Light, Illumination, Electricity
Art residencies, lectures, workshops, open studio, exhibition

1 September - 30 November 2007
SantralIstanbul,Turkey

www.santralistanbul.org

Light, Illumination, Electricity is the launching project of the artists-in-residence program of SantralIstanbul, a comprehensive, participatory and interdisciplinary international platform for culture, education and arts, led by Istanbul Bilgi University.

Involving the transformation of the city's first power station Silahtaraa Power Plant into a cultural and educational center, SantralIstanbul aims to be a new source of energy for production and distribution of art and knowledge through a program of collaborative and interdisciplinary projects and activities.

This residence programme aims to open up different avenues for exploration, talks by prominent art historians and curators will be focused on the theme of light, electricity and illumination as well as workshops by artists working with light as a medium or as a metaphor. The residence programme will conclude with an exhibition of the works of the resident artists. The exhibition will be documented by a catalogue.

Light, Illumination, Electricity, supported by Anna Lindh Foundation, is the platform of SantralIstanbul for collaborative work of partners from Euro-Mediterranean region.

ORGANISATION:

• SantralIstanbul Centre for Applied Research in Arts, Culture and Museology
• Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey

PARTNERS:

• SCCA, Center for Contemporay Arts-Ljubljana, Slovenia
• Nomad, Istanbul, Turkey
• Townhouse Gallery of Contemporary Art, Kairo, Egypt
• Culture Resource (Al Mawred Al Thaqafy), Kairo, Egypt
• ZINC/ECM, Espace Culture Multimédia, Marseille, France

CURATORIAL TEAM:

• Barbara Borčić (SCCA-Ljubljana)
• Başak Şenova (Nomad, Istanbul)
• Mohammed Yousri (Townhouse Gallery, Kairo)
• Emre Baykal (SantralIstanbul)

PROGRAM

• art residencies, open studio, exhibition
• lectures
• workshops
• sounds light work

ART RESIDENICES, OPEN STUDIO, EXHIBITION

1 - 30 november

ARTISTS:

• Adham Hafez (Egypt)
• Marko A. Kovačič (Slovenia)
  
  
• Borut Savski (Slovenia)
  
  
• Cynthia Zaven (Lebanon)
• Remy Rivoire, Renaud Vercey, Bruno Voillot (France)
• Ceren Oykut (Turkey)
• Cevdet Erek (Turkey)
• Carlo Crovato

LECTURES

5 October, 17.30 - 19.30

• Andreas Broeckmann (TESLA - Laboratory for Arts and Media): Machine Lights - Projected Lights in Contemporary Art
  
• Jan Peter E. R. Sonntag: Borders & The Infinite - Forming Gas and Electromagnetic Waves
  www.sonarc-ion.de
  

16 October, 17.30 - 19.30

• Etienne Rey: Attraction, Oscillation, Inframince
  www.dirigeable.org
  
  
• Paolo Rosa: Light and Narration in Sensible Environments
  www.studioazzurro.com

2 November, 17.30 - 20.00

• Gregor Jansen (ZKM Center for Art and Media):
  Art and Knowledge in Balance, Light Art (from Artificial Light)
  

WORKSHOPS WITH CHILDREN

27 October, 10.00 - 12.00, 14.00 - 16.00

• Ceren Oykut: Cyclop

28 October, 10.00 - 12.00, 14.00 - 16.00

• Aylin Kalem: Light Travels Through My Body
  

3 November, 10.00 - 12.00, 14.00 - 16.00

• Carlo Crovato: Sounds Light Work 

4 November, 10.00 - 12.00, 14.00 - 16.00

• Erhan Muratoglu: Alternative Flow
  

SOUNDS LIGHT WORK

30, 31 October - 1, 2 November, 10.00 - 17.00

• Carlo Crovato

SUPPORT: Anna Lindh Foundation

The Foundation is the first common institution jointly established and financed by all 35 members of the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership. This far reaching partnership between the European Union and their partners in the southern Mediterranean region was launched at the Barcelona Conference in 1995. The declaration adopted at Barcelona strongly promotes regional cooperation in the economic, social and cultural fields.

• Anna Lindh Foundation
• Anna Lindh Foundation Network of Networks