Projects of co-workers
PORTIZMIR3
It's Enough!
International Triennial of Contemporary Art

October 2013–June 2014
Austro-Turk Tobacco Warehouse, Izmir, Turkey

Curatorial Walk & Talk: Saša Nabergoj and participants from Izmir
Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 7 pm

Panel Discussion: Deep Blue Field Work
Thursday, 22 May, 2014, at 5 pm

We would like to inform you about the project of our co-worker Saša Nabergoj, head of the World of Art, School for curators and critics and the Studio 6 program. Saša Nabergoj is a chief curator of the third edition of international triennial of contemporary art PORTIZMIR3, produced by K2, Contemporary Art Association from Izmir.

You are cordially invited to two public events within the triennial:

Curatorial Walk & Talk: Saša Nabergoj and participants from Izmir
Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 19.00
Austro-Turk Tobacco Warehouse, Izmir

Panel Discussion: Deep Blue Field Work
Speakers: Annick Bureaud (FR), Robertina Šebjanič (SI), Betül Bardakcı (TR), Guzel Yucel Gier (TR), Uğur Engin Deniz (TR), Saša Nabergoj (SI)
Thursday, 22 May, 2014, at 5 pm
Austro-Turk Tobacco Warehouse, 4th floor, Izmir

PORTIZMIR3, Triennial for Contemporary Art, aspires to provide a contextual framework for diverse, participative practices by exploring new perspectives on the themes, working methods and processes developed in the realm of contemporary art.

Curated by Saša Nabergoj (SI) PORTIZMIR3 is structured more as a process then a single event, all coming together in the frame of two public manifestations: Archive Visualized (bringing together all the diverse activities of five Field Works: collaborative research and production groups of artists, scientists,…) and Exhibition in the four floors of a post-industrial empty space of ex tobacco warehouse in the center of Izmir, Turkish third biggest city.

With Curatorial Walk & Talk Saša Nabergoj is preparing a guided tour around Exhibition and Archive Visualised to present the projects, but also discuss the process of collaborative working and its potentials. She will be joined by Izmir based artists, scientists, academics, students who have been part of complex activities of triennial.

Deep Blue Field Work was composed of a dozen of individuals (artists, scientists, engineers…) that put the sea (and Izmir bay) in the foreground of their collaborative work. What started as individualized sets of knowledge from artists and scientists became an active ground for debates, experiments and research trips. After six weeks of collaborative research, the team found entirely new ways of engaging with the Izmir bay. The resulting installation of synthesized experiences includes a special edition of salted chocolate, article about jellyfish (Aurelia Aurita), coastal area photography, visual records of seismic and sonic maps, and microscopic and underwater recordings.
portizmir.org/eng/big-blue

The Panel Discussion will present different points of view on the topic of the collaborative research inside of the field of art and science. As the Field Works were created in order to show how strategies and tactics that artists develop within their practices, we can say that this is representing a valuable contribution to a change in thought and lead to changes in the prevailing general modus operandi in shifting into the area of collaborative research in the science and arts practice.

Cordially invited!

More: portizmir.org

Saša Nabergoj
Art historian, curator and critic. Assistant director at SCCA−Ljubljana, Center for Contemporary Arts (Slovenia). A member of AICA (International Association of Art Critics) and IKT (International Association of Curators of Contemporary Art, Amsterdam). Writer, editor, curator and lecturer on contemporary art, focusing on curatorial and critical practices.

[Published May 21, 2014]