Resmi Görüs

‘New Internationalism’ / Frieze Projects: Artists Commissions and Talks 2003-05
A book that records the curatorial programme produced at the fair over the past three years.
‘New Internationalism’, 1pm, Saturday 16 October 2004
Alex Farquharson, Chair
Chus Martinez
Vasif Kortun
Neil Mulholland
Adam Szymczyk
ALEX FARQUHARSON Welcome, everyone, to this afternoon’s discussion on ‘New Internationalism’. My name is Alex Farquharson. I’m a [...]

with Charles Esche
Introductory Text for the Reader
9th Istanbul Biennial
The 9th Istanbul Biennial is not a survey. It is not an attempt to sum up the state of art today or to represent certain tendencies in contemporary practice. It is a series of artistic projects made for and selected with the city of Istanbul constantly in [...]

An e-mail interview with Vasif Kortun and Charles Esche
Framework
Issue 3/june 05 the Finnish art review
Minna Henriksson (MH): Vasif, you were in New York for many years as the director of the Museum of the Centre for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. What made you return to Istanbul- a city, which I have come across you referring [...]

Flash Art, 2005
Katerina Gregos:
Can you describe the conceptual framework of the biennial and the changes you will instigate in its structure?
Vasif Kortun and Charles Esche
The Biennial is called simply ‘Istanbul’. We chose that to indicate that this biennial will reflect its location and the way in which art can respond to a specific geo-political reality. [...]

Romanian Pavillion Publication with Daniel Knorr and Marius Babias for the 51. Venice Biennale, 2005
Erden: Vasif, the expansion of the EU towards its eastern margin had a visible effect on the agenda of core European art institutions. The series of exhibitions, held in late 2002 and 2003, that set out to frame the art practice of the Balkan geography added [...]