[artinfo] REAL PRESENCE / FLOATING SITES / ISTANBUL

[tijana stepanovic]

PROGRAM OF THE EVENT
Title:     "REAL PRESENCE / FLOATING SITES / ISTANBUL" - Workshop and
encounter of art academies, young artists and art students
Dates:                 3rd – 9th September 2007, Istanbul
Duration:            days of press opening of the Biennial in Istanbul
Locations:     Public space, Istanbul Modern, Contemporary Art Centre,
Platform Garanti

Description of project event:     Workshop, encounter of international Art
Academies
Art and media presentations > performance, music, actions, fashion, video,
film, lectures, discussions and final exhibitions.
Communication and exchange between young artists, students and professors
from different art academies
Authors and curators:         Dobrila Denegri and Biljana Tomic
Contacts:            Dobrila Denegri, Via Angelo Tittoni 4, 00153 Rome, T:
+39 06 5806724
                E: dobrila.denegri at fastwebnet.it
Biljana Tomic, Dr. Ivana Ribara 113, 11070 New Belgrade, T:+381 11 158948,
E: btomicka at Eunet.yu

Other organizations taking part in the project:
YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Prof.Inci Eviner,
MARMARA UNIVERSITY, Istanbul, Tayfun Erdogmus, Rector
EYLUL UNIVERSITY, Izmir, Prof.Cengiz Cekil
IUAV, Venice / Angela Vettese, Director of Art Department
KUNSAKADEMIE, Vienna / Stephan Schmidt-Wulffen, Rector
KUNSTHOCHSCHULE, Kassel, Prof. Bjorn Melhaus
AKADEMIJA ZA LIKOVNO UMETNOST, Ljubljana
LASALLE College of the Arts, Singapore, Milenko Prvacki, Dean

MAIN POINTS OF THE PROJECT

Proposed event:     International meeting and workshop of young artists and
students of international Fine Art Academies within the framework of the
manifestation like the Istanbul Biennial

REAL PRESENCE - FLOATING SITES - ISTANBUL as "a parallel" project proposed
to be held within International Biennial of Contemporary Art, Istanbul 2007,
should be organized in the week of the press / official opening of the
Istanbul Biennial, and should comprehend presentations of European and other
international Fine Art Academies which took part in the international
workshop Real Presence that initiated in 2001 and this year is arriving to
its seventh edition.

Program should take place in the public spaces of the city, in the
Contemporary Art Center, Technicum University and Istanbul Modern.

REAL PRESENCE FLOATING SITES ISTANBUL is a form of dynamic and open workshop
that comprehends different modalities of realisation within precisely
defined time-table:
* conference / presentations of Art Academies
* individual artistic presentations
* performances
* realisations of the works, installations and projects "in situ"
* projects in public space
* artist talks and discussions

MODEL OF DAILY SCHEDULE
EVENT TYPE
TIME
Artistic presentations
Actions, performances
12.00 – 14.00
Public actions
Continuous
Presentations of Art Academies
16.00 – 19.00
Installations  / projects on site
Continuous
Projects
in public space
Continuous
Artist talks / discussions
Entertainment
Evening hours

CONDITIONS: students and young artists that are interested in taking part in
the workshop individually should provide for their travel expenses as well
as for accommodation.

Artists who are interested in taking part in Real Presence – Floating Sites
should send application to the address > btomicka at eunet.yu or
dobrila.denegri at fastwebnet.it  > to the attention of Biljana Tomic and / or
Dobrila Denegri till 15th of August  2007/
indicating >
name and surname /

nationality /

year of birth /

private address + phone + e-mail /

school or academy address /

class (year and professor) /

dates of staying in Istanbul /

Participation fee: 50 €



? nKA / iCA ? Beograd
Biljana  Tomic
Dr. Ivana Ribara 113  ? 11070 Novi Beograd ? Srbija ? Tel/fax: ++381 11
2158948 ?  e-mail: btomicka at EUnet.yu
Dobrila Denegri
Via Angelo Tittoni 4 ? 00153 Rome  ? Italy ? Phone: ++39 06 5806724 ?
e-mail: dobrila.denegri at fastwebnet.it

www.real-presence.org