development stages and processes of selected video works. Materi­als deriving from these stages such as drawings, texts, objects and notes become the core elements of the exhibition and point on appro­aches and starting points, thematise the work processes and strategies of video artists as well as refelcti­ons on the medium itself. These materi­als do not illustrate the final product video but stand for themselves as independent works.

In the work “Time Notes” Ali Kazma extracts time as basic structure of the moving image. The timecodes taken from his notebo­oks while working on the video series “Obstructi­ons” become a method to visu­alize the own working processes as timecodes play an essential role in the editing.

In form of an installation Fatih Aydoğdu shows single frames of his video “Diglossia” as decoding or mapping of the linear image sequence.

The cinema and the classical mode of production of films are taken up by Suat Öğüt and Çağrı Saray in different ways. The nine drawings by Suat Ögüt form the storybo­ard for his video “Consumption Practices” and illustrate the working practise of the artist which is directly related to production processes of motion pictures. As a first step Öğüt cre­ates a storybo­ard that implies the planning of individual scenes and settings in a two-dimensional visu­alization, similar to a comic. The handwritten scenario, that is a central element in the video “Red Room” by Çağrı Saray is also the basis for “Sequ­ence 30, 31 and 32″. Whereas in the video the scenario is not converted into the images it describes, but becomes the image itself, Saray visu­alizes in the three sequ­ences parts of the scenario, similar to a fragmented storyboard.

In his video works Ferhat Özgür combines current social and cultural phenomena with subjective reference systems. Taken from the media, the 17 portra­its of young suicides from Bridgend (UK), who have all commited suicide within one year (Febru­ary 2007-February 2008), are the starting point of Özgür video work “Bridgend The Seventeen”.

The material as a starting point and its potential shows Hülya Özdemir in her work “Resmi Hafıza Kaybı” (Official Memory Loss), as she develops materi­als of her last video, in which she questi­ons the transformation of knowledge into power in the instituti­onalised system of a museum, as an independent installation.

In “Artist’s Declaration of Property” Yeni Anıt visu­alises the basic characteristics and the backgro­und of VİDEOİST that exists as a mobile and independent project since 2003.

www.videoist.org

“unplugged: ein Übergang von der zersplitterten Natur des Bildes zum akustischen Hintergrund”

Ali Kazma, Çağrı Saray, Fatih Aydoğdu, Ferhat Özgür, Hülya Özdemir, Suat Öğüt, Yeni Anıt

12.03. — 12.04.2010

Eröffnung 12.03.2010, 19.00 Uhr

Manzara Perspectives freut sich, die Ausstellung „unplugged: a transition from the fragmented nature of the image to a backgro­und aco­ustic“ (unplugged: ein Übergang von der zersplitterten Natur des Bildes zum akustischen Hintergrund) von VIDEOIST zu präsentieren.

In dieser Ausstellung zieht VIDEOIST den Stecker von Monitoren, Projektoren und Abspi­elgeräten, um frühe Entwicklungsstadien und Entstehungsprozesse von Vide­o­arbe­iten zu visu­alisi­eren. Materi­alien aus diesen Phasen wie Zeichnungen, Texte, Objekte und Randnotizen werden zu den wichtigsten Elementen der Ausstellung und zeigen Herangehenswe­isen und Ausgangspunkte, thematisi­eren die eigenen Arbe­itsprozesse und Strategien von Vide­okünstlern sowie Reflekti­onen über das Medium selbst. Sie stehen nicht illustrativ neben dem Endprodukt Video, sondern für sich als eigenständige Arbeiten.

In „Time Notes“ extrahi­ert Ali Kazma Zeit als Basisstruktur bewegter Bilder. Aus seinen Notizbüchern für die Vide­ore­ihe „Obstructi­ons“ entnommene Timecodes die beim Editi­eren der Videos eine zentrale Rolle spi­elen, werden zu einer Methode, um die eigenen Arbe­itsprozesse zu offenbaren.

Fatih Aydoğdu zeigt in einer Installation einzelne Frames seiner Vide­o­arbeit „Diglossia“ (Zwe­isprachigkeit) als Entschlüsselung und Analyse der line­aren Bildfolge.

