The BRIDGE WITHIN Art Project is reflecting the concept of "in-between", referred to the cities of Venice (IT) and Istanbul (TR).
The idea is to consider the two historical bridges of the cities like a real and metaphorical between and to consider them as possible exhibition areas.
By collecting illustrations, photographs, whatever, directly inspired by the concepts of between, Venice, Istanbul, my idea is to ask italian and turkish artists to collaborate in developing artistic works inspired by the three concepts.
The result will be a diary, portraying this artistic twinning between the two cities.
Denis Pitter
Introduction - Başlangıç - Introduzione
From the very start of this project I’ve been asked what the in-between meant to me, this enigmatic concept which is the starting point of this artistic journey. I asked myself what it represents in relation to a city like Istanbul, which is built between two continents, between two seas, two cultures, and to a city like Venice, known for its bridges and canals, historically bound to the Ottoman Empire.
The first image which came to my mind is the bridge as symbol of in-between par excellence, a real and virtual connection between physical and psychological worlds. The short-living of the in-between makes it difficult to represent it. So I asked myself whether it is possible to examine it from different points of view.
While Perec plays with real and abstract spaces, Foucault talks of heterotopias, "Those spaces which have the distinctive feature of being linked to all the other spaces, but in a way that they suspend, neutralize or invert the wholesomeness of the relationships which they designate, reflect or in which they are reflected."
I then hypothesized that art can bridge this descriptive gap, so I then created this artistic heterotopia taking advantage of the historical bridges of Galata and Rialto in the cities of Istanbul and Venice, always connoted as multiform urban realities from different points of view.
I involved in this work three young Turkish artist and three Italian ones and asked them to represent the between with the form of art most congenial to them, carrying then out the symbolic action of exhibiting these pieces on the bridges of the two cities. In this moment the Foucauldian heretotopia is created: art has lived the between, the bridges become physical places, but others.
I would like to thank Kürşat Ünsal, Mehmet Sina Demiral, Berat Pekmezci, Marta Berton, Alessia Catanuto, Alessandra Scagnetti, Kevin Fanelli and Yonca Ural for their help in developing this project.
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Projenin en başından itibaren arada’nın benim için ne anlama geldiğini sorguladım, bu gizemli konsept bu sanatsal yolculuğun çıkış noktası oldu. Bu konsept çerçevesinde İstanbul gibi iki kıta üzerine kurulmuş, iki denizin, iki kültürün arasında yer alan bir şehrin ve Venedik gibi köprüleri, kanalları ile ünlü ve tarihsel açıdan Osmanlı İmparatorluğuyla ilişki içinde bir şehrin neyi temsil ettiğini sordum kendime.
Aklımda canlanan ilk düşünce olan köprü, arada‘yı en iyi ifade eden simge, fiziksel ve psikolojik kelimeler arasındaki somut ve soyut bir bağ. Arada‘nın kısa ömrü bu konsepti yeterli şekilde ifade etmeyi zor kılıyor. Böylece ben de farklı bakış açılarını ele alarak bu konsepti incelemeyi denedim.
Perec soyut ve somut alanlarla oynarken, Foucault heterotopyalardan şöyle bahseder: “Heterotopyalar, tüm diğer alanlara bağlı olma özgünlüğüne sahiptirler; bu öyle bir bağlı olma halidir ki, yarattıkları, yansıdıkları ya da yansıttıkları ilişkiler bütününü erteler, tersyüz eder veya etkisiz hale getirirler.” Buna göre sanatın, bu tanımsal boşluk üzerinde bir köprü oluşturabileceğini ileri sürdüm ve farklı bakış açılarından yaklaşıldığında multiform kentsel gerçeklikler olarak öne sürülen Istanbul ve Venedik şehirlerindeki tarihi Galata ve Rialto köprülerinden yararlanarak bu sanatsal heterotopyayı oluşturdum.
Bu çalışmada üç genç Türk sanatçıyla üç İtalyan sanatçıyı bir araya getirdim ve her birinin kendi en hoşuna giden sanatsal açıdan arada’yı yansıtmasını istedim. Bu simgesel çalışma ardından bu iki şehrin köprülerine yöneltildi. Bu noktada Foucaoult heterotopyası yaratılmış oldu. Sanat arada varoldu ve köprüler somut alanlara dönüştü.
