Sorry for not informing/posting anything on the blog for so long, there was enough reseaon. After all the reflections on my stay in Istanbul/Turkey, there now is action! One project here in Istanbul and one in Beirut Lebanon.
Together with some students of Taşkışla, the Architecture Faculty of ITU (Istanbul Technical University) we founded Difüzyon (the word means diffusion) and are organizing our first event ‘fourhundredseconds‘:
dörtyüzsaniye
14 katılımcının, seçilmiş bir çalışmalarını projeksiyon eşliğinde 6 dakikada, sundukları tasarım bazlı etkinliktir. Tüm sunumlarla beraber 125 dakika süren dörtyüzsaniye, çeşitli tasarım alanlarını bir araya getirmeyi ve bir kolaj oluşturmayı amaçlar. Böylelikle mimarlık, moda, fotoğraf, video, grafik, endüstriyel tasarım gibi yaratıcı işlerin yer alacağı dörtyüzsaniye’ de kendi işlerinizi tanıtabilir ve diğer bir çok alanla etkileşime geçebilirsiniz.
fourhundredseconds
14 designers, each presenting their projects in 6 minutes and 40 seconds (400 sec). In a saturated one and a half hour, you will get a sample of the full spectrum of Istanbul’s rich creative culture. A common ground for architects designers, artists, culture producers and other creatives to meet, exchange ideas and hopefully some phone numbers.
PERŞEMBE 19:30, 21.12.2006, GİRİŞ ÜCRETSİZ
Seksek Taksim, Sakızağa Cad. Yoğurtçu İş Merkezi No:19 K:4
Difüzyon Nedir?
Difüzyon kent, mimarlık, moda, güncel ve amatörün altını çizen bir etkinlik grubudur. Yaratıcı kültürü arar ve bir araya gelmesini amaçlar. Oluşturduğu kolajın, tasarım çevresinin özgün değerlerini tanımlaması ve bir birleriyle verimli ilişkilere geçmesini umar.
Temel olarak Taşkışla çevresinin bir araya getirdiği profesyoneller ve öğrencilerin içinden çıkan bir grubun hevesli birlikteliğidir difüzyon. Bu organizasyon ise yapı olarak tabandan yayılan ve açık kaynak bir düzeni benimser.
What is Difüzyon?
The initiative for this platform comes from a group enthusiasts that has emerges from the Taşkişla community (students or professionals) in Istanbul. Taşkisla is a focal point for many young creatives in the field of architecture and design in general.
Difüzyon is not an official organisational body, The organization is characterized by an D.I.Y (Do-it-yourself) attitude and a ‘bottom-up’ and/or ‘open source’ approach. Difüzyon is an open ended project, fueled by the initiative of young creativesives
Besides Istanbul I have also been in Beirut, Lebanon:
As a part of the Archis team I was in there gathered with architects, designers and artists from Beirut and from the Netherlands the Pearl Foundation and Partizan Publik. We where in Beirut for an event titled: Unbuilt Beirut, or more broadly Unbuilt Lebanon. After some field trips to the Southern suburbs, and the South of Lebanon in and around Bint Jbeil, we addressed aftermath of what architects, designers and artists can do in the aftermath of violence, destruction, political division and very little perspective of immediate improvement. After the horror of war and disorienting denial there is more need for creative power than ever, to defuse the explosive society of Lebanon, to find common ground, common space and place. Establish platforms for dialogue, and shared perspective to aim for. The creative intellectuals of the society are key players in generating common space and perspective through generating concepts, practices and images beyond the imagination of a society in distress. Now on the Unbuilt blog, we are gathering these creative works so badly needed.Together with Archis I was in Beirut gathered with architects, designers and artists from Beirut and from the Netherlands the Pearl Foundation and Partizan Publik. We where in Beirut for an event titled: Unbuilt Beirut, later enlarged to Unbuilt Lebanon. After some field trips to the Southern suburbs, and the South of Lebanon in and around Bint Jbeil, we addressed aftermath of what architects, designers and artists can do in the aftermath of violence, destruction, political division and very little perspective of immediate improvement. After the horror of war and disorienting denial there is more need for creative power than ever, to disfuse the the explosive society of Lebanon, to find common ground, common space and place. Establish platforms for dialogue, and shared perspective to aim for. The creative intellectuals of the society are key players in generating common space an perspective through generating concepts, practices and images beyond the imagination of a society in distress. Now on the Unbuilt blog, we are gathering these creative works so badly needed.
There are also some pictures: on flickr
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