Category Archives: Visual Art

Firat News: Barcelona – Taksim

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As part of the project Inside Out initiated last year by the Festival The Influencers, one of the “reclaimed” walls of Barcelona has been pasted with the photos of people supporting the Gezi Park resistance in Istanbul. Inspired by JR’s large-format street “pastings”, INSIDE OUT gives everyone the opportunity to share their portrait and make a statement for what they [...] → Read the full article…

Artleaks: Another World Is Possible – What about an Anonymous Istanbul Biennial? – Ahmet Öğüt

On May 25, 2013, just before the beginning of the Gezi Park protests in Istanbul, I co-signed a letter by more than 100 arts and cultural practitioners that invited the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) and 13th Istanbul Biennial curatorial team to change their authoritarian reflex and judgmental attitude to the protest staged on March 10th at a [...] → Read the full article…