Bu projenin geliştirilmesindeki tüm katkılarından dolayı Kürşat Ünsal, Mehmet Sina Demiral, Berat Pekmezci, Marta Berton, Alessia Catanuto, Kevin Fanelli ve Yonca Ural’a teşekkürlerimi sunarım.
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Sin dagli albori di questo progetto mi è stato chiesto cosa rappresentasse per me l’in-between, questo enigmatico tra che è il punto di partenza di questo percorso artistico. Mi sono chiesto cosa rappresentasse in rapporto ad una città come Istanbul, che si stanzia tra due continenti, tra due mari, due culture, così come in rapporto a Venezia, città d’acqua e di ponti, storicamente legata all’impero ottomano. Mi è subito venuto in mente il ponte come simbolo del tra per eccellenza, un collegamento reale e virtuale tra spazi fisici e mentali. Ma l’effimeratezza del tra lo rende difficile da rappresentare. Mi sono chiesto quindi se sia possibile esaminarlo secondo differenti prospettive. Se Perec gioca con lo spazio concreto e astratto, Foucault parla invece di eterotopie, "quegli spazi che hanno la particolare caratteristica di essere connessi a tutti gli altri spazi, ma in modo tale da sospendere, neutralizzare o invertire l'insieme dei rapporti che essi stessi designano, riflettono o rispecchiano".
Ho quindi ipotizzato che l’arte potesse essere in grado di colmare questo gap descrittivo e ho voluto creare questa eterotopia artistica sfruttando i ponti storici di Galata e Rialto delle città di Istanbul e Venezia, da sempre connotate come realtà urbane multiformi sotto diversi punti di vista.
Coinvolgendo nel lavoro tre giovani artisti turchi e tre italiani, ho chiesto loro di rappresentare il tra con la forma d’arte a loro più congeniale, compiendo poi l’atto simbolico di esporre questi lavori sui ponti delle due città. Ecco che in quell’attimo si viene a creare l’eterotopia foucaultiana: l’arte ha abitato il tra, i ponti diventano luoghi concreti, ma altri.
Un grazie a Kürşat Ünsal, Mehmet Sina Demiral, Berat Pekmezci, Marta Berton, Alessia Catanuto, Alessandra Scagnetti per il contributo artistico, Kevin Fanelli e Yonca Ural per la consulenza linguistica.
The first image which came to my mind is the bridge as symbol of in-between par excellence, a real and virtual connection between physical and psychological worlds. The short-living of the in-between makes it difficult to represent it. So I asked myself whether it is possible to examine it from different points of view.
While Perec plays with real and abstract spaces, Foucault talks of heterotopias, "Those spaces which have the distinctive feature of being linked to all the other spaces, but in a way that they suspend, neutralize or invert the wholesomeness of the relationships which they designate, reflect or in which they are reflected."
I then hypothesized that art can bridge this descriptive gap, so I then created this artistic heterotopia taking advantage of the historical bridges of Galata and Rialto in the cities of Istanbul and Venice, always connoted as multiform urban realities from different points of view.
I involved in this work three young Turkish artist and three Italian ones and asked them to represent the between with the form of art most congenial to them, carrying then out the symbolic action of exhibiting these pieces on the bridges of the two cities. In this moment the Foucauldian heretotopia is created: art has lived the between, the bridges become physical places, but others.
I would like to thank Kürşat Ünsal, Mehmet Sina Demiral, Berat Pekmezci, Marta Berton, Alessia Catanuto, Alessandra Scagnetti, Kevin Fanelli and Yonca Ural for their help in developing this project.
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Projenin en başından itibaren arada’nın benim için ne anlama geldiğini sorguladım, bu gizemli konsept bu sanatsal yolculuğun çıkış noktası oldu. Bu konsept çerçevesinde İstanbul gibi iki kıta üzerine kurulmuş, iki denizin, iki kültürün arasında yer alan bir şehrin ve Venedik gibi köprüleri, kanalları ile ünlü ve tarihsel açıdan Osmanlı İmparatorluğuyla ilişki içinde bir şehrin neyi temsil ettiğini sordum kendime.