Das Kino sowie die klassische Produkti­onswe­ise von Kinofilmen werden von Suat Öğüt und Çağrı Saray auf unterschi­edliche Weise aufgegriffen. Die 9 Zeichnungen von Suat Öğüt bilden das Storybo­ard zu seinem Video “Consumption Practices” und veranscha­ulichen die Arbe­itswe­ise des Künstlers, mit der er sich direkt auf Produkti­onsabläufe von Kinofilmen bezi­eht, in einem Storybo­ard die Planung einzelner Szenen und Einstellungen in einer zwe­idimensi­onalen Visu­alisi­erung, ähnlich einem Comic, umzusetzen. Das handgeschri­ebene Szenario, das zentrales Element in der Vide­o­arbeit „Red Room“ von Çağrı Saray ist und dort eben nicht in Bilder umgesetzt, gre­ift der Künstler für „Sequ­enz 30, 31 und 32“ auf und entwickelt eine eigenständige Visualisierung.

Ferhat Özgür kombini­ert in seinen Vide­o­arbe­iten aktu­elle sozi­alpolitische und kulturelle Phänomene mit subjektiven Bezugssystemen. Die 17 in den Medien veröffentlichten Portra­its jugendlicher Selbstmörder aus dem Walisischen Bridgend (UK), die sich alle innerhalb eines Jahres (von Februar 2007 bis Februar 2008) das Leben genommen haben, sind der Ausgangspunkt von Özgürs Vide­o­arbeit „Bridgend The Seventeen“.

Das Material als Ausgangspunkt und dessen Möglichke­iten zeigt Hülya Özdemir in ihrer Arbeit „Resmi Hafıza Kaybı“ (Official Memory Loss) in der sie Materi­alien aus ihrem letzten Video zu einer eigenständigen Arbeit weiterentwickelt.

In der Arbeit „Artist’s Declaration of Property“ (Eigentumserklärung des Künstlers) visu­ali­ert Yeni Anıt die Grundzüge und Hintergründe des Projektes Vide­o­Ist, das als mobiles und unabhängiges Projekt seit 2003 besteht.

www.videoist.org

Monday, March 01, 2010

'Network: Videos Contemporaines Turques'


'NETWORK / ŞEBEKE: Videos Contemporaines Turques'

2 - 7 Mars, 14h - 18h, Maison des Arts Georges Pompidou -
Maison Daura, Residences internationales d'artistes / Saint-Cirq-Lapopie
Centre d'art Contemporain / Cajarc - FRANCE

Orçun Baştürk - Fatma Çiftçi - Mehmet Dere - Köken Ergun - Deniz Gül - Murat Gök - Başak Kaptan - Bengü Karaduman - Sefer Memişoğlu - Ferhat Özgür - Öner Özlü - Şener Özmen/Cengiz Tekin - Mehmet Vanlıoğlu - Burcu Yacıoğlu

Commissaire invite: Selim Birsel

Friday, February 26, 2010

'Video Capitale' - Villersexel - France




Video Capitale 2010 Villersexel
Villersexel (France)
du 02 au 06 Mars

Villersexel (France)
Vitrine de la Rue Grammont/ Projections de 18h00 a 23 h00

participants:

Gruppo Sinestetico (I), Ferhat Ozgur (Tur), Condros & Alexandra Karsiani Gr), Cristina Pavesi(I), Jeff Perkins(Usa), Isabelle Varle (Fr), Hervè Constant (UK), Michel Collet(F), John Armleder (Ch), Valentine Haegel(F), Anne Durez(F), Collecht Fact(Ch), Marc Gerenton(F), Valentine Verhaeghe (F), Nadege Maion(F), Pierre Alfar (F), Jean-Paul Rosse(F), Marina Herivault(F), PerHuttner (Se)

rencontre au cafè le D'Jack jeudi 04 de 18 h00 à 22 h00

Friday, February 12, 2010

'the saints' series, photographs, 2008












'Felt Like A Prophet Today or Self-Portrait', 2008, dimensions variable, 3/5

Tuesday, February 09, 2010

‘SAVING ELEPHANTS: ELEPHANT AS AN ART OBJECT’

An Ongoing Project
Curator: Jean Paul Sidolle
Musées, des F.R.A.C., Nantes-FRANCE

Artists:
Adel ABDESSEMED, Andrey BEZUKLADNIKOV, Michael BLUM, Mircea CANTOR, CEZAR, Nicolae COMANESCU , Daniel DEZEUZE, Braco DIMITRIJEVIC, Céline DUVAL Bülent EVREN, Philippe FAVIER, Christiane GEOFFROY, Véronique HUBERT, Fabrice HYBER, Per KIRKEBY, Jiro NAKAYAMA, Maria LASSNIG, MATTA, Marie MAILLARD, François MOROLLET, ORLAN, Tania OSTROJIC, Ferhat ÖZGÜR, Bernard PHILIPPEAUX, SARKIS, Isik TÜZÜNER, Antonio SASSU, Claude VIALLAT, ZHU Xi Lin and many others….

