'My City' has been conceived by the British Council together with Anadolu Kultur and the Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center. The project is funded by the European Commission and the British Council. 'European Residencies' [MCER], a part of 'My City', is a one-off programme to be realized between 2010 and 2011, to enable visual artists from Turkey to develop their work in six prominent host institutions across Europe through residencies, with the aim of establishing partnerships between artists and institutions in Turkey and Europe.
The five artists who have been invited to Turkey to develop a unique new piece of public art are:
Mark Wallinger, UK, in the city of Canakkale
Clemens von Wedemeyer, Germany, in the city of Mardin
Joanna Rajkowska, Poland, in the city of Konya
Minna Henriksson, Finland, in the city of Trabzon
Andreas Fogorasi, Austria, in the city of Istanbul
One of the hosts for 'European Residencies' [MCER] is the Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle in Warsaw (CCA), the premier interdisciplinary contemporary art centre in Poland and one of the most vibrant art centres in Central and Eastern Europe. The CCA has supported, documented and presented art since 1989. The audience consists of professionals, artists, students but also people unacquainted with art on an everyday basis.
Can Altay (1975) is the current residing artist of the a-i-r laboratory programme at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art. He is a graduate of the institute of Art and Design at the University of Ankara and has also studied on the Critical Studies Post-Graduate Program at Malmö Art Academy, at the University of Lund and at the Rooseum Centre for Contemporary Art in Sweden. His artistic background encompasses such fields as architecture, art, design, critical theory and it focuses on appropriating public space, social relations and locally improvised forms within urban structures. As a result of his interdisciplinary research, he creates multimedia installations, documenting the archives of everyday phenomena modifying city space. Can Altay’s residency at the Ujazdowski Castle Centre for Contemporary Art is connected with the exhibition of Turkish artists linked to the Istambul scene planned for the autumn of 2010.
For more information see www.mycity.eu.com
See the artworks created in Turkey
DIVERÇITY. LEARNING FROM ISTANBUL - part of My City project in Poland
Videos, photos, installations
Artists: Can Altay, Didem Özbek, Osman Bozkurt, Ergin Çavuşoğlu, Orhan Esen, Deniz Gül, Emre Hüner, Ceren Oykut, Bas Princen, Tayfun Serttaş, Ali Taptik, Solmaz Shahbazi
Opening: 17.09.2010. 6 PM
Exhibition will be open till 07.11.2010
Custodians: Kaja Pawełek, Serra Özhan
Architecture of the exhibition: Jakub Szczęsny / Grupa Projektowa Centrala
The work of Emre Hünera Total Realm will be presented at the VideoBoard on the corner of Świętokrzyska and Marszałkowska Streets till 07.09.2010. You will also find posters of Ceren Oykut around the city.
Partners: European Capital of Culture Istanbul 2010, The City of Warsaw/ European Capital of Culture 2016, British Council’s project My City. The project is executed as a part of preparations for European Capital of Culture Warsaw 2016.
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