[Nettime-ro] ONCE UPON A TIME / BÄR VARMIÅ BÄR YOKMUÅ SERGÄSÄ VE KURYE ULUSLARARASI VÄDEO ORGANÄZASYONU ARÅÄVÄ ÄMÃ5533'DE (focAR group - Alina Tudor and Razvan Neagoe)

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*Exhibiton: Once Upon a Time // Kurye International Video Archive at IMC5533
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Whenever memory plays a role in relating information, the outcome, whether verbal, visual, or a combination of the two, becomes narrative. In a complex chaotic city like Istanbul, storytelling exists as a part of the natural texture of the place. In this installation entitled, Once Upon a Time/Bir varmÄÅ bir yokmuÅ, Volkan Aslan and Nancy Atakan present an imaginary space, a historical place, that reflects the multi-layers of reality/fiction found in Istanbul as well as the unkapani area around 5533, the non-profit independent art space they run together with the curator, Marcus Graf. Since 5533 opened in 2008, these two artists in conjunction with local university students have conducted several projects organized to ascertain the viewpoints and perspections related to contemporary art of their small businessmen neighbors as well as those of neighbors of similar initiatives and centers throughout the city. In addition, they have researched the
 architectural history of ÄMÃ (Istanbul Textile Manufacturers), the oldest Istanbul shopping center in which 5533 is located. This pseudo-documentary type of approach uses one type of narrative and will be presented in the panel discussion portion of this event whereas the installation by Aslan and Atakan shows alternative ways to tell stories about the worlds they inhabit.
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The environment around 5533 joins the traditional, Moslem, historical, with touches of contemporary life to allow parallel worlds to stand side by side as well as to overlap and to penetrate each other. Plexiglas, neon, plastic, glass, advertisements, videos, contemporary music intertwine with traditional Moslem womenâs readywear, a local tea shop, a semi-deserted modern shopping center, faded photographs, arabesque music, and discarded objects. Aslan and Atakanâs installation indirectly recreates this atmosphere using their individual artistic practices. While Atakan starts from personal experience, family photographs and stories of her relatives who initially established the shopping center in which 5533 exists, Aslanâs narrative begins with found objects from past eras. Both artists realize that objects outlive humans and that objects leave traces, carry smells, and reflect the atmosphere of what remains. Objects document and carry memory.
 Whether these objects come from someone known or unknown to the artist, they tell stories about events, people, and eras. Neither seems more true than the other.
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Kurye International Video Archive at IMC5533
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Kurye Video Organization is an international and independent organization operating solely in the field of video art. It also works as an archive and an agency both locally and internationally. So far, the archive has attracted more than 700 videos by 265 artists coming from 42 countries. The organization has realized numerous exhibitions, special screenings and audio-visual events as well as four international video festivals over the course of the last four years. Augmenting its place and its reputation in the international art scene with an ever increasing number of videos, Kurye archive has become a valuable resource for the art scene in Turkey. This archive will from now on be available at IMC5533 and to celebrate this new space, Kurye will feature regular screenings throughout the duration of the Biennial. The viewers will be able to select and watch individual videos from the archive as they like and will also have the chance to watch Kuryeâs
 previous screening programs.
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Address: ÄMÃ 5. Blok, UnkapanÄ, Istanbul
Mert Åahbaz
Kurye Video Organization / Coordinator
http://www.kuryevideo.org/
http://couriervideo.blogspot.com
+905346192965
http://mertsahbaz.blogspot.com
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focAR group 
Alina Tudor and Razvan Neagoe 
Phone: 0040 744 292 855 
e-mail: ar_foc@yahoo.com
Blog: http://focargroup.blogspot.com/


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