See also: http://jpsidolle.free.fr/index.htm

Destiné aux Entreprises ayant l'éléphant pour emblème, aux Sponsors séduits par ce projet, aux diverses Institutions qui pourraient nous aider.

Bonjour,

L'association " MÉMOIRES D'ELEPHANTS " a un but éducatif : Sensibiliser à la protection de l'environnement et un but culturel : Promouvoir l'art contemporain

Le projet consiste à rassembler un jour, sous la forme d'une exposition, un troupeau composé de 1025 éléphants-objets constitué depuis 29 ans, objets décoratifs, usuels ou fonctionnels en forme d'éléphants numérotés et des oeuvres d'artistes dédiées généreusement à ces mêmes éléphants

A ce jour 635 artistes issus de 52 pays ont répondu favorablement. L'image de l'éléphant est emblématique, c'est toutes les espèces animales et végétales qui sont concernées, les artistes l'ont compris, ils témoignent ainsi d'une préoccupation essentielle de la fin de ce siècle : La protection de la planète.

Il y aura un jour de par le monde, je l'espère très fort, 1025 oeuvres d'art dédiées aux éléphants qui sensibiliseront le public dans plusieurs villes et pays. Ces oeuvres imprégnées de 1025 pensées d'artistes traverseront les siècles et nous feront prendre conscience que nous devons aimer et protéger notre planète pour notre propre survie et celle des générations futures. En fait, l'art au service de la vie , la vie étant elle-même issue de la création. Des ouvres dédiées aux éléphants se trouvent déjà dans des Musées, des F.R.A.C., etc.

Des éléments importants de ce projet ont été présentés sous la forme d'un " dossier visuel " à :
FONTENAY LE COMTE (85) du 02/05/98 au 20/06/98 (à la Maison Billaud, par C. Beaulieu)
TOURS (37) du 11/07/98 au 15/09/98 (Musée des Beaux Arts de Tours avec l'éléphants Fritz, par X. Bertola)
VERTOU (44) du 05 au 13 décembre 99 (Institut des Hauts Thébaudières, par A. Bonnefoux)
SAINT NAZAIRE (44) le 16/02/2000 pour Copyright-Copywrong (Grand Café, grâce à Lili)
NANTES (44) du 07/06/2000 au 14/06/2000 (Maison des Compagnons du devoir du tour de France, par A. Bonnefoux)

Si vous êtes séduit par l'idée qui est véhiculée et par le témoignage des artistes à protéger la nature, vous pouvez intégrer ce projet en nous apportant votre soutien sous quelque forme que ce soit. Si vous êtes nombreux à nous aider, ce projet appartiendrait à tous et à personne.

A bientôt

Jean Paul Sidolle / Curator

Friday, February 05, 2010

'The 10th Istanbul Biennale', 2007

10th ISTANBUL BIENNALE
Not Only Possible But Also Neccesary:
Optimism In The Age Of Global War


Not Only Possible But Also Neccesary:
Optimism In The Age Of Global War

Curator: Hou Hanru

September 8 - November 4, 2007
Professional Preview: September 6 - 7, 2007
Press Conference: September 6, 2007
ist.biennial@iksv.org

http://www.iksv.org/bienal

Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, the 10th International Istanbul Biennial will not be a conventional thematic exhibition, rather; it will emphasise artistic production based on collective intelligence and the living process of negotiating with physical sites. The Biennial will focus on urban issues and architectural reality as a means of exposing different cultural contexts and artistic visions regarding the complex and diverse forms of modernity.

More than 100 artists and artist groups from 35 different countries will exhibit more than 150 projects throughout the 10th International Istanbul Biennial.

10th International Istanbul Biennial will explore the venues through titles implying the venues' role in Istanbul's political, economic and social aspects of its modernisation process.

