13th Istanbul Biennial's poetic works tell the stories of cities

ISTANBUL – Hürriyet Daily News l'article complet sur http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com rubrique arts et culture

The 13th Istanbul Biennial opens its doors to the public on Sept 14 and its exhibits, on display in venues situated in the centre of the city, will be free of charge until the event closes on Oct 20

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The biennial addresses the idea of public space not only from the perspective of Istanbul but from all the world cities. Cities such as Prague, Jaffa, Tel Aviv and London are the main focus of the videos, art installations and photographs.

Hatice Utkanhatice.utkan@hdn.com.tr

This year the 13th Istanbul Biennial focuses on the notion of the public domain as a political forum. The works in the biennial will serve as a matrix to generate ideas and develop practices and concepts of civilization in the city and how the public space has been conceived and formed in cities around the world. These works will be exhibited at a number of venues located in the centre of the city: Antrepo no.3 in Tophane, GalataGreek Primary School in Karaköy, ARTER and SALT Beyoğlu on İstiklal Street and 5533 in İMÇ 5th Block. The biennial addresses the question not only from the perspective of Istanbul but from all the world cities. Cities such as Prague, Jaffa, Tel Aviv and London are the main focus of the videos, art installations and photographs in the exhibition. It is evident that the artists’ works also focus on the perception of barbarity, while they highlight the role of art in this context; the biennial’s title “Mom, am I barbarian?” referring to poet Lale Müldür’s book of the same title, sheds light on the conceptual framework. The poetic video works, documentary photographs and drawings depict the problems, civilization, changes, culture and sub-cultures of the cities.....