Grains' encourages viewers to cherish the beauty of nature, but its case for biodiversity is only superficial.
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Yaratıcı üretimin sürdürülebilir iradesi: An interview with Beral Madra
Independent Turkish art critic and curator Beral Madra’s résumé is long and impressive. She coordinated the first two Istanbul Biennales in 1987 and 1989, was the curator of the Turkish pavilion in the 43rd, 45th, 49th, 50th and 51st Venice Biennales, co-curated the exhibition Modernities and Memories: Recent Works from the Islamic World in 47th Venice Biennale, and that is just the first page. She has curated over 250 group and solo shows of international artists and is the author of several books, including Post-peripheral Flux: A Decade of Contemporary Art in Istanbul (Literatür Yayınevi, Istanbul, 1996) and Home Affairs: Ten articles published in Radikal 2000-2009 (BM CAC Publications, Istanbul, 2009). She is also the director of the Beral Madra Contemporary Art Center (BM CAC), an archive and library open to research and academic work.
La XVIe biennale d’Istanbul, écologie ou barbarie ?
ISTANBUL—Sur ce qui paraît être une chaîne d’information en continu, nous voyons l’arrivée d’un cortège officiel d’automobiles à l’entrée d’un palais présidentiel. La porte de l’une des limousines noires s’ouvre et en émerge un sac-poubelle, de la taille d’un homme. Le sac-poubelle et le Président s’étreignent avant d’entrer dans le palais. Dans la prochaine scène, les deux apparaissent derrière deux pupitres identiques lors d’une conférence de presse où les flashes des caméras les illuminent et les journalistes vocifèrent pour leur poser des questions. Ensuite, nous voyons le sac-poubelle s’adresser aux Nations Unies, avant que la caméra ne passe enfin sur une masse de plastique, de la taille d’un continent, flottant dans l’océan.
The Story of an Installation in a Polluted River and Its Subsequent Removal
DES MOINES, Iowa — On June 27th, the third-worst flood in the history of Des Moines, Iowa’s Raccoon River, necessitated the quick and urgent rescue of “Wading Bridge,” the most recent installation by the New York-based artist Mary Mattingly. This move was the fifth of a total of nine displacements that the approximately 4,500-pound installation has endured to date. When floodwaters weren’t threatening to wash it away, it was (according to the Greater Des Moines Public Art Foundation) either the Army Corps of Engineers suddenly vetoing previously approved design proposals or the budget — insufficient to pay for a professional installation crew and equipment — that almost killed the project.