Blog The idea comes first: Erdi Işık

As a jury member for the Forum section - Screenplay Competition at the 21st Akbank Short Film Festival, we spoke with Erdi Işık about the intellectual processes behind his artistic practices, the sources that fuel his creativity, and how he balances the diverse production dynamics within the cultural industry.

Seminar The Birth Of the Language Of Criticism, Its Limits and Dilemmas

12 December 2024 - In this section, the sources from which "art criticism" has emerged, what language it used, what it tried to achieve and what its limits might be.

Seminar The Story of Modern and Contemporary Art - II

11 November 2024 - The sociological changes in the 19th century, especially in continental Europe, and their reflection on art will be studied with examples from Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism.

Seminar The Story of Modern and Contemporary Art - I

7 November 2024 - The sociological changes in the 19th century, especially in continental Europe, and their reflection on art will be studied with examples from Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism.

Blog 20th Anniversary of the Akbank Short Film Festival

The Akbank Short Film Festival, celebrating its 20th anniversary this year, aims to introduce filmmakers to the world of short films, which is often the first step and excitement for many filmmakers.

Dance Talks Writing Dance

20 February 2024 - The aim of the "Writing Dance" talk, which is the first session of the "Dance Talks: Towards Better" series, is to ensure the visibility of dance writing in Turkey, in parallel with the emergence of Kineo Magazine.

Seminar Modern and Contemporary Art: A Brief History 2

08 January 2024 - We will look at the changes that occurred from the 19th to the 2nd half of the 20th Century with the "center of art" moving from Paris, to New York.

Seminar Art History Readings & Semiotics

28 December 2023 - We will focus on the adventure of art history; The changing descriptions of art, theorists and art historians using different methods in art history constitute the main axis of our seminar.

Seminar Modern and Contemporary Art: A Brief History 1

20 December 2023 - The sociological changes in the 19th century, especially in continental Europe, and their reflection on art will be studied with examples from Romanticism, Realism and Impressionism. Movements and trends in the first half of the 20th century will be discussed together with the gaps they have created in the form-content axis.

Seminar Art Archives and Research Methods: An Overview

13 March 2023 - In this seminar organized by Open Dialogue Istanbul, Sezin Romi will discuss the critical role of libraries and archives in research.

Conversation Art History Readings and Semiotics Doç. Dr. Seda Yavuz

Seminar Modern and Contemporary Art: A Brief History - Doç. Dr. Seda Yavuz