Aklımda canlanan ilk düşünce olan köprü, arada‘yı en iyi ifade eden simge, fiziksel ve psikolojik kelimeler arasındaki somut ve soyut bir bağ. Arada‘nın kısa ömrü bu konsepti yeterli şekilde ifade etmeyi zor kılıyor. Böylece ben de farklı bakış açılarını ele alarak bu konsepti incelemeyi denedim.
Perec soyut ve somut alanlarla oynarken, Foucault heterotopyalardan şöyle bahseder: “Heterotopyalar, tüm diğer alanlara bağlı olma özgünlüğüne sahiptirler; bu öyle bir bağlı olma halidir ki, yarattıkları, yansıdıkları ya da yansıttıkları ilişkiler bütününü erteler, tersyüz eder veya etkisiz hale getirirler.” Buna göre sanatın, bu tanımsal boşluk üzerinde bir köprü oluşturabileceğini ileri sürdüm ve farklı bakış açılarından yaklaşıldığında multiform kentsel gerçeklikler olarak öne sürülen Istanbul ve Venedik şehirlerindeki tarihi Galata ve Rialto köprülerinden yararlanarak bu sanatsal heterotopyayı oluşturdum.
Bu çalışmada üç genç Türk sanatçıyla üç İtalyan sanatçıyı bir araya getirdim ve her birinin kendi en hoşuna giden sanatsal açıdan arada’yı yansıtmasını istedim. Bu simgesel çalışma ardından bu iki şehrin köprülerine yöneltildi. Bu noktada Foucaoult heterotopyası yaratılmış oldu. Sanat arada varoldu ve köprüler somut alanlara dönüştü.
Bu projenin geliştirilmesindeki tüm katkılarından dolayı Kürşat Ünsal, Mehmet Sina Demiral, Berat Pekmezci, Marta Berton, Alessia Catanuto, Kevin Fanelli ve Yonca Ural’a teşekkürlerimi sunarım.
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Sin dagli albori di questo progetto mi è stato chiesto cosa rappresentasse per me l’in-between, questo enigmatico tra che è il punto di partenza di questo percorso artistico. Mi sono chiesto cosa rappresentasse in rapporto ad una città come Istanbul, che si stanzia tra due continenti, tra due mari, due culture, così come in rapporto a Venezia, città d’acqua e di ponti, storicamente legata all’impero ottomano. Mi è subito venuto in mente il ponte come simbolo del tra per eccellenza, un collegamento reale e virtuale tra spazi fisici e mentali. Ma l’effimeratezza del tra lo rende difficile da rappresentare. Mi sono chiesto quindi se sia possibile esaminarlo secondo differenti prospettive. Se Perec gioca con lo spazio concreto e astratto, Foucault parla invece di eterotopie, "quegli spazi che hanno la particolare caratteristica di essere connessi a tutti gli altri spazi, ma in modo tale da sospendere, neutralizzare o invertire l'insieme dei rapporti che essi stessi designano, riflettono o rispecchiano".
Ho quindi ipotizzato che l’arte potesse essere in grado di colmare questo gap descrittivo e ho voluto creare questa eterotopia artistica sfruttando i ponti storici di Galata e Rialto delle città di Istanbul e Venezia, da sempre connotate come realtà urbane multiformi sotto diversi punti di vista.
Coinvolgendo nel lavoro tre giovani artisti turchi e tre italiani, ho chiesto loro di rappresentare il tra con la forma d’arte a loro più congeniale, compiendo poi l’atto simbolico di esporre questi lavori sui ponti delle due città. Ecco che in quell’attimo si viene a creare l’eterotopia foucaultiana: l’arte ha abitato il tra, i ponti diventano luoghi concreti, ma altri.
Un grazie a Kürşat Ünsal, Mehmet Sina Demiral, Berat Pekmezci, Marta Berton, Alessia Catanuto, Alessandra Scagnetti per il contributo artistico, Kevin Fanelli e Yonca Ural per la consulenza linguistica.
About me...
Denis Pitter was born in Trieste in 1984 and is currently living in Venice.
After having attended Communication Studies at the University of Trieste, he decided to move to Venice to complete his formation in visual communication and is currently studying at the Faculty of Design and Arts at IUAV University of Venice.
