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5533 www.imc5533.blogspot.com
Founded by Nancy Atakan, Volkan Aslan and Marcus Graf, 5533 opened in February 2008, with its storefront window gallery, library, artist/curator/art initiative/new media/sound art, and portfolio archives, as an independent space for research, discussion and exhibition of contemporary art. Talks, workshops, public roundtable discussions, and readings taking place in this former shop located in the Istanbul Textile Traders’ Market (IMC) Block No. 5 creates a forum for an interactive review of artistic concepts and practices. In addition to analyzing art’s theoretical context, at 5533, video screenings, performances and exhibitions turn a former business environment into a ‘contact zone’ where visitors from different backgrounds, professions, and communities interact with IMC inhabitants to experience various artistic forms in a non-exclusive and non-elitist atmosphere.
Exhibited Project-1 Once Upon a Time Volkan Aslan, Nancy Atakan Whenever memory plays a role in relating information, the outcome,
whether verbal, visual, or a combination of the two, becomes narrative.
In a complex chaotic city like Istanbul, storytelling exists as a part
of the natural texture of the place. In this installation entitled,
Once Upon a Time/Bir varmış bir yokmuş, Volkan Aslan and Nancy Atakan
show alternative ways to tell stories about the worlds they inhabit
by presenting a historical/imaginary space that reflects the multiple-layers
of reality/fiction found in Istanbul as well as the Unkapani area around
5533. Volkan Aslan “Special Days and Weeks” Comes to Berlin participating groups In February of 2008, inside the store numbered 5533 at the 5th Block of IMC in Unkapanı, Istanbul, 5533 opened its first project to the public. To commemorate the completion of this establishment’s first year, the first in a series of projects under the title of “Special Days and Weeks” began on Saturday, February 14, 2009, with Nancy Atakan and Volkan Aslan as coordinators. This project was organized around an open invitation to independent art spaces, collectives, artist initiatives, and initiatives of all types located in various real and virtual neighborhoods of Istanbul. Aiming to create opportunities for communication, networking, sharing, and artistic practice, this event also gave spectators a chance to become closely acquainted with these groups. The exhibition in the space at 5533, organized as an Istanbul panorama, included documentation about the different groups, black and white wall drawings depicting their Participants or spaces, and a piece of needlepoint designed and executed by members of each group as well as video films showing interviews with neighbors of 5533 and the other initiatives. Participants were: ALTI AYLIK, APARTMENT PROJECT, ARTIK, ATIL KUNST, BAS, CARAVANSARAI, DARALAN, HAFRİYAT, GALATAPERFORM, KOP-ART, MASA, NOMAD, PİST, ODA PROJESİ, VİDEOİST. Remnants from this event will be displayed at the Istanbul-Off event in Berlin. Furthermore, 5533 has asked various Berlin initiatives to create a needlepoint design to exhibit alongside and juxtaposed against the ones made by the Istanbul groups. Why needlepoint? Since every group has its own personality, language and aims, using this technique, we attempt to implement visual tools to join disparate elements. An ‘x’ sown into a square (reminiscent of contemporary computer pixels), allows the designated artist from each group to use traditional tools –a frame, a canvas, a needle, and colored thread- to design a logo to represent themselves. Everything becomes a metaphor for networking and communicating. |
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