“Blind Dates”- Ottomans & Europeans, reflecting on five centuries of cultural relations: open studio at Cittadellarte on July 17th 2015
Open studio at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto 17th July 2015, 5.00 pm Junior participant artists: Erol Eskici / Leone Contini / Eda Gecikmez / Mary Zygouri / Driant Zeneli /
Open studio at Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto
17th July 2015, 5.00 pm
Junior participant artists: Erol Eskici / Leone Contini / Eda Gecikmez / Mary Zygouri / Driant Zeneli / Naci Gunes Guven
Senior participant artists: Adrian Paci / Gulcin Aksoy / Ergin Cavusoglu / Guven Incirlioglu / Michelangelo Pistoletto
with the theoretical contribution of Prof. Massimo Campanini
The project consists of a three weeks residency in Cittadellarte – Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella (Italia) involving six young artists, followed by a shorter period of encounter in Turkey in 2016. Six senior artists and various experts and intellectuals from Turkey and Europe will join the residency for a shorter period. further information about the project
 Driant Zeneli, How to dig into the future – 2015 |
 Eda Gecikmez, Searching – 2015
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 Leone Contini, Landings #1 – 2015
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“Blind Dates” is a strand of the project “Ottomans & Europeans” by BOZAR, Brussels and KUNSTHISTORISCHES MUSEUM – VIENNA, THE NATIONAL MUSEUM – KRAKOW WITTE DE WITH – ROTTERDAM, CITTADELLARTE-FONDAZIONE PISTOLETTO and THE ISTANBUL FOUNDATION FOR CULTURE AND ARTS; it is a EU funded project which proposes a journey through five centuries of shared cultural history between Europe and Turkey.
