workshop
The project is going to last 4 weeks and conclude in an exhibition lasting 2 weeks. The exhibition will probably be the documentation of the interventions or the results of the works. Over the course of the workshop there will be evening lectures, about which information can be found here: lectures.

We will begin at the latest at 10am and never run past midnight.

We have a kitchen in our workspace, so we will cook and eat lunches together and sometimes also dinners.

Dates of the institutional dinners will be announced.

Sept. 9th, 2007 - Sunday
Arrival

1st Week


Week 1 ::Week 2 :: Week 3 :: Week 4

Sept. 10th, 2007 - Monday
10.00 Meeting in the studio, and sharing duties:
Rearranging the studio
Spreading flyers
Informing the neighbours about the project
Hanging the banner
20.00 Dinner by Hacettepe University

Sept. 11th, 2007 - Tuesday
10.00 Introduction and presentation from the 2 workshop leaders
(What are the goals? Why Ankara?)
14.00 Excursion to the main train station and Atatürk Mausoleum
20.00 Dinnerish with all the representatives of the institutes, NGOs, municipalities, universities with the participants in the workshop space.
22.00 Radio recording

Sept. 12th,2007 - Wednesday
10.00 Introduction and presentation of the artists about their previous works and research (Round 1).
14.00 Ankara city tour (please remember water bottles and comfortable shoes. Entrance fees should be covered by the artists. )

City Tour of Ankara
14.00 Departure from the workshop space.
Sites to be seen:
Roman Bath, Julian Column, Augustus Temple (from outside), Amphi Theatre, Etnographical Museum, The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Old Castle, Bazaar of Coppersmiths, Square of Fire Brigade

Sept. 13th, 2007 - Thursday
10.00 Presentations from the artists about their previous works and research (Round 2).
14.00 Daily workshop by Monica Sobanska (gender tarining)
20.00 Lecture by...

Sept. 14th, 2007 - Friday
10.00 Excursion to the Ulucanlar Prison with the help of the Ankara Chamber of Architects
13.00 Turkish lunch
14.00 Free research time
18.00 Discussion of the week. Project ideas are to be discussed. People are welcome to show their un/artistic relations to the city, with photos, poems, illustrations...
20.00 Dinner with the visitors and participants

Sept. 15th, 2007 - Saturday
Free research time for the artists, and open workshop space.
20.00 Dinner by an associated institution

Sept. 16th, 2007 - Sunday
STREET FESTIVAL IN BÜKLÜM SOKAK starting at noon.




2nd Week


Week 1 :: Week 2 :: Week 3 :: Week 4

Sept. 17th, 2007 - Monday
10.00 Presentation from workshop leaders about art in public space and discussion about the research and how it is connected to civic society
14.00 Discussion of the last week. Project ideas are to be discussed.
16.30 Free research time for the artists and open workshop space

Sept. 18th, 2007 - Tuesday
10:00 Seminar 'Funding and grants/ establishing an NGO' by Katja Schäfer, Monica Sobanska and Isa Capanoglu with cultural political discussion
17:00 MISGUIDED TOURS Part I - Sebastian Cichocki, Curator Gallerija Kronika Bytom, Poland
'The space is the place' / lecture - duration: 90 minutes
break
'The economy of invisible' / workshop - duration: 30 minutes
chill-out: films by Igor Krenz + short introduction by Sebastian Cichocki
duration: 20 minutes
after: dinnerish+drinks

Sept. 19th, 2007 - Wednesday
10:00 Group meeting about ideas with workshop leaders
20:00 MISGUIDED TOURS Part II - Sebastian Cichocki
Green+House Effect - a screening of contemporary video-art from Poland + introduction talk - duration: 90 minutes
break
music + talks + films by Lewandowska&Cummings, Julita Wójcik, Scott Hayes and others.

Sept. 20th, 2007 - Thursday
10.00 Daily workshop by Oguz Tatari, topic is to be announced.

Sept. 21st, 2007 - Friday
10.00 Free time for artists
13.00 French lunch
14.00 Discussion of the week. Project ideas are to be discussed.
20.00 Lecture by Liz Bachhuber from Germany about the mfa program in Bauhaus-University Weimar, named 'Art in Public Space and New Artistic Strategies'

app. 23.30 departure for Istanbul

(Artists who wish to see the Biennial, please let us know in advance. Costs have to be covered personally. Sebastian Cichocki and Liz Bachhuber will be present during the excursion and the biennial visit.)

Sept. 22nd, 2007 - Saturday
Free research time for the artists and open workshop space.

Sept. 23rd, 2007 - Sunday
Free research time for the artists and open workshop space.



3rd Week


Week 1 :: Week 2 :: Week 3 :: Week 4

Sept. 24th, 2007 - Monday
10.00 Seminar by Kathrin Schäfer (Topic is to be announced)
13.00 Polish lunch
14.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
20.00 Movie Hour: 'The Heart of Turkey' by Jutkeyevic, and a short movie named 'The Talking Stones'. Presented by Thomas Balkenhol

Sept. 25th, 2007 - Tuesday
10.00 group meeting about the projects, realizations of interventions should be announced.
14.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
20.00 Lecture by Torsten Birne

Sept. 26th, 2007 - Wednesday
10.00 Project preparations
20.00 Dinnerish by KAVAKLIDEREM with the visitors, participants, representatives

Sept. 27th, 2007 - Thursday
10.00 Discussion of the week. Project ideas are to be discussed.
14.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
20.00 Lecture by Roman Dziadkiewicz

"The idea of dialog/horizontal and personal relations in the public
sphere - about meta -, collaboration/meeting as a form that constitutes
the public sphere (and a space as a function of the sphere). plus
sfx:publicznosc and guerrilla & research."

Sept. 28th, 2007 - Friday
10.00 Project preparations and discussion of the week.

Sept. 29th, 2007 - Saturday
Free research time for the artists, and open workshop space.
20.00 Alternative city tour by Kutlu Gürelli (details are coming soon...)

Sept. 30th, 2007 - Sunday
Free research time for the artists, and open workshop space.



4th Week


Week 1 :: Week 2 :: Week 3 :: Week 4

Oct. 1st, 2007 - Monday
10.00 What has been done, what has to be done? Last discussion with all the participants.
13.00 German lunch
14.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders

Oct. 2nd, 2007 - Tuesday
10.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
14.00 Preparations of the projects and exhibition

Oct. 3rd, 2007 - Wednesday
Preparations of the projects and exhibition

Oct. 4th, 2007 - Thursday
Preparations of the projects and exhibition

Oct. 5th, 2007 - Friday
20.00 Opening of the exhibition
21.30 Radio recording

Oct. 6th, 2007 - Saturday
Excursion. (If not possible, according to the departure, stay in Ankara or travel to Istanbul)

Oct. 7th, 2007 - Sunday

Oct. 8th, 2007 - Monday
Departure
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