"Burn It or Not?", Atatürk Cultural Centre, Taksim
A leading example of the Republican Period Architecture and a symbol of the Taksim Square, the heart of Istanbul, the AKM Building serves as a major element of the city's cultural and political memory. Obviously, this modernist edifice incarnates the ideological model of Turkey's modernization driven by its republican revolutionary project. However, today it is under the threat of being gentrified by global capitalism's expansion. Through using this building as an important venue for the Biennial with an exhibition focusing on the question of utopia and its fate all around the world; questions of social progress, modernization and democracy, etc. in the current conditions of globalization will be raised and debated.

"World Factory", Istanbul Textile Traders' Market, Unkapani
The Istanbul Textile Traders' Market, buit in the 60s consists of six blocks which accommodate approximately a thousand shops. This intelligently designed vernacular modernist building, explored by its users in an organic and self-organizational manner, shows an interesting and peculiar case of how local economic activities with a modern vision bring a vital element to contribute to the urban evolution. And it's a perfect site for the project "World Factory" that manifests the reality and strategies of the negotiation between developed and developing worlds in terms of different models of production, consumption and economic development in the age of globalization and geopolitical conflicts.

"Entre-polis" and "Dream House", Antrepo no.3, Tophane
Old customs warehouses located on the Bosporus near Tophane were used for the 4th, 8th and 9th Istanbul Biennials. This particular location, function and architectural identity allow a highly complex project to grow from within: two exhibitions will be realized in two overlapping structures. An "Entre-polis", dealing with issues of global trading, migration, border crossing and their impacts on urban life will be constructed in a labyrinth-like street-square-street micro-urban structure. Above this micro-city, there will be a series of high-rise platforms opening only in the evenings. They are "Dream Houses" that welcome people to stay and discover some most unexpected elements of the Biennial, and enjoy Istanbul by night from an unusual angle.

Special Projects

Nightcomers

nightcomers is one of the night programme projects of the 10th International Istanbul Biennial and is based on the concept of "dazibao", used by Hou Hanru in reference to wall-mounted posters of political criticism produced by the public during the Chinese Revolution. Videos will be shown throughout the night in the streets, and the target is to reach a bigger audience than the Istanbul Biennial does in the daytime. The video programs have been selected by five local curators from the pool of videos sent by general public upon the open call of the Biennial. They will be projected in different parts of the city on certain nights of the week via a specific mobile device. This will bring the Biennial project to different sectors of the city, especially those out of cultural centres.

santralistanbul

santralistanbul is a project led by Istanbul Bilgi University, involving the conversion of the first power station built in Istanbul during the Ottoman period -- Silahtaraga Power Plant -- into a Museum of Contemporary Arts, a Museum of Energy and a cultural and educational centre.

santralistanbul will be the one of the sites for special projects focused on self-organisation for the 10th International Istanbul Biennial and will serve as a space of education, workshop and laboratory. Events like international workshops, residency program, a conference and a film program are going to be realized in santralistanbul in collaboration with Istanbul Bilgi University.

Kadiköy Public Education Centre (KAHEM)

KAHEM is situated at the heart of the Asian side of the city. Built as a popular cultural centre as a part of the republican social education and culture project in the 1930s, it is a significant Turkish modernist building undervalued for long time. Organising special projects for the Biennial not only provides a platform for urban and geopolitical emergency, it also offers an opportunity for the public to rediscover such a specific architectural and cultural edifice.

