Açık Masa | Eng: 2nd February 2011-Wed

| 6:30-8:30 pm |

DEPO

| The Jester, Flaneur, The Gardener and The Cook |

... One morning when I wake up, in the bathroom the water was cut. I walked the dusty dark red carpet runner, went down the hall. I passed through the ruins of the remaining empty liquor bottles from the party last night, ashtrays overflowing with cigarette butts, chicken bones, spilled fruit juices, coffee cups dried.
I opened the window, lay out to smell the air and...

Selim Birsel 2010

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Selim Birsel born in 1963 lives and works in Istanbul.
He is a multidisciplinary artist working with divers’ medium such as drawing, painting, installation, photography, video, performance… Since 1990 he is exhibiting his works in national and international shows. He is also involved on curetting since 1992 in divers’ projects and institutions. He is teaching Art Studios in Sabanci University since 1999.
Latest shows ABBARA KADABRA, Mardin Bienali 2010, BACKYARD 2009 Istanbul (solo), SECTION 2009 Diyarbakır (solo), IN AND OUT OF ISTANBUL 2008 Philadelphia, TIME PRESENT TIME PAST, highlights from 20 years of the international Istanbul biennial 2007 Istanbul, MODERN AND BEYOND 2007 Istanbul. Curetting: GAR 1995 Ankara, OPEN CITY (Yoko Ono) 2007, EMPTY SPEECH (Artists from Beirut) 2008 Istanbul, ŞEBEKE 2010 Cajarc-France.

Açık Masa | İştirak* Program in Depo

Within the framework of the İştirak program Açık Masa aims to bring people together in order to create a discussion and sharing platform at DEPO. The program beginning in November differs from previous Açık Masa events as it includes not only artists but also collectives, lecturers, sociologists, writers, critics and curators.

Besides the series of open roundtable meetings, artist Mürüvvet Türkyılmaz will make various interventions called “Yan Masa (The Next Table)” as an extension to each event. Yan Masa points out to a space where the artist intervenes with drawings, documents, performances etc. and is also open to contributions by guests.

Here you can follow announcements about future events and access related documents and the Açık Masa archive.

Açık Masa İştirak Program is organized by Mürüvvet Türkyılmaz in colloboration with Elmas Deniz.

*İştirak (Participation) 1. Participate, joining, participation. 2. Contribution, taking part, sharing, 3. Communion, partnership. According to another definition, “to share a risk”. Thanks to Ferda Erdinç for proposing this title.

İştirak Program | 2010-2011

3 November 2010: Pelin Tan, Yaşar Adanalı

Their Guest : Erdoğan Yıldız

Yan Masa(Next Table): Open Spaces

3 December 2010: Erinç Seymen
Yan Masa(Next Table): Open Hearth

5 January 2011: Elmas Deniz
Yan Masa(Next Table): Open Light

2 February 2011: Selim Birsel
Yan Masa(Next Table): Open Buffet

23 February 2011: Öykü Özsoy
She invited:Kristina Kramer
Yan Masa(Next Table): Open Circuit

5 March 2011: A77 Kolektifi, Dilek Winchester
Yan Masa(Next Table): Open Address

6 April 2011: Erkan Doğanay
Yan Masa(Next Table):Open Sea

Açık Masa*

Açık Masa is a sharing platform which has been initiated by artist Mürüvvet Türkyılmaz in 2000.
Açık Masa started with artist talks in 2000. A series of talks beginning with Hale Tenger where invited artists and their guests discussed their works were organized at Apartment Project.
In 2001, in collaboration with Apartman Project a visit was organized to İzmir in order to meet with artists based in the city. A roundtable meeting with young artists was held at Gümüş Bilardo Salonu in Güzelyalı İzmir.

In 2007 Açık Masa was invited to participate in the Open Library exhibition at Platform Garanti CAC. Açık Masa realized a series of talks with the participation of artists Esra Okyay, Ramazan Bayrakoğlu, Leyla Gediz, Canan and Hafriyat.

In 2008 Mürüvvet Türkyılmaz individually participated in Work the Room exhibition curated by Övül Durmuşoğlu. In the frame of the event she organized Açık Masa artist talks with Can Altay ve Marjin Van Kreij.

This Year Açık Masa will organize a series of meetings at DEPO under the title İştirak.

*(Open Table)

2nd February 2011-Wed | Selim Birsel