- James Blake to take the stage at One Love Festival
Istanbul’s annual One Love Festival is ready to host a number of musicians at LifePark between June 13 and 14.
The music festival – which caters for indie and rock acts – will feature a mix of Turkish and international performers.
This year will see British singer-songwriter James Blake as the headliner at the first day of the festival.
English singer Tom Odell, U.K. electronic music group Metronomy and Cornwall-born singer Fink as well as British band Hot Chip are some of the performers that will play the festival.
Turkish musicians such as Ceylan Ertem, Can Gungor and Baris Demirel will also entertain the crowds.
http://www.oneloveistanbul.com/en/index.html
- New exhibition at Istanbul Modern
Organized by Istanbul Modern Museum and the Museum of Modern Arts a new exhibition called “All That is Solid,” has opened for visitors.
The exhibition is part of biannual YAP Istanbul Modern: Young Architects Program that offers young architects the change to design a temporary installation in the museum’s courtyard between June 10 and Nov. 15.
The display that was created by PATTU – founded in 2009 by Cem Kozar and Isil Unal – focuses on “the space around Istanbul Modern, with all its elements and previous constructions, and reassemble them, showing the ephemeral side of architecture.”
The team borrowed a quotation from Karl Marx for their project title: “Buildings are like anchors to memories because they tend to last longer than our human lifespan.
“But how solid are buildings? The fact that they are made of stone, cement, and marble does not mean they will last eternally. They can easily be gone in a day.”
http://www.istanbulmodern.org/en
- Exhibition commemorates Turkish writer Aziz Nesin
An Istanbul exhibition commemorates Turkish writer and satirist Aziz Nesin’s 100th birthday by bringing together his written and visual material from his archive.
A Life Overflowing is taking place at the Depo arts center and is organized by Nesin Foundation.
According to Depo’s website, the exhibition aims to “relay the history he [Aziz Nesin] witnessed to the viewers through diverse forms of documents and open up a space for discussion,” by focusing on Turkey’s recent history.
Nesin’s diaries, letters, notes published and unpublished texts, writings and drawings about him, photographs, cartoons, posters as well as objects and texts which were collected and used by Nesin himself will be on display until July 16.
Nesin lived between 1915-1995 and published more than 100 books.
http://www.depoistanbul.net/tr/index.asp
- Sailing fans meet in Istanbul
BMW Sailing Fest will bring together sea devotees in Istanbul on June 14.
In previews years more than 100 colorful sailing boats changed the whole view alongside the Bosphorus.
This year’s festival offers an unforgettable sailing race at Kurucesme Park by bringing together professional and amateur competitors.
http://www.bmwsailingfest.com/Default.aspx
