Working Space
Working Space
Catalog Text for Yildiz Technical University Faculty of Art and Design, 2006-2007 Student Projects Exhibition, 2007 at the Pera Museum.
An important aspect of the European Union acquis communautaire with regard to universities is the “Bologna Process.” The aim of Bologna is to condition universities to uniformity. It also facilitates transfers between schools and creates [...]
The Pavilion of Turkey
Arts Asia Pacific, May 2007
This year’s Venice Biennale artistic director, Robert Storr has broken with convention by inviting special pavilions into his curated exhibition, an African Contemporary Art Pavilion and a Turkey Pavilion. ArtAsiaPacific asked Turkey Pavilion commissioner Vasif Kortun, of Istanbul’s Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, to discuss his plans.
ARTASIAPACIFIC: What will you [...]
Becoming Dutch / Text of the Panel Contribution
Becoming Dutch
VanAbbeMuseum, With Dick Pels, Rosi Braiditti
December 1, 2007
Video of the Event
I would like to start with an introduction to the general context of art in Turkey over the last twenty years. I was asked by the organisers of the caucus to talk about exhibitions from Turkey in Europe; the way in which they have [...]
Istanbul qua Istanbul
Vasif Kortun & Matthew Schum
Vasif Kortun: Istanbul qua Istanbul was first published in Fillip 6 in Summer 2007.
As Director of Platform Garanti, curator Vasif Kortun is a leading force behind art in Istanbul. Over the last fifteen years, Kortun has helped to define contemporary art in Turkey and abroad by curating exhibitions such as the 1993 and [...]
Istanbul: A Context For Art
The Spirit of Istanbul, Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality Publications, 2007
The two books of Orhan Pamuk, The Black Book and Istanbul: Memories and the City have been inspiring ports points of entry to Istanbul for two large projects I worked on. The Black Book was a core reference for the conception and layout of the Third Istanbul [...]