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2020

11 DAYS 5 VENUES 21 ARTISTS & CONCEPTUAL EXHIBITIONS +2 COLLECTIONS 15 TALKS, WORKSHOPS, SCREENINGS 12.800 VISITORS

A look back at 212 2020

The Full 2020 Line-Up

Exhibitions

Ellen Kooi Michal Chelbin Clemens Ascher Ouka Leele Julia Hetta "Kendine Has Exhibition", Leo Xandre & Emre Doğru & Artemis Günebakanlı Mária Švarbová Grégory Escande Oppo Mobile Photography Exhibition, Kerimcan Akduman & Didem Soydan & Koray Özpalamutçu & Umut Eker & Sefa Yamak "Perform and Negotiate" Özlem Şimşek & Zeynep Kayan & Sıla Yalazan & Sergen Şehitoğlu Howard Greenberg Archive Borusan Contemporary Art Collection "Allegoria Sacra", Aes+F "Great Emptiness", Emre Dörter & Mustafa Erkatirci "The Island", Begüm Yamanlar "My Morocco & China", Bruno Barbey "Sublime And Secluded", Metin Çavuş

Talks

Artist Talk: Coşkun Aral & Merih Akoğul Sefa Yamak: Digital Collecting 3 Photographs Troy Museum Artist Talk: Hussein Chalayan & Merve Arkunlar (online) Artist Talk: Mária Švarbová & Barış Çakmakçı (online) Artist Talk: Marcel Feil & Bediz Yıldırım (online) The Museum Hotel Antakya, Emre Arolat & Sevim Aslan (online)

Workshops

Color Literacy with Oya Komar Umut Eker: Mobile Photography A Scouting Course Along The City Walls from Edirnekapı to the Golden Horn with Metin Çavuş A Stroll Between Columns in the Historical Peninsula with Burcu Böcekler

Performances

Fılm Screenings & Talks

Untitled (2017), Michael Glawogger & Monika Wili

The Jury

Marcel Feil (Independent Curator, Writer, Tutor for Photography, Visual Culture and Contemporary Art) Kim Knoppers (Art Historian, Writer, Curator) Brett Rogers (Director of The Photographers' Gallery in London) Brendan Embser (Senior Editor at Aperture Magazine) Jessie Wender (Photo Editor at The New York Times) Hussein Chalayan (Fashion Designer)

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Past Editions

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