This book presents a collection of writings by curators, cultural workers, art critics, scholars and political theorists pertaining to the theme of the 9th International Istanbul Biennial. The curators of the biennial note this edition is not an attempt to sum up the state of art today or to represent certain tendencies, but is a series of artistic projects made for and selected with the city of Istanbul constantly in mind. These writings examine the discourse of art within the cultural, social, political and historical context of Istanbul and the Middle East. Brief biographies of the authors and contributors are provided.
Onsite
English,
Turkish
2005
344
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catalogue
The World is Yours - Charles ESCHE, Vasif KORTUN
Hope, Passion, Politics: A Conversation with Chantal Mouffe and Ernesto Laclau - Mary ZOURNAZI
Refused - Xurban_Collective
Lojman: Private Space Within Official Space? - Nermin SAYBASILI
The Tightrope Walk of the Middle Class in a Fractured Istanbul - Orhan ESEN
Globalisation and Unsettlement: Whither Design? - SASSEN Saskia
Biennial Cultures/Perennial Worries: But Hope for Community Just the Same - Shepherd STEINER
The Blind Leading the Naked - The Politics of Small Gestures - Mika HANNULA
Public Space/Private Space: The Invention of a Conceptual Dichotomy in Turkey - Ugur TANYELI
Two Kinds of People? Worlds Apart and Together in Istanbul - Asu AKSOY, Kevin ROBINS
Imagining the State with Mobility: Skins, Machines and Complex System - Nikos PAPASTERGIADIS
On the Strategic Use of Politics in the Context of Art - Marius BABIAS
Selections from 'The Coming Community' - Giorgio AGAMBEN
Art, City and Politics in an Expanding World: Writings from the 9th International Istanbul Biennial
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