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Inez & Vinoodh in conversation with Timothée Verrecchia

The second panel of the second day of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival —IST.FESTIVAL— featured Inez & Vinoodh in conversation with Timothée Verrecchia, titled The Image is the Real: Staged Truths in a Digital Age. They explored how staged imagery and intimate portraiture blur the line between fantasy

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Désiré Feuerle & Manuel Rabaté, Tricia Tuttle in conversation with Daniele Maruca

The fifth panel of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL — featured Désiré Feuerle, Manuel Rabaté, and Tricia Tuttle in conversation with Daniele Maruca, titled Sacred Realities: Curating the Invisible. Their dialogue delved into the unseen frameworks that shape perception in museums and private collections, reflecting on

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Scott Mescudi “Kid Cudi” in Conversation with Alphan Eşeli

The final panel of the first day of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL — featured Scott Mescudi (Kid Cudi) in conversation with Alphan Eşeli, titled Dreaming Across Worlds. Together, they reflected on creativity as a process of translation, exploring how emotion, imagination, and narrative shape new

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Flavin Judd & Benjamin Paulin in conversation with Josh Hickey

The fourth panel of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL — brought together Flavin Judd and Benjamin Paulin in conversation with Josh Hickey, titled Inheriting the Real: Legacy, Memory, and the Present. The discussion examined artistic legacies, archives, and family histories, exploring how memory can remain vital

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NEARNESS Exhibition Artists, moderated by Ayla Jean Yackley

The closing panel of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL — brought together the artists of NEARNESS: A Neighborhood Exhibition, moderated by Ayla Jean Yackley. Titled What is Really Real? On NEARNESS: A Neighborhood Exhibition, the conversation reflected on how art can mirror, distort, and redefine what

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Ekin Bernay in conversation with Maria Abramenko

Continuing on the second day of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL — Ekin Bernay came together with Maria Abramenko for a conversation titled Bodies That Remember: Performance, Ritual, and the Real. They examined the body as both instrument and archive, where memory, trauma, and transformation converge.

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Gaye Su Akyol in conversation with José Parlá

Later on the second day of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL— Gaye Su Akyol came together with José Parlá for a conversation titled Consistent Fantasy is Reality. They explored how personal myth-making, aesthetic worlds, and imagination generate alternative truths, reflecting on consistent dreaming as a way

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Lou Doillon in conversation with Timothée Verrecchia

The third panel of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL — featured a conversation between Lou Doillon and Timothée Verrecchia, titled Between Song and Silence: The Fragile Real of Performance. Doillon shared her perspective as a multidimensional artist, exploring how performance and voice navigate intimacy and exposure.

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Stefan Sagmeister in conversation with Julia Halperin

15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL, featured a conversation between Stefan Sagmeister and Julia Halperin, titled Designing the Real: From Album Covers to Algorithms. They explored the relationship between design, music, and technology, revisiting iconic album covers while considering what it means to create something tangible and real

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Jeff Koons in conversation with Timothée Verrecchia

Jeff Koons, alongside Timothée Verrecchia, reflected on how everyday objects can be transformed into extraordinary works of art—from mirrored balloons to monumental icons. They discussed how notions of originality and authenticity evolve in an era shaped by AI and digital reproduction, and how art continues to assert its presence in the real.

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[TURKISH EPISODES] “Bir Bakış Açısı Olarak Sürdürülebilirlik” – Bölüm 1: Sinem Çelik ve Uygar Özesmi

In the first episode, Environmental Scientist, good4trust.org and change.org founder Uygar Özesmi talks with Sinem Çelik about the concepts of sustainability, social justice, circularity and generation, and shares how we can take action against the climate crisis. “Can we turn our economic system into an Amazon jungle? What barrier is there to that? In fact, there is no

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A Day With: Léa Bigot

Léa Bigot is a ceramic artist, who was born in Reunion Island, in the Indian ocean. From there, she kept the incredible feeling of being a tiny drop in a big and strong natural world with her.

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Episode 45: Kenny Schachter in conversation with Ann Binlot

In this episode of “How Can We All Make it into the Future?”, artist, writer, collector, curator, and all-around general provocateur Kenny Schachter talks to writer Ann Binlot about the lack of privacy dictated and defined by the social media platforms and usage of technology, and how the quarantine lockdown has increased his screen time

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Episode 4: Jack Straw in conversation with Pelin Akın Özalp

In this episode of The Reset, Former Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, Co-chair at British-Turkish Forum Rt Hon Jack Straw talks to Pelin Akın Özalp, about discovering his interest in politics that lead him to pursue a decorated career spanning over thirty years. From Britain’s involvement in the Iraq War to the

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Episode 44: Korhan Erel in conversation with Marco Fusinato

In this episode of “How Can We All Make it into the Future?”, Melbourne-based contemporary artist and experimental musician Marco Fusinato and Berlin-based improviser and experimental sound artist Korhan Erel discuss their own experiences of the draconian measures of the lockdown back in October. From Fusinato’s preparations for Venice Biennale to various physical and digital

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