No Woman no drive
Hisham Fageeh is a Saudi artist and Social activist. On his Twitter account he supports the movement for abolishing the ban on women driving vehicles in Saudi Arabia.
Posts Tagged ‘urban chant’
Galata Greek Primary School
- The school was built in 1853 in Neoclassic style
- After the Design Biennial 2012 the 13th Istanbul Art Biennial used the school as a venue
- The building was confiscated by the State Treasory 1989 from a greek-turkish foundation
- After 23 years the building was given back to the greek turkish foundation in March 2012
- The building itself is a treasure box with magnificant views to all sides
- The heads of the Foundation want to turn it into a museum
- View from the school: Getronagan Armenian Church in Karaköy
The school is used as a Biennial venue for the second time. The exodus of the Greek population of Turkey started after the foundation of the republic. A pogrom against the greek population in 1955 made lots of Istanbulian greeks leave. The schools were left behind orphaned.
The Element of Crime: Emek Cinema
- Facade of Demirören Shopping mall
- Emek Movie Theatre
- The demolition of Emek Movie Theatre
- Advertisement Demirören Shopping Mall
- Demirören Shopping Mall
- Homless sleeping at a corner of Demirören shopping mall
Two years long the İstanbulians were protesting for the Emek
Cinema, a hundred years old Movie theatre.
The Emek had been the location of countless Movi Premieres on Yeşilçam Sokak, the Turkish Broadway.Sometimes the İstanbul Film Festival would revive thge usage of Yeni Rüya Cinema as well.
RikschaFahrt
RikschaFahrt by artist in residence Carla Mercedes Hihn from the Berlin residency program in Istanbul. Video by Dirk Holzberg, Musik Riuchi Sakamoto und Alva Noto.
Urban structures, urbanity, nature and landscapes are issues of Carla Mercedes Hihn installations and drawings. She is developing a new space, interacting with the architecture and creating a multi-dimensional situations.
Transformation of Taksim Square
The Taksim Square is a crazy mass since November 2012. It is hard to believe, that a commercial building in the shape of a Caserne in historism style is planned to replace Gezi Park. The Atatürk Cultural center shall get demolished. The government wishes to get applause for this plans from lots of their voters. To disregard the protests of so many people is a sign of an authoritarian government and a support of many followers as undemocratic as their leaders.
Mack the spook
And the spook, it has visions,
And it spreads them all around.
And it breeds all this creatures,
From a crowd of blind Believers
There are some hiding in darkness
while others are searching for light
And you see the ones in brightness
Those in darkness drop from sight.
The Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM/Atatürk Cultural Center) was planned and build between 1946 and 1977 as a cultural hall to influence the direction for modern and contemporary culture in the country. Today competing interests struggle to shape AKM towards ideological lines based on their own visions. The reconstruction of the whole Taksim square is a partof the transformation of cultural symbolism.
Amazing that no one made the suggestion until now to build a memorial for the victims of bloody 1st of May 1977.
- 1st of May 1977
- Around 500.000 people followed a call of the Union DİSK
- Towards the end of the meeting around 7pm unknown assassins startet shooting
- 34 people were killed and 136 got injured
Also have a look at this post about an exhibition on the topic Atatürk Kültür merkezi:
also related topic:
occupy Gezi Park: http://senseoftime.inenart.eu/?p=4108
Transformation of Pierre Loti: http://senseoftime.inenart.eu/?p=3135
Second Life in Ayvansaray: http://senseoftime.inenart.eu/?p=3414
Urban icons in Ayvansaray: http://senseoftime.inenart.eu/?p=3452
Day for Night
Photos by Nicolas Brodard: “I started this photographic series in 2010 and have amended it during my frequent trips to Istanbul.