His interests are oriented to photography, graphic design and arts in general and he took part to several exhibitions in Trieste, Clès (TN) and Venice.
These are some other illustrations and photographs used for this project and made by me.
"Galata Bridge", by Mehmet Sina Demiral
Mehmet Sina Demiral was born in Diyarbakır in 1982. After finishing elementary, intermediate and high school he left Diyarbakır to attend Istanbul Technical University Department of Management Engineering. After finishing his education in 2004 he took up photography, celebrating his love of Istanbul in his photographs. His photography has decorated the pages of with "Istanbul.com" and "In Istanbul" magazine. He is currently doing his own photography projects.
He has attended Mixed Exhibitions: "Thinking of Istanbul," organized by Fotofanclub Mixed Exhibition, and ITU Deviants Mixed Exhibitions. His photographs have been published in "Foreign Policy," "Popüler Tarih", "Chica," "Go-Girl," "Ekonometri" magazines, and in Istanbul catalogues.
M. Sina Demiral's thoughts on photography and his works are grounded in the belief that, while anyone can take a photograph, only a few photographs are art-worthy.
He believes that the compositional components which will bear meaning within the photograph can be created by the careful lighting for the vision of the piece.
While working on portraits, the person is the basic component. He wants to celebrate the person, never exploiting them for the image -- except in spontaneous works and with the person's permission even before the shot is taken.
Although he believes that a photograph can be taken everywhere, he does not believe every photograph from every place can be successful. In photography, he believes in the naturalness of the moment. In fictitious scenes he believes that the subject of the fictions should be either absurd or natural. He is not against the use of digital processing of photography; so long as it is used judiciously and with an eye for the value inherit in the art.
link to the artist's gallery : http://sinademiral.deviantart.com/
"Dialogo definitivo", by Marta Berton
Marta Berton was born in Castelfranco Veneto in 1984.
She has attended artistic high-school. She took her degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in 2008 and she’s currently studiyng for the Laurea specialistica at the faculty of Design and Arts at IUAV University of Venice.
She exposed her paintings at the “Galleria Latte Fresco” - Rosà (Vi), and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.
She has attended artistic high-school. She took her degree at the Academy of Fine Arts in 2008 and she’s currently studiyng for the Laurea specialistica at the faculty of Design and Arts at IUAV University of Venice.
She exposed her paintings at the “Galleria Latte Fresco” - Rosà (Vi), and at the Academy of Fine Arts of Bologna.
"Acqua come specchio", by Alessia Catanuto
Born in Catania in 1984, her formation has always been art-oriented. She completed her Interior design studies at the Faculty of Industrial Design of Florence in 2007.
In the meantime she has attended several courses of professional graphics and is currently working for a recording company.
She’s attending her Laurea Specialistica at the Faculty of Design and Arts at IUAV University (Venice).
In the meantime she has attended several courses of professional graphics and is currently working for a recording company.
She’s attending her Laurea Specialistica at the Faculty of Design and Arts at IUAV University (Venice).
"Don't be afraid of art", by Alessandra Scagnetti
Alessandra Scagnetti was born in Trieste in 1988. She has attended professional studies and is currently working as interior designer for cruise ships.
Photography has recently become one of her favourite hobbies.
Photography has recently become one of her favourite hobbies.
"Istanbul" by Ahmet Berat Pekmezci
Ahmet Berat Pekmezci has attended the faculty of Fine Arts at the Marmara University. He’s currently working as Art-director in an advertising agency.
He took part to several illustration-, video- and photography competitions.
link to the artist's gallery : http://grikarga.deviantart.com/
"Ready to go", by Kürşat Ünsal
After graduating from Istanbul Marmara University, Faculty of Fine
Arts in 2006, Kürşat Ünsal worked as art director in 'Businessweek
Türkiye' and 'Time Out Istanbul' magazines. Nowadays, he is designing
the Turkish edition of the magazine ' Travel&Leisure'. He adores
taking photos and making illustrations in his spare time.
Arts in 2006, Kürşat Ünsal worked as art director in 'Businessweek
Türkiye' and 'Time Out Istanbul' magazines. Nowadays, he is designing
the Turkish edition of the magazine ' Travel&Leisure'. He adores
taking photos and making illustrations in his spare time.
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