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In short stories, Milano, 2001
Roberto Pinto was the chief curator of an exhibiton called short stories in Milano at the La Fabbrica del Vapore. Following is an excerpt from the text I wrote.
The curators were myself, Eugenio Valdés Figueroa, Anne Pasternak and Apinan Poshyananda. I invited Bülent Sangar, Serkan Özkaya and Sener Özmen.
It is hard [...]
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A review of ARS 01, Kiasma, Helsinki
NU Magazine, 2001
I saw ARS 01 right on the heels of the 7th Istanbul Biennial. Hence, it is necessary to digress a bit and tell apart these two international projects that are coupled by no other fact they recur every now and then. I often ask myself the reason [...]
Whatever I Say Fades Faster than the Pages of the Book You Are Holding
Words of Wisdom: A Curator’s Vade Mecum, ICI, 2001
My six-year-old daughter used to look at registrars’ Polaroids of works in crates, come with me to opening parties, and leave her footprints on white walls. And, as smart as she is, instead of the word curator, she says, “Dad is in the arts.” I hope this [...]
Interview
Foci: Interviews with ten international curators
Carolee Thea
Vasıf Kortun: The Istanbul Contemporary Art Project Center, which I started in 1998 after I returned from my work at the Center for Curatorial Studies, maintains the archives of contemporary artists from Turkey, almost 40 artists. We have a “research” wing, a small library, and international periodicals arrive each [...]
The Local Tango and the Global Dance:
The Local Tango and the Global Dance:
An Unfinished Conversation between Vasif Kortun and Cuauhtémoc Medina
How Latitudes Becomes Forms, Walker Art Center, 2001
Dear Vasif,
There are few pleasures so great as conversation, my dear Vasif. It was really great to spend time with you in such a faraway location as Helsinki. Then I got home and found [...]