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10th Istanbul Biennial
8 September - 4 November 2007

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Atatürk Cultural Centre

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Atatürk Kültür Merkezi (AKM), situated in Taksim Square. An earlier opera house, built since the mid-1930s, has been transformed by architect Hayati Tabanlıoğlu into the "Istanbul Cultural Palace", opened in 1969. A big fire in November 1970 led to the closure of the building to the public. After renovations it was reopened in 1978 and given the name Atatürk Cultural Centre. AKM is Istanbuls major public site of cultural and political ceremonial events and performances.

Obviously, this modernist edifice incarnates the ideological model of Turkey's modernization driven by its republican revolutionary project. However, today it is under the threat of being gentrified by global capitalism's expansion.

(From the press information)

Exhibition area:
Burn It or Not?

 

 

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Atatürk Cultural Centre

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AKM, Entrance

 

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AKM, lobby

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Didier Fiuza Faustino

 

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Lee Bul

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Upper lobby

 

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Vahram Aghasyan

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Xu Zhen

 

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Erdem Helvacıoğlu

 

Istanbul / 2007 / Tour / City Map