9th International Istanbul Biennial / Editor: Deniz Unsa, Curators: Charles Esche & Vasıf Kortun

This book was published in conjunction with the 9th International Istanbul Biennial in 2005. "This biennial is for and about Istanbul. We have sought to address the environments in which the work will be shown and to place art in dialogue with different aspects and observations of the city itself. This has meant asking artists to stay in the city and produce new work, as well as selecting work that might shed light on the particularities of Istanbul in comparison with cities elsewhere. It has also meant rejecting dramatic of historical locations in which to show the art in favour of more modest living and working environments in the city." - excerpt from curators' introduction Brief texts on the exhibited works are included in this pocket-sized catalogue. Artists: Hüseyin Bahri Alptekin, Pawel Althamer, Halil Altındere, Yochai Avrahami, Yael Bartana, Otto Berchem, Johanna Billing, Michael Blum, Daniel Bozhkov, Pavel Büchler, Phil Collins, Smadar Dreyfus, Lukas Duwenhögger, Maria Eichhorn, Gardar Eide Einarsson, Hala Elkoussy, Jon Mikel Euba, Cerith Wyn Evans, Jakup Ferri, Flying City, Luca Frei, Erik Göngrich, Gruppo A12, Daniel Guzman, Hatice Güleryüz, IRWIN, Chris Johanson, Y.Z. Kami, Karl-Heinz Klopf, Servet Koçyigit, Yaron Leshem, David Maljkovic, Oda Projesi, Paulina Olowska, Silke Otto-Knapp, Ahmet Öğüt, Serkan Özkaya, Şener Özmen, Ola Pehrson, Dan Perjovschi, Khalil Rabah, Mario Rizzi, RUANGRUPA, Solmaz Shahbazi, Wael Shawky, Ahlam Shibli, Sean Snyder, Nedko Solakov, Superflex & Jens Haaning, Pilvi Takala, Alexander Ugay, Alexander Ugay & Roman Maskalev, Axel John Wieder & Jesko Fezer, Tintin Wulia.--------- Texts: Mai Abu ElDahab, Defne Ayas, Charles Esche, Eivind Furnesvik, Johnny Golding, Vasif Kortun, Helen Legg, Alexandra MacGlip, November Paaynter, Natasa Petresin, Esra Sangedik Oktem, Mark Sladen, Yulia Sorokina.

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