EU-Turkey Civil Society Dialogue: Cultural Bridges
This programme is funded by the European Union
MCER, is a one-off programme to be realized between 2010 and 2011 for enabling visual artists from Turkey to develop their work in six prominent host institutions across Europe through residencies. It forms part of My City, a new cultural initiative funded through the European Commission’s Cultural Bridges Programme, designed and run by the British Council in Turkey. The programme’s aim is to establish partnerships between artists and institutions in Turkey and Europe.
The My City programme has two strands: MCER and a programme of activities in Turkey around the theme of art in public space, including seminars, conferences and new commissions. Starting in 2009, five artists from Europe will be invited to Turkey to develop a unique work of public art for a specific city in Turkey. The selected cities are Canakkale, Istanbul, Konya, Mardin and Trabzon. Each of these cities has a unique story to tell and this project will give the artists the opportunity to take part in residencies and show their work at some of Europe’s leading cultural venues.
My City has been conceived by the British Council together with Anadolu Kultur and Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center. The project is funded by the European Commission and the British Council.
The project goal is to enable visual artists to develop and reflect upon their work in a different European environment and culture. The residency also generates opportunities for making or extending contacts and for exploring and/or developing a new context as well as producing new work.
The cities and organizations that artists from Turkey will have residencies:
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Caner Aslan, Berlin, Berliner Künstlerprogramm |
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Isil Egrikavuk, Dortmund, Hartware MedienDunstVerein & Künstlerhaus Dortmund |
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Leyla Gediz, Helsinki, Näyttelyvaihtokeskus FRAME |
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Gunes Terkol, London, Gasworks: Exhibitions, International Residencies & Studios |
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Can Altay, Warsaw, Centrum Sztuki Wspólczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski |
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Gulsun Karamustafa, Vienna, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien |
My City was conceived by the British Council together with partners from Turkey Anadolu Kultur and Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center. Artists from Europe have been nominated for My City by a panel of acclaimed international curators; Andrea Schlieker (UK), curatorial adviser for My City and Curator of Folkestone Triennial, Brigitte Franzen (DE), Director, Ludwig Forum for International Art, Aachen, Mika Hannula (FI), University of Gothenburg/ freelance curator, Sebastian Cichocki (PL) Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw and Silvia Eiblmayr (AT) Co-curator Austrian Pavilion, Venice Biennale 2009 and selected together with British Council and Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center.
For details you may visit http://www.mycity.eu.com/
For your questions, you may send an email to mycity.arts@britishcouncil.org.tr
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