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The Bootleg version of The 11th International Istanbul Biennial Reader, 2009
The 11th International Istanbul Biennial
By Özge Ersoy
"In this article, I will locate this year’s biennial against the background of the previous iterations and argue that it has presented a solid statement about the urgent need for the politicization of culture, while creating a strong opposition in Turkey."
This is probably the best biennial I’ve seen in a while; not only because there is a surprisingly small amount of ghastly work, but also because it is refreshingly transparent.
Pablo Lafuente, Maria Muhle, Pip Day on The 11th Istanbul Biennial What keeps mankind alive?
"WHW align themselves with Brecht not only in their attempt to 'reformulate the problems of the present', they have also set themselves the Brechtian task of the politicisation of culture. In their curator's statement on the biennial website, they write: 'Today when the dilemma "barbarity or socialism" is more real than ever and the future of the world appears divided between pauperised war zones and the stable fascistoid systems of the rich zones, this is our task.'"
ON THE 11TH INTERNATIONAL ISTANBUL BIENNIAL BY T. J. DEMOS
old web site about WHW first project - What, How & for Whom - on the 152nd anniversary of the Communist Manifesto
ugly web site of interesting museum in Eindhoven, Nl. One of the greatest collections of works by El Lissitzky. Director is great curator Charles Esche.
announcement of the conceptual framework of the 11th Istanbul Biennial curated by curatorial collective What, How & for Whom
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