Contingent Identities

Border Disorder is a collaborative project aiming to create an open platform of investigation. Its particular focus concerns social changes and cultural developments caused by the European integrative processes in the West Balkans (including Turkey). An additional collaborative module within the project seeks to understand the ways in which these transformations may communicate or interact with the Nordic experience—a region similarly perceived as a place on the periphery of European artistic life.

The contingent nature of changes in the socio-economic realm, particularly in the case of contemporary Balkan society, concerns first, the contingency of many nations in the region asserting historic identities in contemporary guises. In turn, these regions of redefine themselves vis-à-vis Europe. Thus, the first realm of contingency involves facing the demands of globalization. These large-scale changes are felt in the formation of individuality and affect the most basic sense of citizen identity as an evolution over time. Border Disorder captures these personal moments of negotiation with larger forces in a changing landscape through art projects of examination.

Contingent Identities investigates the concept of identity through what plagues and pleasures it, so to speak. One of the main points of contention troubling a ‘New Europe’ as a recurrent issue resulting in rapid changes across integrating nations, and the West Balkans in particular, is this: How is the most basic unit identity—the citizen-individual—subjected to both internal and external change within the larger field? How, in other words, does a subject dynamically negotiate a personal sense of identity with various ‘public’ identities that are forced upon it? These include gender identity, affinity within a social or professional group, national and ethnic inheritance, and all those measures of self that demand specific behaviors from the citizen-subject.

Key Questions: Do such aspects of what we are calling ‘contingency’ equal a state of emergency at the micro- as well as macro-level of human organization? Does everything solid and established, including ‘traditional’ identities, really turn into mist before becoming a new national institution or international currency, monetary or otherwise? In the reifying frontal assault of global capitalism there is an ongoing materialization of previously metaphysical proportions that dates back to the early stages of modernization, it defined the twentieth century, and it is an evolving, hard to name force that we all experience today. Contingent Identities looks to places where this force may be experienced with increased magnitude in the individual due to engagements with history made at the highest levels. These engagements, what we could call ‘states of being’ often reflect choices that sought a renegotiation with history. One of the most challenging aspects of integration is thus dealing with historical conflicts between traditional groups coping with contemporary problems. These new circumstances inherently affect communities and communities of art making.

Contingent Identities also manifests the latest project in an ongoing series of exhibitions, workshops and events under the joint title Border Disorder. This latest installment is planned to take place in Istanbul in 2009, as a way to, in part, re-converge with artistic minds on issues specific to the Balkan region.

Background Project Information:

Border Disorder is a continually evolving platform founded in spring 2004, originally initiated by a self-organized group of young artists from Nordic and Balkan countries. This group served as the starting point for a series of events, which has, in four years, formed a dynamic, open network, that now includes artists from many other regions. The initial event-exhibition took place in Helsinki, Finland in May 2004; the second, in Arhus, Denmark in October 2004; the third in Belgrade, Serbia in November-December 2005; and the fourth, Border Disorder: Alien edition, in Kraljevo, Serbia in July 2007.

The participating artists in Border Disorder events so far, from Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia, Turkey, United Kingdom and Switzerland, were: Maja Rakocevic, Marija Prustina, Goran Skofic, Petri Junttila, Andreas Hagstrom, Johan Kylen, Sara Toivonen, Sine Bang Nielsen, Jan Falk Borup, Ninna Korhonen, Marcel Schwengler, Mika Orava, Meike Zylmann, Claus Ejner, Boris Sribar, Ana Stojkovic, Maja Radanovic, Isidora Ficovic, Milena Putnik, Kukka Paavilainen, Mika Orava, Anne Skole Overgaard, Danijela Popovic, Vojislav Radovanovic, The Beat Fleet, MC Wikluh Sky, Corina Schwingruber, Milica Ružičić, Darinka
Pop-Mitić, Goran Čače, Jamesdin, Johnny Rackowitzch, Luka Barbic, Leona Dodig, Mark Brogan, Ahmet Ogut, Pilvi Takala, Keti Stoiljkovic, Andreas Zivkovic, Talent, Milica Trifunovic, Michael Wojnar, Joy Frempong, Flo Stoffner, Flo Gotte, Luca Ramella, Lauschangriff, Sok Koridor, Dancefloorers.
Current Project Information:

This installment of Border Disorder, the Contingent Identities project includes participants and artists from Finland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, Germany, Serbia, Turkey, and Egypt.

The current list includes the following group: Elmas Deniz (Turkey), Erinc Seymen (Turkey), Suat Ogut (Turkey), Kukka Pavilainen (Finland), Isabel Schmiga (Germany), Michael Wojnar (Switzerland), Keti Stoiljkovic (Switzerland), Forbidden Animals: Florian Stoffner, Manuel Mengis, Tobias Schramm (Switzerland), Leona Dodig (Great Britain), Mark Brogan (Great Britain), Darinka Pop-Mitic (Serbia), Isidora Ficovic (Serbia), Goran Micevski (Serbia), Mohamed Abdel Karim (Egypt), Tunc Ali Cam (Turkey); and the Project Moderator is Matthew Schum (SAD).

Project Motives, Aims and Expectations:

- Collaborative action in the frame of a joint workshop and exhibition
- Continuation of a cooperative model that has proven successful and rewarding for the development of individual practices of artists involved
- Enlarging the network of artists participating in the project
- Decentralization of artistic practices and frames of reference
- Activation of marginalized cultural scenes identities in the various countries
- Enhancing contemporary discourse on art and culture in the local setting, through the exchanges of views, knowledge and experiences
- Presentation of a self-organized model favoring bottom-up artistic action and project development
- Evaluation of a self-organized developmental process to flesh out the benefits from to each individual involved
- Further public promotion of contemporary art projects specific to this type of work and the artwork that is being developed through it
- Further inclusion of artists from different generations and different cultural settings that were not previously a part of other phases of the project
- Production of the art works
- After the realization of the project next step is the presentation of the project and its transferring to Zurich, Switzerland, where some of participants coming from
- Presentation of results of the project in Belgrade at “Dom Kulture Studentski Grad” during 2009.

Activity and structure of the project

-Introduction to the project May 4, 2009, Istanbul 1 day
-Introduction to the local site May 5, 2009, Istanbul 1 day
-Researching and producing works May 6-7 2009, Istanbul 2 days
- Production of works May 8-9 2009, Istanbul 2 days
- Exhibition, public performances, concert May 10, 2009, Istanbul 1 day
- Summary and evaluation May 11, 2009, Istanbul 1 day

Organizers:
Alti Aylik (Oyku Ozsoy, program coordinator of Alti Aylik)
Border Disorder (Isidora Ficovic, in front of self-organized group of artists Border Disorder)
Depo Gallery/Anadolu Kultur (Zeynep Morali, director of Depo Gallery)

Place of realization: Depo Gallery, Istanbul

Time of realization: Workshop 4-11 May 2009. and exhibition, as result of the workshop, 10-24 May 2009.

