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[Janos Sugar]

At 1:06 PM +0100 6/9/13, Nicolas Vass wrote:
>http://antiistanbul2013bienal.blogspot.fi/

call to rethink the process of the 13th Istanbul Biennial

We wrote the following text on May 25th, 2013. 
With the beginning of the protests at Gezi Park, 
our priorities shifted and we decided to postpone 
its circulation. Today, especially after  "last 
week's" experiences, when we rethink what 
happened on May 10th, we are even more convinced 
of the urgency of this letter.

Yours sincerely,

We the undersigned, who are all working in the 
field of art, condemn the reaction of The 
Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) 
and 13th Istanbul Biennial curatorial team, to 
the protest that was performed by Public/Common 
Resistance Platform members at the  "Public 
Capital" event on May 10th 2013.
The protest was organized and performed by a group of activists wearing
  T-shirts printed with the names of forcibly 
gentrifying neighborhoods in Istanbul; at short 
intervals, one would stand up from the crowd and 
drape him/ herself on the floor in the middle of 
the room using a piece of cloth printed with the 
logos of  related companies. The performance was 
finished by IKSV team lifting the protesters up 
roughly and carrying them off from the venue.
  Whilst pretending to have a "public" discourse , 
this applied intolerance towards critical and 
different voices, the violence towards 
protesters, and the attempt of detaining a 
platform member because he was video recording 
the activity, and  calling the police and taking 
him to police station and making charges against 
him cannot be an acceptable attitude.
The authoritative, judgmental and uncommunicative 
attitude of the 13th Istanbul Biennial towards 
different voices of the public is highly in 
contradiction with its claims to "activate social 
engagement and public fora to generate a 
possibility for rethinking the concept of 
"publicness".*
  We would  kindly and urgently  invite you to 
change this authoritarian reflex and rethink the 
proposed process (structure) of the 13th Istanbul 
Biennial. 
*http://bienal.iksv.org/en/archive/newsarchive/p/1/62

Please reply to  imzaliyorum at gmail.com if you like to join.

  Ahmet Ög˜üt, Ahmet S¸enkart, Ali Asker Bal, Ali 
Cabbar, Ali I™brahim Öcal, Ali Mete 
Sancaktarog˜lu, Ani Setyan, Arzu Bas¸aran, Arzu 
Yayžntas¸, Asena Hayal, Asena Günal, Aslž 
Çetinkaya, Atalay Yeni, Atilla Atala,  Aylin 
Kuryel, Aysel Miman, Azra Deniz Okyay, Baržs¸ 
Acar, Baržs¸ Mengütay, Baržs¸ Seyitvan, Banu 
Cennetog˜lu, Berk Demirbas¸, Bubi, Burak Karacan, 
Burçak Konukman, Burçin Bas¸ar, Canan Beykal, 
Ceren Oykut, Çiler Belen, Demet Yalçžnkaya, Deniz 
Erbas¸, Deniz Gökduman, Deniz Gül, Deniz Ilgaz, 
Deniz M. Örnek, Deniz Pireci, Derya Aydog˜du, 
Didem Erk, Didem Özbek, Dilara Hançer Sebah, Dino 
Dinçer S¸irin, Eda Gecikmez, Ege Berensel,  Elif 
Zeynep Karagöz, Emine Corduk,  Emre Zeytinog˜lu, 
Endam Acar, Erdag˜ Aksel, Erden Kosova, Erinç 
Seymen, Esat Bas¸ak, Evrensel Belgin, Evrim 
Altug˜, Evrim Kavcar, Fatos¸ Karadag˜, Ferhat 
Özgür, Feyyaz Yaman, Fžrat Arapog˜lu, Foto 
Akbaba, Fulya Çalžs¸kan, Fulya Çetin, Füsun 
Turcan Elmasog˜lu, Gonca Sezer, Gözde Kazaz, Gül 
Bolulu, Gülçin Aksoy, Günay Demir, Hakan Akçura, 
Hakan Kamžs¸og˜lu, Hatice Aržcž, Itžr Demir, 
I™brahim Koç, I™lhan Sayžn, I™lke Yžlmaz, I™nci 
Furni, I™nsel I™nal, Kardelen Fincancž, Komet 
Gürkan Ços¸kun, Lara Fresko, Leyla Sakpžnar, 
Lütfiye Bozdag˜, Mahmut Koyuncu, Malik Bulut, 
Murat Morova, Murat Seçkin, Nalan Yžrtmaç, Nejat 
Satž, Neriman Polat, Nihan Tahtais¸leyen, Nilbar 
Güres¸, Nur Ataibis¸, Nurcan Gündog˜an, Nur 
Gürel, Onur Ceritog˜lu, Onur Gülfidan, Onur 
Kaçmaz, Osman Bozkurt, Oya Kasap, Özcan Yaman, 
Özge Açžkkol, Özgür Atlagan, Özgür Çimen, Raziye 
Kubat,  Saadet Sorgunlu, Sakine Çil,  Selen 
Usanmaz, Selin Kocagöncü, Sema Efe, Serpil 
Odabas¸ž, Seçil Yersel, Seçkin Aydžn,  Sevil 
Tunaboylu, Sevinç Altan, Seydi Murat Koç, Suat 
Ög˜üt, Sylvia Kouvali, S¸efik Özcan, S¸ehmus 
Atasever, Tahir Ün,  T. Melih Görgün, Ulas¸ 
Bas¸ar Gezgin, Uluç Ali Kžlžç, Ümit Turgay 
Durgun, Vahit Tuna, Yahya Mete Madra, Yasemin 
Özcan, Yasemin Nur, Yavuz Parlar, Yes¸im 
Ag˜aog˜lu, Yes¸im S¸ahin, Yes¸im Us, Zeynep Yasa, 
Zeyno Pekünlü