Artist List

Hamra Abbas
Adel Abdessemed
AES+F
Vahram Aghasyan
Buthayna Ali
Allora Calzadilla
Selçuk Artut
Kutlug Ataman
Fikret Atay
Jonathan Barnbrook
Ramazan Bayrakoglu
Justin Bennett
Ege Berensel - Serhat H. Yalçinkaya - Banu Ornat
Ursula Biemann
Bik Van der Pol
Cao Fei
Banu Cennetoglu
Lia Chaia
Paul Chan
Chen Hui-Chiao
Chen Chieh-Jen
Claire Fontaine
Teddy Cruz
Nancy Davenport
Burak Delier
Democracia
Atom Egoyan
Idil Elveris - Zeren Göktan
Extrastruggle
Daniel Faust
Didier Fiuza Faustino
Christoph Fink
Nina Fischer - Maroan El Sani
Vicky Funari - Sergio de la Torre
Bodil Furu - Beate Petersen
Rainer Ganahl
Jean Baptiste Ganne
Gimhongsok
Renée Green
Ivan Grubanov
Ha Za Vu Zu
Erdem Helvac?oglu
Huang Yong Ping
Emre Hüner
Sanja Ivekovic
Eleni Kamma
Kan Xuan
Ömer Ali Kazma
Ian Kiaer
Sora Kim
Taiyo Kimura
Gunilla Klinberg
Aleksander Komarov
Rem Koolhaas/AMO
Markus Krottendorfer
Lee Bul
Minouk Lim
Lu Chunsheng
Cristina Lucas
Ken Lum
MAP Office
Ramón Mateos
Julio Cesar Morales
Multiplicity
Els Opsomer
Ou Ning
Ferhat Özgür
Peng Hung-Chih
Anu Pennanen
Alexandre Périgot
Tadej Pogacar
Julien Prévieux
Radek Community
Michael Rakowitz
Raqs Media Collective
Jewyo Rhii
Porntaweesak Rimsakul
Lordy Rodriguez
Sam Samore
Fernando Sanchez Castillo
Allan Sekula
Taro Shinoda
Sophia Tabatadze
David Ter-Oganyan
Nasan Tur
Katleen Vermeir - Ronny Heiremans
Wong Hoy-Cheong
Xu Zhen
Yan Pei Ming
Yan Lei
Yang Jiechang
Tomoko Yoneda
Young Hae Chang Heavy Industries
Yushi Uehara / Berlage Institute
Zhou Hao - Ji Jianghong
Zhu Jia

Special Projects

Nightcomers (curated by Övül Durmusoglu, Marcus Graf, Borga Kantürk, Pelin Uran, Adnan Yildiz)

Apartment Project
Art Experience (Istanbul Bilgi University / Domus Academy)
Atelier bow-wow
Emergency Biennale in Chechnya
Fiji Biennale Pavilions by Mladen Bizumic
Floating Territories (Evens Foundation)
Hafriyat
Innocent Act (studioKAHEM)
Isola/OUT
Nico Dockx - Kris Delacourt (for Floating Territories)
K2

Tuesday, January 12, 2010

CES FEMMES QUI COURENT AVEC LES LOUPS (ACTE 2)

15.01.10 AU 21.03.10 |
EXPOSITION

STIMULTANIA 33 rue Kageneck - 67000 Strasbourg- France

Artists:

ORHAN CEM CETIN (AVEC BELMIN SOYLEMEZ)
SEBLA SELIN OK
FERHAT OZGUR
MELISA ONEL

Curators: Celenk Bafra-Murat Alat

For further information visit: http://www.stimultania.org

CES FEMMES QUI COURENT AVEC LES LOUPS (ACTE 2)

Ces femmes qui courent avec les loups (acte 2) : un titre éloquent et imagé qui réunit quatre figures de la scène artistique turque contemporaine et un langage esthétique propre à chacun d'eux. Ces femmes qui courent avec les loups (acte 2), une exposition de photographies et de vidéos où la femme est à l'honneur. Hommage à la femme, histoires de femmes ou encore portraits de femmes turques ? Créant un croisement entre les visions singulières et innovantes des artistes face à leur pays d'origine, l'exposition nous révèle une culture étrangère qui oscille entre tradition et modernité. De par les œuvres présentées, elle devient le point de rencontre entre deux media distincts, la photographie et la vidéo, qui s'enrichissent mutuellement dans ce jeu de regards portés sur les femmes d'aujourd'hui en Turquie. Renversant les poncifs occidentaux, détruisant les clivages de deux cultures différentes, elle nous dévoile le visage de ces femmes et en expose une image contemporaine et déconcertante.

Ceci est la photographie de votre vie : de quoi avez-vous envie ? Tel est le fil directeur de la démarche artistique d'Orhan Cem Çetin qui offre ses services, met son art à disposition des habitants de Galata et exauce leurs voeux. Témoin unique de ces échanges touchants, Belmin Söylemez, nous en retrace le cheminement dans sa vidéo. The Picture of My Life illustre des moments rêvés, des souhaits inexprimés, ou tout simplement des envies, qui, le temps d'une prise de vue, deviennent une réalité. Qui n'en n'a jamais rêvé ?