ORGANIZERS OF THE PROJECT BIOGRAPHIES:
Isidora Ficovic (Serbia)
Multimedia artist born 1977. In Serbia. Graduated on Faculty of fine arts in Belgrade 2001. Postgraduated studies finished in 2007. on the same faculty. Became the member of ULUS-Serbian artists association in 2001.
Solo exhibitions:
2007- Ratman, FLU Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2006- 00130Gallery, video library, Helsinki, Finland
2005- Colony 2001, Remont gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2004- Presentation of video “Breakfast with the head”, Remont gallery; Degustation of the meal
burek, Academia club, Belgrade, Serbia
2002- White-hot, Fresh, Voracious Meat, SULUJ Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2001- 120 pictures in 60 minutes, Isidora and Jamesdin, SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
- Performance ‘I’m 9 years old and I'm afraid of ladder', Aga and Isidora, SKC
Group exhibitions and festivals:
2009- Sketch it out, APW Gallery, NYC, USA
2008 –Warming project, at Formwerk, Eskilstuna, Sweden
–Here..There..Abroad..project, curated by Fatos Ustek, Rum 46, Aarhus, Denmark
-The first International Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art SPAPORT, It’s raining outside
but I don’t believe that it is curated by Ana Nikitovic, Banja Luka, Bosnia & Herzegovina
– Emerging form of the image, Salzburg, Austria
2007 - Dez. Org. Yu Today, Cantieri Teatrali Koreja, Lecce, Italy
- Next code:love, Steirischer Herbst festival, Graz, Austria
- Humor and Wit, Summer Art Academy, Salzburg, Austria
- Do not come inside, Summer Art Academy, Salzburg, Austria
- Alien project, Marzik Gallery, Kraljevo, Serbia
- Library, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 - Everything is going to be all right, Apartment project, Istanbul, Turkey
- Contemporary Istanbul, art fair, Istanbul, Turkey
- Open space, residency studio,Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
- Asolo film festival, Italy
- Arhipelag Arhipelag,festival,N.Gorica,Slovenia
- Pixel dance, festival Thessalonica, Greece
- Dislocation/ Utopian space(s), Belgrade, Sopot, Serbia
2005 - Border Disorder III, SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
- Video tapestry, video festival, Velenje, Slovenia
- 18ter/18th Stuttgarter Filmwinter,Festival for Expanded Media, Stuttgart, Germany
2004 - The festival Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin, Paris, France
- Alternative, festival of film/video, Cultural centre of Student city, Belgrade, Serbia
- FLU-ID, Zagreb, Croatia
- Border Disorder II, Arhus, Denmark
- 17. Annale Art Adria , Dioklecian basement, Split, Croatia
- Artikuliranje, Belgrade summer festival Belef 04, Belgrade, Serbia
- Ladyfestwien, festival, Vienna, Austria
- Strange point of tension and Parallel worlds, National Museum, Cetinje, Montenegro
2003 - Logical, Belgrade summer festival, Belef 03, Belgrade, Serbia
- Art Teach, digital art festival, Pancevo, Serbia
- Introducing Sites/Cultural Territorien #04, raw-curated by Dejan Grba, Galerie fur
Zeitgenoessische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
2002 - Time Codes, International Biennial of young artists, Vršac, Serbia
Residency:
2008 – Emerging form of the image, Nancy Davenport class, Salzburg, Austria
2007 - Humor and Wit, Nancy Davidson and Julie Hayward class, Salzburg, Austria
2006 - Backyard residency, PLATFORM Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Turkey
Awards:
2005 - First price at the video festival ‘Video tapestry’, Velenje, Slovenia
International workshops:
2007 - Alien (IV part of Border Disorder), Kraljevo, Serbia
2005 - Border Disorder III, Belgrade, Serbia&Montenegro
2004 - Workshop with art students of ‘Schule für Gestaltung’ Basel and art students of
Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
- Border Disorder II, Aarhus, Denmark
2003 -Speak up, Belgrade, Serbia (participated people from Denmark, Sweden, Norway,
Finland, Croatia, Macedonia and Serbia, under leadership of Mika Hannula
and Branko Dimitrijevic
Presentations:
2008- Multilogue, made up of projects realized by 26cc, Casco Office for Art, Design and Theory, Center in Galerija P74, Platform Garanti, Press to Exit, SPACE, Sparwasser HQ and Tranzit and built up over visual traces and documentations that will be accumulated in 26cc's spaces, Rim, Italija
2004 - Presentation of works Belgrade-Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Grants:
2008- Kultur Kontakt, Vienna, Austria
2007– The Finland Embassy, Belgrade, Serbia
- Minisrty of Culture of Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
2006 - Pltform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
2006 - Minisrty of Culture of Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia
2005 - Nordic Ministry of Council, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Pro Helvetia, Swiss Cultural Program Belgrade, Serbia
- Ministry of culture of Republic of Serbia Belgrade, Serbia
2004 - Schule für Gestaltung, Basel, Switzerland
Publications:
2008 -The first International Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Art SPAPORT, It’s raining
outside but I don’t believe that it is curated by Ana Nikitovic, Banja Luka,
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2007- Maria Eichhorn, von 12,37 bis 36,08=24,94 von 100%,Verlag der Buchhandlung
Walther König, Köln
- Steirischer Herbst,’’Liebe in Zeiten der telenovelas’’, Ausstelling’’Next code:love’’
- Remont art magazine, number 15, Remont Gallery Belgrade
2006- The information sheet of the Platform, Contemporary Istanbul, art fair Istanbul
- ++ catalogue of Dez org, Smederevo Gallery
- Dislocation/Utopian Spaces, Ozon Gallery, Belgrade
- Dislocation/Utopian Spaces, Contemporary Art Gallery, Smederevo
- Dislocation/Utopian Spaces, Center for Culture Sopot
- Arhipelag Arhipelag catalogue, Nova Gorica Slovenia
2005- The Remont year catalogue, Remont Gallery Belgrade
- Border Disorder III catalogue Belgrade
- 18 Stuttgart Filmwinter, festival for expended media catalogue Stuttgart
2004- The Remont year catalogue, Remont Gallerz Belgrade
- Border Disorder II catalogue Copenhagen Denmark
- Alternative, festival of film/video catalogue Belgrade
- Ladyfestwien catalogue festival Vienna
- FLU-ID catalog and CD rom, Dom omladine Gallery Belgrade
- 17. Annale Art Adria catalogue, Dioklecian basement Split, Croatia
- Strange point of view catalogue, National Museum, Montenegro
- Artikuliranje, Belgrade Summer Festival catalogue
2003- Logical catalogue, Belgrade Summer festival
2002- Time codes catalogue, International Biennial of young artists, Vršac
One of the organizers of international ‘Border Disorder III’ project in SKC Gallery (workshop-exhibition), Belgrade in 2005. with artists from Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Croatia, Serbia. One of the organizers of international ‘Alien’ project (IV part of Border Disorder), workshop-exhibition, with artists from Finland, Great Britain, Switzerland, Turkey, Serbia. Marzik Gallery, Kraljevo, Serbia 2007.
www.isidoraficovic.blogspot.com

Oyku Ozsoy (Turkey)

Oyku Ozsoy works as an assistant curator and a program coordinator at Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center. She has involved in organizing more than 30 exhibitions and 80 lectures and seminars on international level in this institution for last 4 years. She is also responsible to coordinate İstanbul Residency Program, which is an artist in residence project hosting 85 international artists, curators so far, at Platform Garanti CAC. She was invited by intercult (Stockholm, Sweden) to create art projects in conjuction with SEAS Project in 2006-2007. She worked as a guest lecturer at Art Management Department at İstanbul Kultur University in 2005-2006. She was a coordinator in various art events organized by Istanbul Foundation Culture and Arts including International İstanbul Film and Music Festivals and İstanbul Biennial.

She is one of the founding member of an independent art project space located in İstanbul called Alti Aylik. She has co-curated seven exhibitions, talks at Alti Aylik between 2006-2008. Recently, she curated the exhibition titled “Candid Stories” at INSA Art Space Seoul, Korea (June, 2008).

Ozsoy studied Economics at Istanbul University and received a master degree from the same university at Organizational Structure and Politics Department with a thesis which includes a comparative research on different strategies of non-profit art institutions in Turkey and Europe. She has applied for a PhD starting January 2009 at Art History Department at İstanbul Technical University. She has participated various conferences and workshops as a speaker in different cities including Berlin, Stockholm, Boston, Amsterdam, Gdansk.

www.platformgaranti.blogspot.com
www.altiaylik.blogspot.com

C U R R I C U L U M V I T A E
Name Renata Papsch, M.A.S. (Turkey)
Address Selime Hatun Camii Sok. 7/5, Gümüşsuyu Istanbul / Turkey
Date and place of birth 09.04.1962; Vienna / Austria
Nationality Austrian
Work Experience
2007 - Anadolu Kültür / DEPO, Istanbul / Turkey
Director of DEPO:
Responsible for the planning and preparation of DEPO, a new cultural centre in Istanbul which aims to facilitate artistic collaboration and cultural exchange between Turkey, the South Caucasus, the Middle Eastern and, Balkan countries.
2006 - 2007 Santralistanbul / Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul / Turkey
Member of the international projects team:
Responsible for the planning of an international artists-in-residency programme; the co-ordination of international and regional exchange projects; the preparation of an international “street arts and new circus” project; local, regional and international networking.
2005 - Consultancy of different cultural organisations, Istanbul / Turkey
Consultancy in international cooperation, networking, planning and realisation of international projects, EU matters, fundraising (e.g. garajistanbul; Bimeras; CGSG).
2003 - 2005 Young Arab Theatre Fund (YATF), Brussels / Belgium
Project coordinator / Administrator:
Responsible for the co-ordination of cultural projects/events in different Arab countries; handling of the grant programmes (production, touring); internal and external communication; budget control; bookkeeping and accountancy; administration and up-dating of the database and web site; office management.
2000 - 2003 Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM), Brussels / Belgium
Administrator:
Responsible for budget control; bookkeeping and accountancy; all matters concerning membership; preparation and execution of meetings in different cities in Europe (400-500 participants); handling of the travel grant programme; internal and external communication; administration and up-dating of the database and web site; office management.
1996 - 1998 Interessengemeinschaft Freie Theaterarbeit (IGFT), Vienna / Austria
Coordinator:
Responsible for the representation of the cultural-political interests of Austrian Fringe theatre groups; budget planning and maintenance; administration; all matters concerning membership; personnel management; preparation and execution of projects; internal and external communication; office management.
1993 - 1996 Radio Lignano International (RLI), Lignano Sabbiadoro / Italy
Operations Manager:
Responsible for the representation to the authorities; organisation of training courses; budget planning and maintenance; administration; personnel issues; programme & technical coordination.
1992 - 1995 PR-Agentur "va bene", Vienna / Austria
Assistant to the General Manager:
Responsible for public relation for different companies (communication strategies, press-contacts, planning and execution of public relation events, press releases).
1990 - 1992 Congress Service Organisation, Vienna / Austria
Assistant to the General Manager:
Responsible for the preparation, co-ordination and execution of congresses, exhibitions, seminars and cultural events.
Projects
2000 Image der Universitäten der Künste, Vienna / Austria
Research and analysis of studies about the image of universities of art all over Europe, writing of a report for the University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna.
1999 ICCM Alumni-Club, Salzburg / Austria
Foundation of an association of ICCM graduates (International Center for Culture & Management); Executive President until 2003.
1999 Arts in Education and Education in the Arts, Brussels / Belgium
Research at the European Commission (DG Culture and DG Education), writing of a report for EFAH (European Forum for the Arts and Heritage).
1998 The Search Within, Kloster Pernegg / Austria
Organisation of a symposium and an exhibition of paintings by Indian and Austrian artists.
1997 SommerSzene im Park, Mistelbach / Austria
Planning and co-ordination of cultural events (theater, cinema, comedy and concerts) in a park during the summer.
Education
1995 - 1997 Johannes Kepler University Linz & International Center for Cultur & Management, Salzburg / Austria
- “Master of Advanced Studies ( M.A.S.) in Arts & Media Management”
1986 - 1987 Institut Catholique, Paris / France
- “Diploma of the Economic Chamber of Paris”
1981 - 1985 Universität Wien, Institute for translators and interpreters, Vienna / Austria
- French, Spanish
1976 - 1981 Höhere Lehranstalt für die Fremdenverkehrswirtschaft „Modul“, Vienna / Austria
- “Touristikkaufmann” (3A-level)
Professional Membership
2008 - Member of the Expert Committee of the Roberto Cimetta Fund, an international association promoting artistic exchange and the mobility of professionals in the field of contemporary performing arts and visual arts within the Mediterranean area.
Languages
Fluent in German, English and French; advanced knowledge in Italian, Spanish and Dutch; elementary Turkish and Arabic.

September 2008

Hélène Zeynep MORALI
Date and place of birth: 09 February 1977, Créteil / France
Nationality: French and Turkish
Marital status: Single
Address: Perizat çikmazi, Dogan apt. N°16/4 Cihangir, Istanbul / Turkey
Phone: +90 212 249 30 43
Mobile: +90 536 355 12 91
E-mail: zmorali@gmail.com

MAIN SKILLS:
• Setting-up and management of international cooperation projects
• Financial management of European and international projects
• Planning and organisation of cultural events
• Good interpersonal skills, ability to work in a multi-cultural/ multi-national environment
• Good analytic skills
EXPERIENCE
2008 Consultancy as a freelance of cultural projects – Istanbul / Turkey

Consultancy in planning and realization of international cultural projects (MEKAN- OSMANLI MÜZİKLERİ EĞİTİM ARAŞTIRMA VE İCRA MERKEZİ…)

2006 ð 2007 French Cultural Institute – Istanbul / Turkey
www.infist.org
European project manager :
• Coordination of projects on European Cooperation
• Setting-up, planning and realization of European projects under the call of proposal “Promotion of the civil society dialogue between European Union and Turkey”

01/2005 ð 04/2006 Avrupa Kültür Dernegi (European Cultural Association) – Istanbul / Turkey
www.europist.net/akd/

Project Manager - Organisation and coordination of projects on European Cooperation

• Culture Forum 2006- “Margins of Europe”, April 2006
• Cultural Management programme 2006 (6 seminars), January - November 2006
• Culture Forum 2005 - “The Cultural Relations between Europe and Turkey“ - May 2005
• Cultural Management programme 2005 (8 seminars), January - May 2005
Administrator – Financial management of the European cultural projects
• Budget planning, follow-ups and controls
• Accounting
Management of the relationship with the different European partners
Set-up and development of partnerships with various European cultural organisations (governmental organisations as well as non-governmental ones), EU institutions and Cultural Foundations (European Cultural Foundation, Delegation to the European commission to Turkey, European Cultural Institutes in Istanbul).

01/2004 ð 07/2004 Informal European Theatre Meeting (IETM) – Brussels / Belgium
www.ietm.org

Assistant to the project coordinator

• Preparation and coordination of the IETM annual international meeting,
Budapest plenary meeting, April 2004 / Hungary

12/2003 ð 12/2004 Theatre and Dance company “Emre Koyuncuoglu” – Istanbul / Turkey

Project Manager and Administrator of “Home Sweet Home“, a Euro-Turkish
theatre co-production
• Budget planning, follow-ups and accounting
• Negotiations and performance organisation in different countries (Brussels, Berlin, Istanbul)

01/2002 ð 06/2002 National Choreographic Centre of Brittany – Rennes / France
www.ccnrb.org

Assistant to the project manager:
• Development of activities linked to the two European Cultural cooperation networks:
DBM (Danse Bassin Méditerranéen) and APAP (Advancing Performing Arts Project)
• Organisation of working Meetings
• Follow up of artist residencies linked to the European projects

03/2001 ð 06/2001 Groupement Régional d’Action Cinématographique – Lyon / France
www.grac.asso.fr

Internship / Research on « Cinema and the Young in France »
• Development of activities linked to the cinema and the Young public.

1999 ð 2002 National Theatre of Brittany – Rennes / France
www.t-n-b.fr

Part-time job at the communication department
• Welcomes publics
• Box office assistant
• Data entry in the system of season ticket subscribers
PROJECT AS AN INDEPENDENT

01/2003 ð 06/2003 Research & International Meeting about Contemporary Dance in Turkey,
Istanbul / Turkey

• Research on the condition of diffusion and production of the Contemporary Turkish dance sector
Project supported by the European Cultural Foundation - Amsterdam / Netherlands

• Project manager: Preparation and organisation of

- A dance platform of Turkish choreographers, June 2003

- An international meeting about the development of Contemporary Dance in Turkey, June 2003

Project in collaboration with the Mobility Roberto Cimetta Fund (Brussels/ Belgium), the European dance network “Danse Bassin Méditerranée”,
the French Institute of Istanbul and the Goethe Institute of Istanbul.
EDUCATION

09/2000 ð 09/2002 Masters Degree in Cultural Management
University of Lyon II - ARSEC - Lyon / France
• Master’s thesis on “European Cultural Policy”

09/1999 ð 09/2000 Masters Degree in Biochemistry - University of Rennes I / France

June 1995 French Baccalaureate – Scientific section - Rennes / France

LANGUAGES AND COMPUTER SKILLS

Computer Skills • Good knowledge of Microsoft Office tools: Work, Excel, Access
• Administration and update of web sites

Languages • French: mother tongue
• English: fluent
• Turkish: intermediate (spoken), basic (written)

PARTICIPANTS OF THE PROJECT
BIOGRAPHIES OF ARTISTS:

Isabel Schmiga
1971* lives and works in Berlin, www.schmiga.de
Education
1991-1998 Academy for Fine Arts Braunschweig, Diploma, Meisterschülerin [MFA]
2001-2003 Universität Basel, studies in art history, theory and criticism
Residencies
2008 Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris
2006 Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
2003 Artists in Residence, Foundation Künstlerdorf Schöppingen
2002 Artists in Residence WARTECK PP / Kaskadenkondensator, Basel
Awards / Fellowships
2004 Purchase of works by Collection Kunstkredit Basel-Stadt
2002 Fellowship State of Lower Saxony
2001 DAAD [German Academic Exchange Service] One-year MFA-Fellowship for Switzerland
1999 Fellowship for the Advancement of Fine Arts, Helmstedt
1998 Grant SchwarzWeiß, Gifhorn
1996 Fellowship Preussag Stahl AG & Schweißtechnik Düsseldorf [Steelworks]
Projects
2008 LE SABLE MOUVANT - une laboratoire skulpturale en vrac, Practical Theory & Company, Basel
2005 Frontflipping: RESEARCHING CONCENTRATION with Elke Bippus, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel
2003 Lecturership: PLACES OF ART, Kunsthistorisches Seminar, University of Basel
Solo shows (selection)
2008 AMNESIA, Von Bartha Garage, Basel
CAMOUFLAGE, Masa Güncel Sanat Mekani at BAS, Istanbul
2006 TEXTGAP, Le Studio CAN, Centre d'Art Neuchâtel
2005 SCHWEBETEILCHEN, Galerie Werkstatt, Reinach/Basel
2003 IN OR INBETWEEN TWO WORLDS, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel
FRIENDS IN PARLOR, Emanuel Tschumi, Basel (catalogue)
2002 NOOK, KunstRaum, Drochtersen-Hüll
2001 BUSTLEHUTCH, Pavillon der Volksbühne, Berlin
FRANSEN UND BORSTEN, Kunstverein Wolfenbüttel (catalogue)
1999 HEAVEN AND BELLY, Kloster St. Marienberg, Helmstedt (catalogue)
1998 PLASTIK UND PAPIER, Kunstverein Gifhorn (catalogue)
Group shows (selection)
2009 SAUDE, Plataforma Revolver, Lisbon
2008 DIMENSIONS, Von Bartha Garage, Basel
SETTINGS#3, loop, Berlin
2007 NEW GENERATION, Von Bartha Garage, Basel
PASSAGES, M54, Basel
DE NATURA ARTIS, Foundation Schloss Agathenburg, Stade
2006 REGIONALE • 7, Musée des Beaux Arts, Mulhouse
FRAGILE, Kunsthaus Langenthal, Langenthal
2005 RÖHRENDER HIRSCH AM BERGSEE - Romanticism in Contemporary Art,
Haus für Kunst Uri, Altdorf/Uri und Kunsthalle Palazzo, Liestal/Basel
2004 REGIONALE • 5, Kunsthalle Basel
2003 REGIONALE • 4, FABRIKculture, Hegenheim, FR
KUNSTKREDIT, Kunsthaus Baselland, Muttenz/Basel
2002 LISTE 02, Kaskadenkondensator, Basel
2000 ON THE SPOT, Deutscher Künstlerbund, Berlin (catalogue)
EIN TREPPENHAUS FÜR DIE KUNST V, Ministry of Science and Culture, Hannover (catalogue)
1999 ART MULTIPLE, Düsseldorf, HBK- BS
LOCALTIME, Kunstverein Hannover (catalogue)
1998 JAHRESGABEN 98, Kunstverein Braunschweig
MEISTERSCHÜLERINNEN, Kunsthalle Braunschweig
1996 KLASSE PRAGER, Kunsthalle Braunschweig (catalogue)

Leona Dodig

Education
BA (Hons) Fine Art Goldsmiths College, London, UK 1994-1997
MA Fine Art Chelsea College of Art and Design, London, UK 1998-2001

Selected exhibitions and projects
2008 Balkan Art Week: What is White Ada Street Gallery, London, UK
2007 Outvideo (Video Art Festival) 39 public LCD screens in 16 cities in Russia
2007 Border / Disorder (Alien) Serbia, Turkey and Switzerland
2006 Clerkenwell Film and Video Festival Festival of Film and Video Art, London, UK
2006 Sense of Pressure (solo show) Supermedium Gallery, The Hague, Holland
2006 Gravity and Levity (solo show) DOB Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2005 Clerkenwell Film and Video Festival Festival of Film and Video Art, London, UK
2004 EDIT: Video Art O3one Art Space, Belgrade, Serbia
2004 Retrovision Belef Festival, Belgrade, Serbia
2004 Clerkenwell Film and Video Festival Festival of Film and Video Art, London, UK
2003 Attitudes SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 ID&DI (Identity & Difference) SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 Blowing Up Festival of Video Art, London, UK
2002 Loco for Rococo Nunnery Gallery, London, UK
2002 Transformer SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2001 LolliPOP Kojimachi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2001 Self-Service Five Years Gallery, London, UK
2001 Manual Five Years Gallery, London, UK
2000 Suck it and See Spitz Gallery, London, UK
2000 Mirrors Voorheen Het Archief, The Hague, Holland
2000 Mirrors Foundry, London, UK
Awards
1997, HB Award, New Work Commission
1997, Scholarship Award, Soros Foundation

Mark Brogan

Born: London, 1967
Education:
2001 – 2002 MA Creative Curating - Goldsmiths College, University of London
1994 – 1997 BA (Hons) Fine Art - Goldsmiths College, University of London
1987 – 1990 BA (Hons) Economics – Manchester University, UK
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 DEEP DIVES, REX Cultural Centre, Belgrade, Serbia
2007 THE TYPICAL REJECT, Kamer Laakkwartier, Den Haag, Netherlands
2006 GRAVITY AND LEVITY, Dom Omladine, Belgrade
2005 RAFT, Atrium Gallery, PWC, Embankment, London
2004 Redux Project Space, London
2001 PAINTING IN THE THIRD DIMENSION, Ooievaar and Luxus Galleries, Den Haag,
Netherlands
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2008 MICRONOMICS MAY DAY FESTIVAL, Brussels, Belgium
WON’T GET FOOLED AGAIN, Café Gallery Projects, London
2007 FRAGMENTS OF A NEW ERA, THE OFFSHORE FILM FESTIVAL, Rotterdam,
Netherlands
Trieste Contemporanea. Dialogues with the Art of Central Eastern Europe 2007, Venice,
Palazzo Zorzi (Castello 4930)
CHALLENGERS! Laboratorio Occupato Morion curated by Marco Baravalle & Pai Dusi,
Venice, Italy,
AHALI: Setting a Setting, Letting a Setting Go, Paul O’Neill (Screening of ‘The Typical
Reject’) Spike Island, Bristol, England
2006 A LIFE LESS GLAMOROUS, Ozone Gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
SENSE OF PRESSURE, Supermedium, Den Haag, Netherlands
2004 FARBE, MOT International, London
2003 - LAST DAYS IN THE GARDEN, Ashley Gardens, London
PAINT IN 2003, Century Gallery, London E2
CHAIRMAN'S CHOICE, Nunnery Gallery, London E3
2002 - LOCAL AFFAIRS - Talk and presentation, Whitechapel Art Gallery
LOCO FOR ROCOCO, Nunnery, London E3
WALLSPACE, Miller Durazo Contemporary Artists Projects, Los Angeles, USA
TRANSFORMER, SKC Gallery, Belgrade, Yugoslavia
CROSS CURRENTS, Deutsche Bank, London and Raid Projects, Los Angeles, USA
2001 THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN YOU AND US, Five Years, London N1
LOLLYPOP, Kojimachi Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
AMERICA, Gallery Westland Place, London N1
MANUAL, Five Years Gallery, London N1
2000 MIRRORS, New Foundry Gallery, London EC2 and Voorheen Het Archief, The Hague,
Netherlands
SUCK IT AND SEE, Spitz Gallery, London E1
1999 NON-STOP OPENING, Centre Point Gallery, London W1
Workshops:
2006 Return of the Gastarbeiter, Pozarevac, Eastern Serbia
Teaching posts:
2006 Visiting lecturer, Faculty of Fine Arts, Belgrade, Serbia
2004 Visiting lecturer, Visual Arts Dept, University of Hertfordshire
Reviews:
2006 Remont Art Magazine, Number 14, Winter 2006, ‘Gravity and Levity’
YellowCab, Number 54, February 2006

Suat Öğüt

Born in 1985 in Diyarbakır, Turkey. Graduated from Marmara University Fine Art Education Faculty Painting department in 2007. He was an artist assistant at 9th International Istanbul Biennial in 2005. He participated “Nightcomers” one of the special project of 10th International Istanbul Biennial in 2007 with his video work called "Blue,Red,White"
Selected group shows and symposiums
2008 Art is my playground with Videoist Organisation, İstanbul , TR
2008 2nd International İlhan Koman Sculpture Symposium (assistant) , Edirne, TR
2008 3rd Kargart International Video Festival, Istanbul, TR
2007 1rst National Haluk Tezonar Sculpture Symposium (assistant), Istanbul, TR
2007 Videoist2” Organization: Ferhat Satıcı & Hülya Özdemir , (assistant), Istanbul, TR
2007 Nightcomers 10th International Istanbul Biennial special project, Istanbul, TR
2007 2nd International Ankara University Sculpture Symposium ( assistant), İstanbul
2007 Marmara University Painting Competition Exhibition, Istanbul, TR
2007 Workshop at 7th International Children Festival, Diyarbakır, TR
2006 Erdemir Sculpture Competition Exhibition, Zonguldak, TR
2005 9th International Istanbul Biennial (assistant) Istanbul, TR
www.suatogut.blogspot.com/

Mohamed AbdelKarim AbdelSalam

Born in Elmenya 1983
Bachelor of Faculty of art Education. Helwan University 2005
Member of the Plastic Arts Association painting
Exhibitions:
LiteSide Festival Amsterdam Holland 2008
Biennial Puglia _ Italy BJCM 2008
The International Media Art Forum for Youth "IMAFY 2008
19th youth salon (video) 2008
18th youth salon (video) 2007
1st 2nd video art festival 2005, 2007
Exhibition the pick3 2007
Award Saloon 18th in video art 2007
Roznama exhibition in cic 2006
Performance (Roznamgat) 2005
15th youth salon (installation art) 2003
Performance (moaten ) 2003
Workshops:
Salzburg international summer academy of fine arts july2008
5th media art workshop at faculty of art education June 2005
Workshop with Mildred Howard (American artist) in town house
gallery October2003
Founder and organizer in medrar for contemporary art to 2007
Organizer 1st 2nd video art festival, Roznama exhibition, 1st
2nd workshop passage
Artist Projects
Lethargy – video installation 2003
Mawlay – video 2004
the gulf daytime – video animation 2006
Familiar animals - video animation 2007
under construction project - video installation 2008
I'm waiting 2008 - video installation 2008
I like the minute I hate the minute - video installation
www.mohamedabdelkarim.com

Darinka Pop-Mitić

(1975)
Studied at the Faculty of Political Sciences in Belgrade and latter on the Academy of Fine Arts in Belgrade, painting department. Published numerous texts and esseys both in various publications and press. Author of various projects and artworks in public space that deal with the politics and reconstruction of memory.
Selected exhibitions:
2003. POSTkolonija, Kalenic, Kalenic gallery,
2004. Point of tension , National museum, Cetinje, Montenegro
2004. How to end a message, Belgrade, Serbia
2004. Untitled,VI Yugoslav Biennial of Young Artists, Concordia, Vrsac, Serbia
2004. Cosmopolis, Thessalonica, Greece
2005. Border disorrder, SKC gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
2006. Near Dark, MOCA Belgrade Salon, Belgrade, Serbia
2007. Alien project, Kraljevo, Serbia
2007. Reading Capital, Helsinki, Finland
2008. Control and Resistance in the Street, Kontekst gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
Goran Micevski

Education:
2004 graduated photography at the University of Arts, Belgrade
Selected group exhibitions:
2005 Yugoline, ESC gallery, Graz, Austria
End again, VIP Art Gallery, SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
2004 Marubi, National Gallery, Tirana, Albania
Indiff erence, VIP Art Gallery, SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 Depictions of AIDS through art, Hellenic American Union, Athens, Greece
11th biennale of young artists of Europe and Mediterranean countries, Athens, Greece
12th international art biennal, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Vila Nova de Cerveira, Portugal
Crossroads, Leksands Kulturhus, Leksand, Sweden
Fotografi ja, Duplex gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2002 5.international biennial of young artists, Vršac, Serbia
Mirror of Balkans, City Museum, Kraljevo, Serbia
Beograd-Bucureşti-Beograd, Galeria gallery, Bucharest, Romania
2001 Belgrade-Moscow postcard, Cesta, Tabor, Czech Republic
Photography, Gallery FLU, Belgrade, Serbia
1999 Nova F, Museum of contemporary arts, Belgrade, Serbia
Festivals:
2005 BELEF (Belgrade Summer Art Festival), Belgrade, Serbia
Foto Festival Lodz, Lodz, Poland
2004 Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
BELEF (Belgrade Summer Art Festival), Belgrade, Serbia
April meetings, Belgrade, Serbia
2003 Mesiac fotografi e, Bratislava, Slovakia
BELEF (Belgrade Summer Art Festival), Belgrade, Serbia
54n Festival of Art, Hull, England
ICECA, CMU Art Museum, Thailand
2002 Context: Europe, Vienna, Austria
Mesiac fotografi e, Bratislava, Slovakia
Mes de la Fotografía en Xalapa, Xalapa, Mexico
International fotofestival 2002, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2001 CarbonArt2001, Chisinau, Moldova
What’s so funny?, Cesta, Tabor, Czech Republic
Individual exhibitions:
2005 Dancing footsteps, VIP Art Gallery, SKC, Belgrade, Serbia
2002 Interposed view, Artget gallery, Belgrade, Artget gallery, Belgrade, Serbia
I will survive, Wintergarten, Vienna, Austria
Curtains, Dom Umenia, Bratislava, Slovakia
2001 This land, Wally projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000 Exit from the day, Barutana, Belgrade, Serbia
Atlas-Fear, Dom omladine, Belgrade, Serbia
Residencies:
2002 Repo residency, Savonrannta, Finland

Kukka Paavilainen
born in Helsinki 1976
lives and works in Helsinki
Studies
MA in the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki 2005
BA in the University of Helsinki 2005 (history of art)
Lahti Polytechnic, Art Institute 1999-2001
Solo exhibitions
2009 Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
2007 Forsblom Projects, Helsinki, Finland
Group Exhibitions
2008 Himmelblau-print, Retretti Art Center, Punkaharju, Finland
2008 ”All Colors”, Galerie Fosrblom, Helsinki, Finland
2008 Art Paris (Galerie Forsblom), Paris, France
2007 ”Border disorder – Alien”, Marzik Gallery, Kraljevo, Serbia
2007 Art Brussels (Galerie Forsblom), Brussels, Belgium
2006 ”Boyden 60 years” Valssaamo, The Cable Factory, Helsinki, Finland
2005 Final exhibition of the Academy of Fine Arts, the Helsinki City Art Museum Tennis Palace,Finland
2005 ”Life discovered” the Gallery of the Turku Art Academy, Finland
2005 ”Border disorder” SKC-gallery, Belgrad, Serbia
2004 ”Border disorder” the Gallery of the Århus Art Academy, Denmark
2003 ”Avbild” the Gallery of Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden
2002 Finlands Artists 107th Exhibition, Helsinki Kunsthalle, Finland
2002 ”Paintingshow” the Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki, Finland
2000 ”Twelve Others” Häme-gallery, Lahti, Finland
Works in Collections
Artek oy ab
Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, Finland
The Saastamoinen Foundation Art Collection, EMMA – Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo, Finland
Tampere Art Museum, Finland
Scholarships
Finlands Art Foundation, Young artists grant 2008
National Art Council 2008
Arts Council of Finland 2007 (for trip expences to Serbia)
The Finnish Cultural Foundation 2007
The Greta and William Lehtinen Foundation 2006
The Arts Council of Helsinki Metropolitan Region 2006
The Alfred Kordelin Foundation 2005
The Academy of Fine Arts in 2002 and 2004
Residences
Cité Internationale des Arts, Paris, France 2007
The Studio in Berlin, Germany (hosted by the Academy of Fine Arts in Helsinki) 2004
Awards
First Prize in the 175-Anniversary Competition of the Helsinki Old Church 2001
Member of Finnish Painters’ Union
Bibliography
”Kesän valoa ja lämmintä ilmaa”, Timo Valjakka, Helsingin Sanomat 10.3.2007.
”Luonnon lyriikasta parisuhteen ja pornon pohdintaan”, Taava koskinen, Taide 2/2007.
”Konkari ja debytantti”, Ulla Janhonen, Anna 11/2007.
”Takapihan luksus”, Pirkko Vekkeli, Gloria, March 2007.
Works as illustration, Niin & Näin philosophical magazine nro 52 spring 1/2007.

ErinÇ Seymen
(1980, Istanbul / Turkey) Lives and works in Istanbul / Turkey
Education
1999 Istanbul High School, Istanbul, Turkey
Academy of Fine Arts, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul, Turkey
2006 Yıldız Technical University Art and Design Masters Degree program, Turkey
Solo Exhibitions
2007 Man Jam, curated by Aura Seikkula, Finnish Museum of Photography, Helsinki / Finland
Gays can shoot straight too, Van Abbemuseum, curated by Esra Sarıgedik, Eindhoven,
NL
Hunting Season, Galerist, Istanbul/ Turkey
2006 Untitled, Masa Project, Istanbul/ Turkey
2005 Violation Exercises, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey
2003 Uncanny Distance, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey
Group Exhibitions
2008 Recent works, Galerist, İstanbul
Reasonable, Hafriyat, Istanbul, Turkey
Save as..., Triennale di Milano, curated by Derya Yücel, Milano, İtaly
I myself am war!, Open Space, Zentrum für Kunstprojekte, curated by Gülsen Bal, Vienna,
Austria
2007 Be a realist, demand the impossible!, Karşı Sanat, curated by Halil Altındere,
İstanbul / Turkey
İstanbul Now, Lukas Feichtner Galerie, curated by Tayfun Belgin, Istanbul / Turkey
Border- Disorder, curated by Isidora Ficovic, Kraljevo / Serbia
An Atlas of Events, Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation, curated by Esra Sarıgedik, António
Pinto, Ribeiro.Lisbon / Portugal,
Alternative Election Posters, Hafriyat, Istanbul / Turkey
“Working Space”, Pera Museum, Istanbul / Turkey
Flat Tire K2, Izmir / Turkey
Here.. There..Abroad.., ifa-Galerie Stuttgart, curated by Fatoş Üstek, Stuttgart, Germany
Here.. There..Abroad.., ifa-Galerie Berlin, curated by Fatoş Üstek, Berlin, Germany
2006 Home and Away, UGM Gallery, curated by Simona Vidmar, Maribor / Slovenia
Ardından Değil Karşısına, Radikal Art, curated by Övül Durmuşoğlu, Istanbul / Turkey
Topkapi, Kunstlerhaus Güterabfertigund, curated by Sırma Kekeç, Bremen / Germany
Visions, Hotel Athens Imperial, curated by Sylvia Kouvalis, Athens / Greece
Works on Paper, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey
2005 Free Kick, Antrepo No: 5, curated by Halil Altindere, Istanbul / Turkey
2004 Along the Gates of Urban, curated by Erden Kosova, K&S Galerie, Berlin / Germany
Along the Gates of Urban, curated by Erden Kosova, Oda Projesi, Istanbul/Turkey
Visitor, curated by Rob Perree, Emre Baykal, Galerist, Istanbul / Turkey
2003 I'm too sad to kill You, curated by Halil Altindere, Proje4L, Istanbul / Turkey
Good, Bad and Ugly, Atolye 111, Bilgi University, Istanbul / Turkey
2002 Under the Pavement: The Beach, curated by Vasif Kortun, Proje4L, Istanbul / Turkey
Performances
2006 Son:DA and Erinç Seymen, performance, UGM Gallery, Maribor, Slovenia
Son:DA and Erinç Seymen, performance, Platform Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul
2003 Domestic lo fi Party, with Melis Sohtaoglu, Dulcinea, Istanbul / Turkey
2002 Electronic life forms, with Melis Sohtaoglu, Dulcinea, Istanbul / Turkey
2000 Atomix live Party3, Kemanci Culture Center, Istanbul / Turkey
1999 Atomix live Party 2, Kemanci Culture Center, Istanbul / Turkey

Elmas Deniz
Lives and works in Istanbul.
Founder Member of K2 Artist Initiative (2003) and Project Director of K2 Contemporary Art Center(2004-2007) in Izmir. -KUTU (Box) Portable Art Gallery, founder member (2002)
Residencies / Grants:
2008 June-July-August DIVA Residency, Copenhagen DK
2007 April, CPH Air residency program, Copenhagen DK
2007 March, Berlin Goethe Institute Culture-Program Artist Grant, Berlin, DE
2006 February, Vassl Artist international workshop/residency: Gadani, Karachi,
Pakistan
2005 September, Artist International Workshop/residency: Aley, Lebanon
2006 IASPIS expert visitor programme, Malmo-Stockholm, Sweden
FRAME expert visitor Programme, Helsinki, Finland
Solo Project /Exhibition:
2007 Despre Votalititate (with Pilvi Takala), Curator: Oana Tanese, Galeria Nouva,
Bucharest, RO
2006 Nothing Can Happen to Us, Alti Aylik Project Space, Istanbul, TR
Group Exhibitions: Selection
2008 Onproduceability, Altı Aylık, Istanbul, TR
2007 Bound By, Basement Gallery, Vienna, Austuria
Punctured Tyree, K2 Gallery, Izmir, TR
2006 5th Gyumri Biennale, The Seas, Dreams and Illusions, as invitated artist of Buy
a Dream store, Armenia
Vasl International Artist workshop exhibition, Karachi, Pakistan (ca)
Check in Europe, European Patent Office, Munich, DE
2005 Gemini: Muse Project, Amstelkring Museum, Amsterdam, NL (ca)
AIWA Documentation, Zico House, Beiruth, Lebanon (ca)
Normalization / that from a long way off look likes flies… Platform Garanti
Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, TR
alice vs. Alice, Kasa Gallery, Istanbul (ca)
2004 The Visitor, Galerist, Istanbul
The Tedium and The Rainbow, Aksanat, Istanbul (ca)
Üstü Değil Kendisi / Not its Surface but itself, K2 Gallery, Izmir
And I m always here… K2 Documentation office, Izmir
Go! 'Cheap-art from Izmir 2' Liquidation Total, Madrid
City-Engraver, Kutu V1, Izmir
2003 B-Fact: Back Sea/ Baltic Sea/ Barents Sea, Bilgi Atelier 111, Istanbul,
organized by Hüseyin Alptekin
Ventriloquist, Ileitisim Gallery, Izmir
Another Place… Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir
2002 Under the Beach: The Pavement, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art,
Proje 4L
New Suggestions, New Proposals 8, Borusan Art Gallery, Istanbul
In Between, Palmiye Shopping Center, Izmir (ca)
Workshops :
2007 Declared and Anonimus, production workshop, Kultur University, Istanbul,
TR
2006 P2P Izmir workshop, K2 CAC, organized by Veronica Wiman
11th –12th of June, Platform Garanti CAC/ PIST / BAS, Istanbul / Alternative
Spaces, organized by Pelin Tan and Anton Vidokle
2006 13th-17th of September, "Black/North Seas" Constanza Meeting, Romania
2006 6th-14th of August, Gyumri Biennale workshop, Armenia, organized by Arpine
Tokmakjan
2004 11th –12th of June, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, Istanbul, Artist
initiatives from Brussels, Istanbul, Izmir, Diyarbakir
Event:
2007 Event organized by David Goldenberg, “Post-Autonomy practices”, Serpentine
Gallery, London, UK
Performance, All About Lies, Apartment Project, Istanbul, TR
2005 Art Actually Concept origin by Fatos Ustek, Michel Thrusz, Istanbul/NewYork
Participating artist / fanzine
Presentation/ Talk:
2007 Open Table: Esra Okyay, organized by Mürüvvet Turkyilmaz, Platform Garanti
CAC, Istanbul, TR
Artists Talk, with Adnan Yildiz, Overgaden Art Institute/ Cousina Autonomia,
Copenhagen, DK
2006 Artists Talk, with Ahmet Ogut, Kultur Universty, Istanbul, TR
Published texts:
2007 User’s Manual- Contemporary art in Turkey between 1086-2007, Artist
Productions, Istanbul
2007 Civil organizations and initiatives in Contemporary Art 2 , Yapi Kredi Books,
Istanbul
2005 December, Rh Art Magazine “Secret Face” by Elmas Deniz- Tufan Baltalar
Bibliography:
Feb 2006 “ Young Turkish Artists” Tema Celeste , by Fatos Ustek
July 2006 “ Alti Aylik Project Space” Art Review, by November Paynter

Keti Stoffner-Stoiljkovic
Education
2002–2005 Bachelor of Arts in fine arts/media art at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Basel HGK
2001–2002 Guest student at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich HGKZ
2000–2001 Preliminary course at Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst Zürich HGKZ
1997–2000 Apprenticeship as house painter, completed
Evening courses at HGKZ: color theory, painting, constructive drawing/technical drawing, 3D
1996–1997 Realschulabschluss für Erwachsene (secondary school for adults)
1993–1995 Internships as early childhood educator, in retail and social services
1990–1993 Travel agency training for Serbian adolescents in St. Gallen
1982–1990 Primary school in Zürich and Belgrade

Projects / Artistic work

2007 Founding member of „Galerie Jägger“ on Militärstrasse, Zürich
2006 Cover design for the rock band „Lauschangriff“, Zürich
2005–2006 Project initiator and director „Urgesänge aus der Schweiz und Serbien“ (primal chants from Switzerland and Serbia)
2003–2004 Project initiator „Student Exchange Belgrade-Basel“

Exhibitions 2003–2007

2007 April Zurich, JUGO EXHIBITION ONE, initiated by Keti Stoiljkovic, co-exhibitors Martina Vogel, Andi Zivkovic, Milenko Lazic
A continuing series of exhibitions that examines questions of political and social identity
2007 January Serbia, Walijewo, video work Switzerland/Serbia with focus on primal chants
2006 September

February Hamburg, Galerie Skipe, initiated by Chris Regen, Performance Festival
Basel, Kaskadenkondensator (Kasko), performance with Markus Gössie
2005 November
September
June Basel, Galerie Lodypop, „Die Wildnis“ (the wilderness)
Muttenz, Kunsthalle, diploma exhibition
Basel, Galerie Schalter, „Auf dem Stein in der Ecke“ (on the stone in the corner)
2004 December

August
June HGK Basel, Public Lectures, Guest Corner
„Projects Student Exchange Belgrade-Basel“
Basel, Medienkonzept, Video Festival
Allschwil, Areal Billerbeck, prediploma II „Sonne, Nebel, Regenwasser“ (sun, mist, rain water)
2003 August
June

January Zürich, Helvetia- und Bellevueplatz, Performances Remake
Allschwil, Areal Billerbeck, prediploma I „Gang-Bestätigung“ (certification of walking), Performances Remake
Basel, nt-Areal Wagenmeister, „Roter Faden“ (red thread)

Semester break work Painter on several construction sites

MICHAEL WOJNAR
Basel. Through various media and methods, my work is centered around ideals
and moral concepts in society and art. I make connections and
references between video, installation, sculpture and space. Whit
special interest at the point where society and art intersect, I
search for new forms of art mediation.
EDUCATION
2008- Master Fine Arts, FHNW Basel
2001-2005 Diploma in Visual Arts, F+F Schule, Zürich (Form+Farbe
Schule – School of Form+Color)
1998-1999 Gestalterischer Vorkurs an der Kunstgewerbeschule St. Gallen
WORK HISTORY / RELATED EXPERIENCE
Present Master Student
2006- 2007 Atelier der Kulturstiftung Winterthur.
2005- 2006 visualscience.net. Video Technician
2000- 2001 Assorted internships and jobs
EXHIBITIONS / SCREENINGS
2008 "Ein Reiz oder ähnliches", Gallery Hippopotamus, Basel
Space and video installation with Florine Münger
2007 Kunstraum Schalter, Basel. (www.schalter.tk)
"Raumexperiment" ("Space Experiment")
Installation of garbage bags filling the space.
BRAV Raum1, Breisacherstrasse, Basel.
Space and video installation
Bienvenue! Mémoire der Arts Suisses 2007.
Michael Wojnar writes a 3-day long letter about laziness and motivation.
Installation performance.
2005 F+F ZÜRICH
Degree Exhibition 2005: "Utopia Machine."
Installation.
Malerkollegium Winterthur
Summer03 6 Drawings / "Instructions in Occupational Therapy."
Installation.
2004 Music Festival Musikfestwochen Winterthur
"Skizzomat" ("Sketch-o-mat")
Installation Performance.
2003 EWZ Sellnau, Zurich
"_buyallthepics"
Installation.
Plugin Basel "Electric Randevouz" 2003
"Video Muidem"
Installation.
7. Lichtspieltage Winterthur 2003
Screenings video "Kawaii."
2002 Sequenz Animationsfilmfestival, St. Gallen
Screening video "Kawaii."
Sphere Bar/ Buch/ Buhne, Zürich
Screening video "Kawaii."

Forbidden Animals CV

FLORIAN STOFFNER 1975

Florian Stoffner started at the age twelve. At the age of sixten he started to play with diferent groups all around switzerland. After one year at the Jazzschool Lucerne, he spend a half year in new york and later in berlin.
He is playing with different groups all around europe.
His current bands are: Lauschangriff, Lila, Manuel Mengis Gruppe 6, Harald Haerter Cat Scan group.
As a guitarplayer he has had the chance to perform and record with musicians and groups like:
Joe Lovano, Michael Brecker, Chris Potter, Ellery Eskelin, Arthur Blythe, Dewey Redman, Erik Truffaz, Christoph Erb, Nils Petter-Molvaer, Flo Götte, Martin Schütz, Paul Lovens, and many more.
MANUEL MENGIS 1972
was born in wallis, mountain region of switzerland. started playing
trumpet when i was 12. later i started univerity for geology for two
years and did the trainig to become a mountain guide. finally i
decided to become a musican when i was 23. so i did music studies in
luzern, at the same time i also started for the first time to play in
bands. after that i worked as musican and mountain guide, starded to
raise a family, trying to lead a live as musican, playing with
different people, and at the same time working for my own band gruppe
6, playing gigs all over in europe. in between i was in visual art
school in zuerich, so all in all not really a straight musican bio.
with tobias schramm and flo stoffner i collaborated in different
projects since several years, so finally it seemed logic to all of us,
to form that band.

TOBIAS SCHRAMM 1979

Tobias Schramm was born in Switzerland in 1979. At the age thirteen he started to play the drums and soon formed his own group, with whom he won the "jeunesse musicale de suisse" prize.
He attended the Swiss Jazzschool Berne and the Jazzschool Lucerne where he graduated in 2003. In the last years he spend time to work in a wide range of musical situations. As a drummer and percussionist he has had the chance to perform or record with musicians and groups like:
Hans Koch, Martin Schütz, Roman Nowka, Andi Marti, Adi Pflugshaupt, Biff Malibu & The Marinas, Christian Müller, Gaudenz Badrutt, Silber Ingold, Dave Feusi, Urs Leimgruber, Lucien Dubuis, and many more.

MODERATOR OF THE PROJECT
BIOGRAPHY:
Matthew Schum
(b. 1978, Minneapolis)
Work Experience
The Museum of Modern Art: New York, NY – Autumn 2007
-Curatorial Research Assistant, Architecture and Design Department
- Exhibition checklist and loans management for Home Delivery: Fabricating to Modern Dwelling (July 20-October 20, 2008) showcasing the history of prefab housing
University of California San Diego: La Jolla, CA – 2005-2007
-Teaching Assistant
- Instructor in undergraduate art history classes (60-90 students per term): art history surveys, modern art, and non-western art
Platform Garanti: Istanbul, TC — Autumn 2006
-Research Resident
-Graduate research regarding the 9th Istanbul Biennial at cutting-edge contemporary art center
Walker Art Center: Minneapolis, MN — Summer 2006
-Curatorial Research Assistant
-Contemporary artist research and exhibition planning for Brave New Worlds (October 4, 2007-February 17, 2008) highlighting international artists from developing regions
Zing Magazine: New York, NY – 2005
- Managing Editor
- Editorial oversight and distribution management 0f a contemporary arts magazine
- Administrative duties including foreign travel to Art Basel international art fair representing Zing at an annual tradeshow-style booth
The Museum of Modern Art: New York, NY – Summer, 2004
- Curatorial Internship Program, Photography Department
- Exhibitions and collection assistance to the curators of photography, and public exhibition tours for MoMA’s Helena Rubinstein Summer internship program
Simon Fraser University: Vancouver, BC – 2003-2004
- Teaching and Research Assistant
- Assistant to art history Professor for modern art course
- Database and library work aiding scholastic projects
The Peak Student Newspaper: Vancouver, BC – 2001-2004
- Editor, Features Section
- Editing, writing, copyediting, and layout for university newspaper
Vancouver Art Gallery: Vancouver, BC – May-September, 2003
- Exhibitions Lecturer, Municipal Art Museum
- Staff Animateur developing and delivering public lectures for Vancouver’s premier art institution
Artspace Projects: Minneapolis, MN – ¬July, 2000-August, 2001
- Research Intern, Non-profit Developer for the Arts
- Demographic research and grant preparation profiling artist affinity groups in the dozen cities where Artspace has real estate development projects
EDUCATION
Ph.D. Program for Art History, University of California San Diego, (Matriculated 2005)
BA, Art History and Culture Studies, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, (GPA: 3.8/4.0)