[spectre] Fwd: call to rethink the process of the 13th Istanbul Biennial

[Andreas Broeckmann]

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Betreff: <nettime> call to rethink the process of the 13th Istanbul Biennial
Datum: Sun, 9 Jun 2013 06:19:55 +0200


We wrote the following text on May 25th, 2013.  With the beginning of 
the protests at Gezi Park, our priorities shifted and we decided to 
postpone  its circulation. Today, especially after  “last week’s“ 
experiences, when we rethink what happened on May 10th, we are even more 
convinced of the urgency of this letter.

Yours sincerely,


We the undersigned, who are all working in the field of art, condemn the 
reaction of The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) and 13th 
Istanbul Biennial curatorial team, to the protest that was performed by 
Public/Common Resistance Platform members at the  “Public Capital” event 
on May 10th 2013.

The protest was organized and performed by a group of activists wearing 
T-shirts printed with the names of forcibly gentrifying neighborhoods in 
Istanbul; at short intervals, one would stand up from the crowd and 
drape him/ herself on the floor in the middle of the room using a piece 
of cloth printed with the logos of  related companies. The performance 
was finished by IKSV team lifting the protesters up roughly and carrying 
them off from the venue.

Whilst pretending to have a “public” discourse, this applied intolerance 
towards critical and different voices, the violence towards protesters, 
and the attempt of detaining a platform member because he was video 
recording the activity, and  calling the police and taking him to police 
station and making charges against him cannot be an acceptable attitude.

The authoritative, judgmental and uncommunicative attitude of the 13th 
Istanbul Biennial towards different voices of the public is highly in 
contradiction with its claims to “activate social engagement and public 
fora to generate a possibility for rethinking the concept of “publicness”.*

We would kindly and urgently invite you to change this authoritarian 
reflex and rethink the proposed process (structure) of the 13th Istanbul 
Biennial. *http://bienal.iksv.org/en/archive/newsarchive/p/1/62

Please reply to  imzaliyorum at gmail.com if you like to join.

Ahmet Öğüt, Ahmet Şenkart, Ali Asker Bal, Ali Cabbar, Ali İbrahim Öcal, 
Ali Mete Sancaktaroğlu, Ani Setyan, Arzu Başaran, Arzu Yayıntaş, Asena 
Hayal, Asena Günal, Aslı Çetinkaya, Atalay Yeni, Atilla Atala,  Aylin 
Kuryel, Aysel Miman, Azra Deniz Okyay, Barış Acar, Barış Mengütay, Barış 
Seyitvan, Banu Cennetoğlu, Berk Demirbaş, Bubi, Burak Karacan, Burçak 
Konukman, Burçin Başar, Canan Beykal, Ceren Oykut, Çiler Belen, Demet 
Yalçınkaya, Deniz Erbaş, Deniz Gökduman, Deniz Gül, Deniz Ilgaz, Deniz 
M. Örnek, Deniz Pireci, Derya Aydoğdu, Didem Erk, Didem Özbek, Dilara 
Hançer Sebah, Dino Dinçer Şirin, Eda Gecikmez, Ege Berensel,  Elif 
Zeynep Karagöz, Emine Corduk,  Emre Zeytinoğlu, Endam Acar, Erdağ Aksel, 
Erden Kosova, Erinç Seymen, Esat Başak, Evrensel Belgin, Evrim Altuğ, 
Evrim Kavcar, Fatoş Karadağ, Ferhat Özgür, Feyyaz Yaman, Fırat Arapoğlu, 
Foto Akbaba, Fulya Çalışkan, Fulya Çetin, Füsun Turcan Elmasoğlu, Gonca 
Sezer, Gözde Kazaz, Gül Bolulu, Gülçin Aksoy, Günay Demir, Hakan Akçura, 
Hakan Kamışoğlu, Hatice Arıcı, Itır Demir, İbrahim Koç, İlhan Sayın, 
İlke Yılmaz, İnci Furni, İnsel İnal, Kardelen Fincancı, Komet Gürkan 
Çoşkun, Lara Fresko, Leyla Sakpınar, Lütfiye Bozdağ, Mahmut Koyuncu, 
Malik Bulut, Murat Morova, Murat Seçkin, Nalan Yırtmaç, Nejat Satı, 
Neriman Polat, Nihan Tahtaişleyen, Nilbar Güreş, Nur Ataibiş, Nurcan 
Gündoğan, Nur Gürel, Onur Ceritoğlu, Onur Gülfidan, Onur Kaçmaz, Osman 
Bozkurt, Oya Kasap, Özcan Yaman, Özge Açıkkol, Özgür Atlagan, Özgür 
Çimen, Raziye Kubat,  Saadet Sorgunlu, Sakine Çil,  Selen Usanmaz, Selin 
Kocagöncü, Sema Efe, Serpil Odabaşı, Seçil Yersel, Seçkin Aydın,  Sevil 
Tunaboylu, Sevinç Altan, Seydi Murat Koç, Suat Öğüt, Sylvia Kouvali, 
Şefik Özcan, Şehmus Atasever, Tahir Ün,  T. Melih Görgün, Ulaş Başar 
Gezgin, Uluç Ali Kılıç, Ümit Turgay Durgun, Vahit Tuna, Yahya Mete 
Madra, Yasemin Özcan, Yasemin Nur, Yavuz Parlar, Yeşim Ağaoğlu, Yeşim 
Şahin, Yeşim Us, Zeynep Yasa, Zeyno Pekünlü



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