TRACE, TRACES, TRACED, TRACING, TRACER, TRACEABLE, TRACEABLY, TRACEABILITY [ARTISTIC PRACTICE]
Exhibition at BerlinerKunst Projekt, Gneisenaustrasse 33, 1.hof, 2.og, 10961 Berlin. In association with the NY Arts Magazine, 473 Broadway, 7th fl., New York, NY 10013, http://www.nyartsmagazine.com. Curated by Enda O’Donoghue. Work presented: media installation 'ISTAN-BUL' (with Iben Bentzen) – – – Featuring the work of Yael Amid (IL), Athina Antoniadou (CY), Dan Belasco Rogers (UK), Iben Bentzen (DK) and Alfredo Cramerotti (IT), Frederic Blanc-Regne (FR), Amanda Dunsmore (UK), Eoghan McTigue (IE), Enda O'Donoghue (IE), Richard Posner (US), Monica Ross (UK), Oliver Zwink (DE).
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ISTAN-BUL, 2003
Sound, Video, Text, Prints
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Sound and video work on Istanbul's bridges connecting Asia and Europe, examples of the "representational aesthetics" of urban infrastructures. (with Iben Bentzen)
Istanbul is separated in two parts by a busy gulf.
What connect the Asian and the European side are the two bridges Bosphorus Bridge and Fatih Sultan Mehmet. The latest one, Fatih Sultan Mehmet, is most often exposed. It appears as a glamorous image on the front page of various brochures and tourist maps. This bridge has a positive, symbolic meaning in the sense of connecting Asia and Europe. It is a symbol of a structured city proclaiming to be a European metropolis. One thing is how the tourist brochures represent the bridge, another is what the meaning of the bridge is in people’s mind. What do the inhabitants of Istanbul on respectively the Asian and the European side think about the bridge and its importance for the city? Is there despite the physical connection a psychological division?