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2019

10 DAYS 1 VENUE 30 ARTISTS 2 CONCEPTUAL EXHIBITONS 20+ TALKS, WORKSHOPS, SCREENINGS 10.000 VISITORS

A look back at 212 2019

The Full 2019 Line-Up

Exhibitions

"Interruptions / Swedish Sápmi", Cooper & Gorfer "Looking for Lenin", Niels Ackermann & Sebastian Gobert "Wilder Mann", Charles Fréger Ilona Szwarc Ali Bilge Akkaya Rena Effendi Ebru Yıldız Selahattin Giz

Talks

"Construction of an Image", Sarah Cooper & Nina Gorfer / Zeynep Erekli "Looking for Lenin", Niels Ackermann & Osman Nuri İyem "Redefining Architecture", Han Tümertekin & Cemal Emden "My Characters Never Fully Become", Ilona Szwarc "Distant Geographies", Seyhan Özdemir Sarper & Emre Dörter "Paris-Beirut: A Happiness Route", Dilan Bozyel

Workshops

Capturing Transformation: Visualising Bomonti’s New Layer, Metin Çavuş Understanding A Building As One, Zeynep Tümerteki̇n & Emre Dörter Ariel Photography, Abdullah Kırbaş Exploring Light, Özde Karadağ What The Hell is Lomography? Özde Karadağ Exploring İstanbul City Walls with Metin Çavuş

Performances

Fılm Screenings & Talks

Persona (1966) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) Seventh Seal (1957) Wild Strawberries (1957) Stockholm Series (2013) Short Films from Switzerland: Anders and Harry (2008) Music For One Apartment and Six Drummers (2001) Tussilago (2010) Coffee Time (2013) Willy Ronis, Autoportrait D’un Photographe (2015) The Wall (2012)

The Jury

Sarah Cooper & Nina Gorfer (Artist Duo) Niels Ackermann (Photojournalist) Ilona Szwarc (Photographer, Visual Artist) Handan Yılmaz (Founder of 212 Studio) Sami Basut (Ogilvy 4129 Chief Creative Officer, WPP Turkey Chief Entertainment Officer) Sébastien Gobert (Journalist, Author) Ozan Açıktan (Director, Scriptwriter) Mehmet Kısmet (Photographer)

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Past Editions

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