Un seul modèle et pléthore de visages tous aussi connus les uns que les autres. Marylin Monroe, Greta Garbo, Audrey Hepburn ou encore Brigitte Bardot, toutes affichent les mêmes traits, ceux d'une femme turque, qui n'est autre que la photographe elle-même. Cette série d'autoportraits engendre une étrange impression renforcée par la vérité qui en découle : les stars meurent et seules les légendes survivent au temps. Incarnant des fantasmes, des désirs et l'illusion de la vie, Sebla Selin Ok avec Being Star nous présente des rêves insaisissables et les désillusions de femmes marquées par une tradition…

Avec sa vidéo I can Sing Ferhat Özgür interpelle le spectateur en jouant de détournements et de réappropriations pour réaliser une œuvre pleine de contrastes. D'un côté un monde occidental, des immeubles contemporains, la voix d'un homme et l'Hallelujah de Jeff Buckley. De l'autre un décor oriental planté de minarets et de mosquées ainsi qu'une femme voilée et expansive qui interprète la chanson librement. L'œuvre ainsi composée donne lieu à une lamentation expressive. Matérialisant une tension sous-jacente entre conservatisme et modernisme, cette étrange association qui donne l'impression d'être filmée avec un téléphone portable, tel un reportage sur le vif, interroge la société et ses individus.

Un voyage dans un univers quasi monochrome et nébuleux, un voyage intérieur qui flotte entre réalité et imaginaire, voici ce que nous propose Melisa Önel avec son œuvre The Travel. Chacune de ses photographies dévoile une sphère intime dans un mouvement calme et tranquille. D'abord ce sont des formes imprécises et vagues qui émergent à la surface de la photographie puis quelque chose d'irréversible et de sensible qui se dessine. Sans jamais tout nous révéler de ces images, Melisa Onel nous retient dans son univers de l'entre-deux qui se fonde sur l'identité et la mémoire de chacun.

Des œuvres humaines et très sensibles qui apportent à l'exposition une vitalité saisissante, un souffle d'authenticité et un nouveau regard posé sur le milieu et la société turcs. Un témoignage ? Au-delà d'un portrait de femmes, l'exposition semble devenir un portrait sociologique troublant et généreux. Explorant la diversité d'expression, Ces Femmes qui courent avec les loups (acte 2) met en scène des histoires que l'on ne soupçonnait pas aussi familières et représente un univers à la fois dépaysant et chaleureux.

Du 1er juillet 2009 au 31 mars 2010, la Turquie sera l'invitée de la France avec la Saison de la Turquie en France. Plus de 300 événements culturels, économiques et sociaux permettront de découvrir l'effervescence, la jeunesse et la modernité de ce pays, trop méconnu en France et souvent réduit à de faux clichés. Préparée en étroite collaboration par la Fondation pour la Culture et les Arts d'Istanbul (IKSV) et Culturesfrance, sous l'égide des Ministères des Affaires Etrangères et des Ministères de la Culture des deux pays, la Saison de la Turquie en France aura également à coeur de témoigner auprès du public, des liens historiques et vivants unissant la France et la Turquie, marqués par une amitié renouvellée remontant au XVIème siècle.

Avec le soutien de CulturesFrance, de la Région Alsace et de la Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles.
En partenariat avec l'ASTTU, Association de Solidarité avec les Travailleurs Turcs à Strasbourg.

Ces femmes qui courent avec les loups (Acte 2) figure au programme des événements proposés par Culturesfrance dans le cadre de la Saison de la Turquie en France (1er juillet 2009 au 31 mars 2010).

www.genisaci.com/
www.melisaonel.com/
www.orhancemcetin.com/
www.belminsoylemez.com
ferhatozgur.blogspot.com/
www.gencsoluklar.com/onceki/2004/seblaselinok.html
www.culturesfrance.com/
www.iksv.org/

Wednesday, January 06, 2010

TORNAVIDEO / VIDEO ACTIVITY

artists: ferhat ozgur - gozel radyo - hakan akcura - maria sezer - nezaket ekici - ozan adam - sinasi gunes

curators: funda oruc- ugur karagul
opening: 15 January 2010 19:30
Duration: 16-22 January 2010
Venue: Tamirhane, Tunali Hilmi Cd. Bestekar Sk. 49/A, Kavaklidere-Ankara-Turkey