{"id":24391,"date":"2015-09-09T17:13:42","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T15:13:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/?p=24391"},"modified":"2015-09-09T17:13:42","modified_gmt":"2015-09-09T15:13:42","slug":"the-14th-istanbul-biennial-a-call-to-discussion-amid-turmoil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/article\/the-14th-istanbul-biennial-a-call-to-discussion-amid-turmoil\/","title":{"rendered":"The 14th Istanbul Biennial: a Call to Discussion Amid Turmoil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/BRA0456.jpg\" alt=\"Adrian Villar Rojas, The Most Beautiful of All Mothers, 2015, site-specific installation. Courtesy of Istanbul Biennal. Photo: Kubra Karacizmeli\" width=\"716\" height=\"477\" \/> Adrian Villar Rojas, The Most Beautiful of All Mothers, 2015, site-specific installation. Courtesy of the Istanbul Biennal. Photo: Kubra Karacizmeli<\/p>\n<p>Running under the title \u201cSALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms\u201d, the 14<sup>th<\/sup> Istanbul Biennial has finally opened to the public. Highly anticipated and drafted by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev (who prefers the term \u201cdraftsperson\u201d rather than \u201ccurator\u201d), the event tackles recent and historical events subtly and freely.<\/p>\n<p>The venues are spread across this immense city but the distance between them also offers a much-needed pause for digesting impressions, while slowing down Istanbul\u2019s fast pace. In the city centre, Beyoglu, Christine Taylor Patten shows one of the biennial\u2019s main concepts \u2013 time \u2013 with \u201cmicro\/macro drawings 1001\u201d, trapping you in contemplation. In her series of drawings the unity of time cannot fit into space and even representation is hopeless against infinity. Movement is trapped in frames of moments &#8211; snapshots of the geometric, cosmic and spatial formations. \u201cmacro\u201d for instance, a large drawing on the wall, denotes that time is directionless, contradicting only the 1x1in \u201cmicro\u201d drawings, each of which represents a year period in the quotidian calendar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24397\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image003.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Al\u00ffs, Silence of Ani, 2015. Courtesy of the artist \" width=\"716\" height=\"478\" \/> Francis Al\u00ffs, Silence of Ani, 2015. Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n<p>Throughout human history, salt has been important not only for practical reasons but also for its ritualistic character: it is believed to cleanse a space or soul from negative energies and curses. SALTWATER, therefore investigates how to heal humanity and nature\u2019s wounds.<\/p>\n<p>At DEPO Istanbul, Francis Al\u00ffs\u2019 \u201cSilence of Ani\u201d comprises a display of Armenian <em>duduks<\/em> (ancient double-reed woodwind flutes) and videos. The story takes place in Ani, an ancient Armenian city near the border with Turkey, a fitting setting, not least in this biennial, which takes place during the centenary of the Armenian Genocide. The video shows the breathtaking and uncanny scenery of the valley of Ani, while the wind whistles through like a birdcall. Then children playing <em>duduks<\/em> in a game of hide and seek, slowly turn into a ballad about the future and an elegy of the past. But as the children approach one another the mood can induce an emotional discharge, exposing some viewers\u2019 traumas. But Redemption is not easily given, as the children tire and fall asleep on what is left of Ani, as though it\u2019s a call for us to wake them up, wake ourselves up, and rejoice in the spirit of togetherness and peace.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24396\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/image002.jpg\" alt=\"Francis Al\u00ffs, Silence of Ani, 2015. Courtesy of the artist \" width=\"716\" height=\"478\" \/> Francis Al\u00ffs, Silence of Ani, 2015. Courtesy of the artist<\/p>\n<p>Further south, on B\u00fcy\u00fckada, the largest of the Prince Islands, is the house where Leon Trotsky once lived in exile, and where Adri\u00e1n Villar Rojas is exhibiting. Walking through the gates, past the garden and the barely standing walls of the house is a pleasant experience; only to be heightened by a glimpse of the sea and the \u201czoo\u201d awaiting you. \u201cThe Most Beautiful Mother of All\u201d is Rojas\u2019 majestic piece consisting of animal statues emerging from sea, which, unwittingly or not, also evokes other tragic events happening in nearby coasts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24398\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/BRA0480.jpg\" alt=\"Adrian Villar Rojas, The Most Beautiful of All Mothers, 2015, site-specific installation. Courtesy of Istanbul Biennal. Photo: Kubra Karacizmeli\" width=\"716\" height=\"477\" \/> Adrian Villar Rojas, The Most Beautiful of All Mothers, 2015, site-specific installation. Courtesy of the Istanbul Biennal. Photo: Kubra Karacizmeli<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere, the biennial also serves as a passage between concepts and actions, especially local ones. Cansu \u00c7akar\u2019s women\u2019s atelier of illumination at the FLO building in Istiklal Street is one of them. Here you could see works by women from different backgrounds, expressing their perspective on patriarchal oppression. And perhaps this is part of the reason why Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev chose the term \u201cdrafting\u201d rather than \u201ccurating\u201d. Resulting in a more inclusive event that allows all participants to develop their own projects in collaboration with the city and its visitors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"size--small\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24395\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/IKSV_14B_for_Press_Sahirugureren_086.jpg\" alt=\"Cansu Cakar, Women's Atelier of Illumination, Courtesy of Istanbul Biennal. Photo: Sahir Ugur Eren\" width=\"716\" height=\"477\" \/> Cansu Cakar, Women&#8217;s Atelier of Illumination, Courtesy of the Istanbul Biennal. Photo: Sahir Ugur Eren<\/p>\n<p>Turkey has been through a lot lately: from the Tekel worker\u2019s strike, to the Gezi protests, to the country\u2019s role in the refugee crisis; and fortunately the works presented in this biennial, in some way or another, address this problematic of hope and oppression, with a call to discussion.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Text by Selen Ezgi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The 14th Istanbul Biennial is on across various venues until 1 November 2015<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mehr: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/showroom\/2015\/09\/lofoten-art-festival-imagines-a-world-without-humans\/\">Lofoten Art Festival Imagines a World Without Humans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mehr: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sleek-mag.com\/de\/showroom\/2015\/09\/a-visual-and-sonic-assault-what-we-saw-at-atonal\/\">A Visual and Sonic Assault: What We Saw at Atonal<\/a><\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adrian Villar Rojas, The Most Beautiful of All Mothers, 2015, site-specific installation. Courtesy of the Istanbul Biennal. Photo: Kubra Karacizmeli Running under the title \u201cSALTWATER: A Theory of Thought Forms\u201d, the 14th Istanbul Biennial has finally opened to the public. 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