URBAN TRIALS

June 25, 2010 to July 01, 2010

Workshop – Magazine – Exhibition

From the 16th – 23rd June Platform3 hosts an international workshop by students of Munich’s Akademie der Bildenden Künste and Istanbul’s Fine Arts Academy, Mimar Sinan University. Stemming from research performed in Munich and Istanbul in parallel, participants elaborate artistic proposals that use the distinctive perception of space in each city as a pivotal element. The workshop caters for urban, artistic and personal encounters. A free magazine featuring a selection of texts by Turkish and German authors as well as artist contributions provides further reading.

Workshop: 16 – 23 June

PUBLIC EVENTS:

June 16 +17, 7 p.m: Presentation of students' work and discussion with the workshop's participants
June 25, 7 pm : Exhibition and publication presentation: 
                           concrete paper - free magazine with contributions by Pelin Tan, Derya Özkan, Övül Durmuşoğlu, Hafryiat and others, 28p, in English and German.

Artist contribution İstanbul: Şeyla Arditti, Gökçe Erhan, Hande Gür, Duygu Sabancılar, Behice Başak Sel, Gülçin Uzun, Eşref Yildrim
Artist contribution Munich: Babylonia Constantinides, Quirin Empl, Katharina Knaus, Verena Ledig, Nele Müller, Sinan von Stietencron, Helin Yildirim

Project leaders – Munich: Res Ingold, Nezaket Ekici.
Project leaders – Istanbul: Yasemin N. Toksoy, Bahar Enşici Aksel, Melih T. Görgün, Mahir Namur
Concept & Coordination: Anja Lückenkemper, Marlene Rigler and the Team of PLATFORM3

The project is supported by Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency.