ISTANBUL - AMSTERDAM AUDIO TOUR
2010 ISTANBUL CULTURAL CAPITal, istanbul
2010
Artists:
Aslı Pınar Altay & Can Altay (Turkey)
Renate Zentschnig & Justin Bennett (The Netherlands)
Hakan Kurşun (Turkey)
Curator: Ece Pazarbasi
Istanbul - Amsterdam Audio Tours was pointing out the fact that while the big cities of the world develop in terms of context and content, as they evolve into metropolises, they tend to resemble each other rather than grow different.Taking this similarity of cities and their tendency to follow a set pattern as a starting point, the 2010 edition of the project was conceived with the idea to execute an audio tour prepared for a certain city, in another one.To what extent would these metropolises be similar? Could it be possible to make an audio tour for Istanbul that would fit another European city (and vice versa)? What would the complementary elements in both cities be? Would these be the immigrants, the sounds, some stories, a feeling or just a coincidentia oppositorum?
*With the generous support of Skor Foundation for Art and Public Domain Netherlands, 2010 Istanbul Cultural Capital Agency, Soundtrack City Amsterdam and Sennheiser.