'What can be demanded of a new generation, if its parents never dream at all?' The follow-up of last year's congress focuses on the notion of new horizons in politics and art after 1989 - and speakers were not afraid to ask provocative questions.
In the exhibition ACT V: POWER ALONE in Witte de With the Turkish artist Canan Senol shows the intriguing video-animation Exemplary. In her work she addresses the role of religious, political and patriarchal foundations that structure everyday life. Ingrid Commandeur interviewed Canan Senol in Istanbul.
In July this year Fulya Erdemci was appointed as the new director of SKOR, Foundation for Art and Public Space. Erdemci was the director of the Istanbul Biennial (1994 to 2000) and of Proje4L- Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul (2003-2004). She was part of the curatorial team for the 2nd Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in 2007 and most recently co-curator of the 5th SCAPE Christchurch Biennial of Art in Public Space in New Zealand. What are her plans for the future of SKOR?
