GEZI PARK : ART AND ACTIVISM IN TURKEY

#OCCUPYGEZI MOVEMENT THROUGH THE EYES OF CONTEMPORARY TURKISH ART

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Images of protests shared on Instagram.

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Some of Mom Am I Barbarian? artworks, 13th Istanbul Biennal.

From the top:

Ayşe Erkmen, "Bangbangbang", 2013;

Free, "Protest Is Beautiful"/ Free, "Protest Drives History", 2008;

Halil Altindere, "Wonderland", still, 2013;

Sulukule Platformu, from "Will They Be Able to Change the Name of Sulukule?" series, 2007-2013;

Serkan Taycan, from "Between Two Seas", 2013 (documents and photo);

Wouter Osterholt & Elke Uitentuis, "Helping Hands", 2011-2013;

Santiago Serra, “Conceptual Monumen,t” 2012;

Halil Altindere, "Wonderland", 2013 (Credits: Serpentine Galleries, “89plus Marathon: Halil Altindere’s Wonderland”).

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Call to Rethink the 13th Istanbul Biennial and Response of the Biennale Curators

via Anti Istanbul Biennial 2013 A declaration to the Public by Kamusal Direniş Platformu (Kent Hareketleri, Açıkalan Sanat Kolektifi, Kamusal Sanat Laboratuvarı, Homur Mizah ve Karikatür Gru...

13/06/2013, Venice. Some activists support Occupygezi at the Biennal.

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Christoph Schäfer, “Gezi Park Fiction St. Pauli”, 2013.

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Emin  Özmen, Witnessing Gezi, 2013.

2013 World Press Photo Multimedia Contest’s first prize - Long Feature category.

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Bulent Kilic (AFP), Untitled, 2014.

The World Press Photo winner shot -  Spot News, first prize singles.

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Emine Gozde Sevim, from the series Homeland Delirium, 2013 -

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Emin Özmen, from the series Gezi Park Protest, 2013.

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From the top:

Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu, Gezi Is Love, 09/06/2013;

Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu, Bird of Peace in Social Media, 07/07/2013;

Gürbüz Doğan Ekşioğlu, Gezi Park, the Bird of Twitter, 03/06/2013.

“I create myself my own voice... and I feel the duty to”

http://www.gurbuz-de.com/index-e.html

https://instagram.com/gurbuz.de/

https://www.facebook.com/gurbuz.eksioglu?fref=ts

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June 13th 2013. Şükran Moral performing at Gezi Park. 

http://www.sukranmoral.com/pages/home/index.html

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June 2013, Taksim Square. Erdem Gündüz performing The Standing Man: he stood 8 hours in Taksim Square, without speaking and moving, as form of protest.

http://www.erdemgunduz.org/

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HEPIMIZ ÇAPULCUYUZ

WHILE C.R.I.S.I PROJECT WAS DEVELOPED IN BOLOGNA, IN OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD (LIKE BRAZIL OR TURKEY) OTHER CRISIS HAS EXPLODED. HERE A CONVERSATION WITH ODA PROJESI COLLECTIVE ABOUT THE CURRENT SI...

ETCETERA group in dialogue with Oda Projesi collective.

“[...] The timeline of Gezi Park as a whole is the most strong artistic practice, one can learn a lot from”. 

 https://www.facebook.com/grupoetcetera

http://www.odaprojesi.blogspot.com

The Lady in Red stricken by teargas in Gezi Park, Istanbul, on May 28th 2013

#theladyinred #policeviolence

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L'arte è arte nella misura in cui è qualcosa di diverso dall'arte: cioè una sfera sia estranea alla politica sia sempre in sé politica poiché contiene la promessa di un mondo migliore.

Claire Bishop, Inferni artificiali

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Disobedience Archive (The Park) exhibition at SALT  Beyoğlu, April 22 - June 15 2014. Curated by M. Scotini and A. Brinkmanis. 

Exhibition design by Herkes İçin Mimarlık; Illustration by Cem Dinlenmiş; videos by Videoccupy.