[spectre] UNRECORDED

[basak senova]

UNRECORDED
5 March ­ 16 April 2008
Akbank Sanat, Istanbul

Curated by Basak Senova

The perceptual re-construction of space is a continuous process, generated
by diverse inputs such as our senses, memory, history, consciousness as well
as technology. It is a process, consisting of momentary fragments, which are
impossible to record. They are temporary, augmented, designed, and loaded.

³Unrecorded² exhibition looks at the notion of space as a decisive factor in
our perception of the realities that surround us. The works of Kati London
(US), Thomas Duc (France), Laila El-Haddad (Palestine), Dan Phiffer (US),
Mushon Zer-Aviv (Israel), Daniel Garcia Andujar (Spain), Zhou Hongxiang
(China), Banu Cennetoglu (Turkey), Negar Tahsili (Iran), Kate Armstrong
(Canada), and Ali Taptik (Turkey) unfold and restructure all possible
perceptual codes through their own inspections, observations, and
approaches. They ask questions about the physicality of the space; content
of mediatized spaces; clashes between realities and perception of spaces;
spaces and situations, discharging information; and narrative spaces.

Exhibition space is deliberately designed to minimize the interaction
between the data input of physical space and the audio-visual senses of the
viewer, in order to drive the viewer into the realm of each work. Thus, each
and every work leads to another, through a unique navigation established by
each viewer. In this respect, works in the exhibition are re-positioned,
re-linked in space-time relative to the ³reading² done by each viewer,
building alternative paths. Inevitably, the exhibition takes the phases of
informational capitalism, global scenarios for socio-political, cultural and
economic gaps into consideration, on each and every visit.

The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of lectures and workshops
developed by a group of artists, writers, curators and theorists including
Jalal Toufic (Lebanon), Nat Muller (The Netherlands), Technologies To The
People (Daniel G. Andujar) (Spain), Laila El-Haddad (Palestine), Dan Phiffer
(US), and Mushon Zer-Aviv (Israel).

6 March 2008
A presentation and talk by Laila El-Haddad (Palestine), Dan Phiffer (US) and
Mushon 
Zer-Aviv (Israel)

You Are Not Here 
Laila El-Haddad, Dan Phiffer and Mushon Zer-Aviv will present the You Are
Not Here project and discuss the mediated interpretation of space in the
context of military occupation and the resistance to it.

8 March 2008
A talk by Nat Muller (The Netherlands)

Soft Reality meets Soft Space: An Attempt towards an incomplete Glossary
A proposal for interpreting the soft collisions between messy systems of
representation and 
spatial conceptions.

13-14-15 March 2008
A 3 days practical and theoretical workshop/meeting by Technologies To The
People. Directed by Daniel G. Andújar (Spain)

DIT "Do It Together" Workshop Series
The Apprehension of reality from the Postcapital Archive
This interdisciplinary workshop is open to cultural & media producers,
artists, scientists, theorists, activists, and anyone interested in design,
visual communication, art, media, and cultural sciences. The objective of
the workshop is to facilitate reflection upon the structures of the "public"
process, communication methods, and the possibilities these present. It also
aims to intervene artistically using modern communication technology
methods, and to test new "public" participation models.

31 March ­ 1 April 2008
A 2 days lecture by Jalal Toufic (Lebanon)

You Said ³Stay,² So I Stayed
Attending to the film Groundhog Day, Jalal Toufic will lecture on the will
and its relation to eternal recurrence.

Admission is free. Registration in advance is needed for the workshops.

Akbank Sanat
Istiklal Cad. Zambak Sok. No:1
Beyoglu, Istanbul
Tel: (0 212) 252 35 00 ­ 01
Fax: (0 212) 245 12 28
akbanksanat at akbank.com