If you are thinking where to move next in Istanbul, have a look at Ayvansaray. It is going to be one of the new fancy places, populated by Avatarians designed by the muncipiality of Fatih. You feel like in the virtual world of Second Life, unreal looking houses with wooden looking plastic surfaces, stereotyped people […]
Read moreAn 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.
Read moreThe 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 […]
Read moreThe short movie documents a scenery in Tophane / Istanbul at July 17th, 2013.
Read moreThis video is taken by Ufuk Aziz in the metro where people just left the Gezi Park and sang: “This is only the beginning, we will continue our fight!”
Read moreImpressions 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 […]
Read moreA short video to the Gezi protests of the day 31st of May 2013. The documentary shows step by step the escalation of the protest. Beginning with a normal and peaceful demonstation it started to get aggressive when the police arrived and began to shoot with their weapons. As a result you have dead and […]
Read moreThis documentary shows the waste gathered in the Istanbul district of Ümraniye after the election day. Nobody was working that day as they had been sounded off about it beforehand. The next day though, they are all out and there is a sizable increase in the “quality paper” that is flowing to the warehouse; mostly […]
Read moreThe dustmen have a lot to do during the term of office: More waste to take care of. After work, they sit together, have a chat and drink tea. Also, they follow the latest vote counting updates on TV with utmost curiosity. As the number of opened ballot boxes increase from 1% to 50%, their excitement […]
Read moreDuring the time of local elections, the market square and the streets of Ümraniye are adorned with political advertisements. Artıkişler accompanies a young dustman through the streets and tries to capture the incredible number of AKP posters with his camera. ………….. Tanışma Vakti Yerel seçimler öncesi Ümraniye çarşısı neredeyse tüm partilerin gösteri alanına dönüşmüş durumda. Meydanın ortasında bir […]
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