Arts & Culture and their Institutions in Turkey in the last 25 Years, notes for navigation
Unpublished
On September 12 1980, Turkey had the third coup d’état carried out by the Turkish Army. The ruled for three years.1 Turkey’s last dictatorship. The coup became the glue of the neoliberal economic policy for decades to come.2 Neoliberal globalisation caused a profound transformation of the field of art and culture along with their institutions [...]
It goes with the territory
Is Geography Destiny Panel / AICA/CAA Talk, 1994, New York
As communities wake up from a long nightmare to the concrete reality of their immediate neighbors, Geography as a social condition deserves more consideration.
Recently, a Chicano friend sent me a book. He had changed his name from Dick to Roberto in the late 60’s upon becoming [...]
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 [...]
Interview with Dan Cameron
The decoded conversation with Dan Cameron, curator of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City and director of the 8th Istanbul Biennial at the Yapi Kredi Cultural Center Sermet Çifter Gallery.
September 4th 2003
Vasıf Kortun: Dan Cameron is going to give other interviews and panels on the Biennial. This is going to be [...]
The next ten years of contemporary art in the middle east
Middle East Focus
The next ten years of contemporary art in the middle east
Gulf Art Fair 2007
Moderator Vasif Kortun, Curator, Director, Platform Garanti, Istanbul
Saleh Barakat, Art Expert, Beirut, LB. Camilla Cañellas, International Arts Consultant, Writer and Critic Barcelona, ES. Bassam El-Baroni, Art Critic, Curator, EG. Hassan Khan, Editor, Bidoun Cairo, EG. Jack Persekian, Director [...]