Dates:
19 Feb 2010
People:
Adam Chodzko, Lisa Le Feuvre, Mark Nash, Irit Rogoff, Edgar Schmitz
Location:
A Foundation, London
ICF collaborated with the Goethe Institut to present a symposium addressing the themes explored in the touring exhibition Journeys With No Return – namely how culture is transformed through migration and the influence of Turkish migration on contemporary practitioners. The exhibition was presented in Istanbul during the 2009 Biennial, during which ICF collaborated with the organisers to present another symposium that September. It then toured to London and Berlin.
The symposium to mark the London exhibition was chaired by Edgar Schmitz (Goldsmith College, London) and Lisa Le Feuvre (Writer and Curator) and includes speakers Irit Rogoff, Professor of Visual Culture at Goldsmiths College, a theorist, curator and organiser, Artist Adam Chodzko and Dr. Mark Nash, Head of Department for Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art.
About the exhibition:
Participating artists: Nevin Aladag, Zineb Sedira, Adam Chodzko, Olaf Metzel, Denizhan Ozer, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Olaf Nicolai, Ergin Cavusoglu, Melanie Manchot, Asli Sungu, Kiran Kaur Brar and Nasan Tur.
Curators: Alice Sharp, Peter Cross and Levent Calikoglu
Exhibition organiser: Denizhan Ozer
Inspired by the celebrated Turkish writer and political figure Nazim Hikmet’s book of poems Journeys With No Return, this project explores reflections of Turkish migration on contemporary art.
Twelve artists from Germany, Great Britain and Turkey uncover themes around Turkish migration over the last 50 years in works that are new to UK audiences – six of which are unveiled for the first time. The artists balance the local with the global, their subjective sense of identity with cultural dissemination that potentially knows no borders. Using popular music, rap, cinematic conventions, anthropology and documentary they exploit archive images, cultural stereotypes and information systems. The artworks stretch from video, film, photography, drawing to installation and reach out with methods of communication that echo mainstream and popular cultural forms.
People:
Adam Chodzko, Lisa Le Feuvre, Mark Nash, Irit Rogoff, Edgar Schmitz
ICF collaborated with the Goethe Institut to present a symposium addressing the themes explored in the touring exhibition Journeys With No Return – namely how culture is transformed through migration and the influence of Turkish migration on contemporary practitioners. The exhibition was presented in Istanbul during the 2009 Biennial, during which ICF collaborated with the organisers to present another symposium that September. It then toured to London and Berlin.
The symposium to mark the London exhibition was chaired by Edgar Schmitz (Goldsmith College, London) and Lisa Le Feuvre (Writer and Curator) and includes speakers Irit Rogoff, Professor of Visual Culture at Goldsmiths College, a theorist, curator and organiser, Artist Adam Chodzko and Dr. Mark Nash, Head of Department for Curating Contemporary Art, Royal College of Art.
About the exhibition:
Participating artists: Nevin Aladag, Zineb Sedira, Adam Chodzko, Olaf Metzel, Denizhan Ozer, Clemens von Wedemeyer, Olaf Nicolai, Ergin Cavusoglu, Melanie Manchot, Asli Sungu, Kiran Kaur Brar and Nasan Tur.
Curators: Alice Sharp, Peter Cross and Levent Calikoglu
Exhibition organiser: Denizhan Ozer
Inspired by the celebrated Turkish writer and political figure Nazim Hikmet’s book of poems Journeys With No Return, this project explores reflections of Turkish migration on contemporary art.
Twelve artists from Germany, Great Britain and Turkey uncover themes around Turkish migration over the last 50 years in works that are new to UK audiences – six of which are unveiled for the first time. The artists balance the local with the global, their subjective sense of identity with cultural dissemination that potentially knows no borders. Using popular music, rap, cinematic conventions, anthropology and documentary they exploit archive images, cultural stereotypes and information systems. The artworks stretch from video, film, photography, drawing to installation and reach out with methods of communication that echo mainstream and popular cultural forms.
Dates:
19 Feb 2010
Location:
A Foundation, London
