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Platform Garanti has launched Accented, an interregional residency program which is a part of British Council’s Creative Collaboration program. Accented offers a total of 20 curators, artists, and writers the opportunity to undertake six to eight-week residencies at the participating institutions over the course of 2009 and 2010. The presentation of the Interregional Residency Program and the reception were held on the 30th of May in DEPO.
Participating institutions are Delfina Foundation, London and Spike Island Bristol (UK); Vector Association, (Iasi, Romania); Ashkal Alwan (Beirut, Lebanon) and Townhouse Gallery (Cairo, Egypt); and Platform Garanti Istanbul, Turkey. The program is open to applicants from Albania, Algeria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Egypt, Greece, Gulf Region, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Morocco, Palestine, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, Syria, Tunisia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall, numerous exhibitions have been organized by West European institutions with a focus on East Europe. After 9/11, these gave way to projects featuring the Southeastern Mediterranean region. While one can understand the desire for inclusion, the research around post-traumatic conditions, and/or different approaches to the "Muslim" world, the meeting points of the cultural producers have been external to the regions they practice in. The complex impediments facing the production; the concrete hindrances to travel; the lack of public support; the ineffectual organizational structures have lead artists traditionally to convene in Western Europe. However, cultural and political similarities, as well as centuries of shared histories ask for lateral relations to be empowered. British Council’s Creative Collaboration program places importance on these issues aiding the development of regional bonds.
Attendees and the institutions:
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Ashkal Alwan
Ashkan Sepahvand, Iran ---- Nov.-Dec. 09
Burak Delier, Turkey ---- Jan.-Feb 2010 |
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Delfina Foundation
Ala Younis, Jordan.----- Nov.-Dec. 09 |
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Platform Garanti
Maha Maamoun, Egypt ---- Aug.-Sept. 09
Vangelis Vlahos, Greece ---- Nov.-Dec. 09 |
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Spike Island
Gordana Nikolic, Serbia---- Oct.-Nov. 09 |
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Townhouse Gallery
Sislej Xhafa, Kosova
Rosalind Nashashibi, UK |
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Vector Association
Lina Mounzer, Lebanon. ---- Nov.-Dec. 09 |
For further information please contact
http://platformgaranti.blogspot.com/
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