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An alternative Cityguiding through Istanbul

October 14, 2014

The map of Istanbul for tourists, which includes the Sultanahmed-Region and Beyoğlu, covers only about one or two percent of the real Istanbul map. In order to go beyond these two percent you can join an „alternative citiyguiding“ (or an architectural field trip as Orhan Esen calls it). Orhan Esen is active as a researcher, writer […]

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Berlin Moving

October 14, 2014

Impressions from Berlin August 2013: Featuring Thomas Büsch eating pieplant lemonade and eating Currywurst at the restaurant Nola’s am Weinberg closed to Brunnenstrasse in East Berlin. We visited Kunstraum Kreuzberg at Mariannenplatz to see the show, We are not just here for fun. It was about Berlin’s subcultures and their former palces of the 1990th […]

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David Harvey interview: Tarlabaşı Istanbul

October 21, 2014

Acclaimed geography academic and Professor of Anthropology at City University of New York provides an interview on urban issues in the district of Tarlabaşı Istanbul, an area in the last throes of evictions for the long-standing residents. Tarlabaşı is in the process of a gentrification programme to create an upscale housing and shopping district in the centre […]

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Electrical Walks

October 14, 2014

An introduction video to Christina Kubisch's Electrical Walks series of works. Electromagnetic radiations can be directly translated into the acoustic domain with the help of Christina Kubisch's custom made special headphones.

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iKEDi

October 22, 2014

The social creatitivity project for creating awareness of street animals iKEDi visited IDW Haskoy Design Route on 29.09.2012. Large and small puppets designed by Roger Titley are assembled in the mobile ateliers by participants of the day. Animals of the city are all’Istanbulities’. Video produced by Verena and Mara as a contribution to InEnArt by […]

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Istanbul United − Trailer

October 22, 2014

All over the world we can witness acts of civil disobedience against the ruling powers these days. The groups of protesters often consist of a wide range of interest groups. At times these alliances are able to bridge their deeply rooted conflicts in order to unit for a common cause. During the current protests in […]

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Left Over Work in Istanbul / Dolapdere − Beyoğlu

October 20, 2014

In this seven-minute documentary, we get to see how lively a flea market in Dolapdere/ Beyoğlu can be. We get the sense of a typical Turkish flea market where people bargain, break into conversations, have discussions on everything from the things we find in this market to musing about life itself. The camera captures all […]

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Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galata − Beyoğlu

October 20, 2014

Through Galata, a street vendor walks with his cart full of brassware. His path does not cross the touristic places. He leads us to the side streets where it is quiet, where people live in apartments and lead lives cut off from the everyday buzz of the bustling tourism in Galata. Comparing the present of […]

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Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galatasaray Square − Beyoğlu

October 21, 2014

“My intention was to walk from Galatasaray Square to Omer Khayyam Bridge, passing through Tarlabaşı. I was going to look at the second-hand shops along the street, and talk with tradesmen. The sight of a demolition of a building right next to the square stopped me in my tracks. The site was full of visuals […]

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Left Over Work in Istanbul / Istiklal Caddesi − Beyoğlu

October 20, 2014

From an abandoned Turkish wooden house, begins the journey of a man with a big bag slung on his shoulder. Having stepped out of the non-touristic locality, he happens by the Istiklal Caddesi where he suddenly has to deal with a lot of people aimlessly walking around the street. At almost the end of Istiklal […]

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Archives for October, 2014

An alternative Cityguiding through Istanbul

Berlin Moving

David Harvey interview: Tarlabaşı Istanbul

Electrical Walks

iKEDi

Istanbul United − Trailer

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Dolapdere − Beyoğlu

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galata − Beyoğlu

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galatasaray Square − Beyoğlu

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Istiklal Caddesi − Beyoğlu

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