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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
The first panel of the second day of the 15th Anniversary Edition of the Istanbul International Arts & Culture Festival — IST.FESTIVAL — featured Małgosia Bela and Marcin Masecki in conversation with Filip Niedenthal, titled MUSE: The Modern Muse Between Film and Sound. Bela and Masecki discussed the muse as an active collaborator rather than
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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
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.
House of Sól Creative Director Nazlıcan Yöney talks to BluProjects founder Sinem Çelik about the core values of her brand, its strong bonds with woman empowerment, and inspirations and the sustainability mindset behind the design process.
Before the online screening of a moving portrait of “Tuire Kayapó” (First Contact), we talked with the artist Pınar Yolaçan about the preparation process behind her video piece, the shifts in her artistic practice, and her particular interest in the indigenous communities. You are most known for your Maria and Perishables series and as a
Rapid production hence the rapid consumption as an acquired habit, while destroying natural resources on the planet, causes the fundamental problems of the earth: climate change and global warming. A group of people trying to act with the awareness of this exploitation, develop concepts and events -through whatever the medium may be- towards renewable resource
Tunisian-born French rapper and model Ali Latif tells life stories with his eclectic music with a positive touch, yet without naivety, drawing inspirations from both Georges Brassens and Frank Ocean. His latest single “Roko C’est le Texas” brings together his multicultural background often making references to his Tunisian heritage. The 23-year-old Latif’s music video is as
Magdalena Wosinska’s California aesthetic invites us to a world of her own- raw, timeless, and free. Growing around the skate culture in the USA, her early works feature the documentation of the lives of her close friends and alternative music scenes. Brimming with the energy of endless summers, Magdalena’s maturing style is vibrant and edgy.
Fascinated by the blend of art with various disciplines and out-of-the-box forms of display, Bryce Wolkowitz, Founder of Bryce Wolkowitz Gallery in New York, dedicated his career to support an array of innovative and multi-disciplinary practices on art. ‘74 Co-Founder Demet Muftuoglu Eseli asked Wolkowitz how he got involved in the field of public art,
Marit Ostberg is a filmmaker and visual artist from Sweden. Her visual world has been described as uncompromising – uncompromisingly current and uncompromisingly sexy. How did you start directing queer feminist porn?I was asked to make a short porn for the Swedish feminist-porn-DVD compilation called “Dirty Diaries”. I was excited to do something that I
Canadian photographer Andrew B. Myers is based in New York City. He has collaborated with many brands and publications such as American Express, Airbnb, Apple, Vogue, Google, Time magazine, GQ and The New Yorker. Source Let’s jump straight into the conversation; what are you focused on nowadays?Right now I’m focused on settling into New York life and trying
Hanne Lippard (1984, Milton Keynes, England) is a writer and visual artist working with text in the idioms of concrete poetry and text art, using her own voice as her main medium. She lives and works in Berlin. Considering the constant move that we are all dealing with in our era, are you on this
JR is an artist who is in equal measures, a photographer and a graffiti artist. By fly posting black and white photographic images in public locations such as buildings, he states that the street is “the largest art gallery in the world. Initially beginning his career as a teenage graffiti artist on the streets of
Swedish fashion designer Johan Lindeberg is the founder of J. Lindeberg, Paris68, and BLK DNM. He has previously worked with Hans Brindfors Annonsbyra ad agency, Justin Timberlake, Diesel, William Rast, and Absolut. Johan has a daughter, Blue Lindeberg, who is a model. Source Tell us a little bit about your background. What was it like to pursue an interest in
German journalist Sven Schumann is co-founder of the online interview magazine The Talks. Schumann is also editor of Purple Magazine and started his own company, Black Ink. Source How did you end up with this profession?I always enjoyed talking to people, so it came to me pretty naturally. I started working with magazines around the world first
In 1986, Alain Passard opened his restaurant Arpege, previously run by his own master Alain Senderens under the name Archestrate. He named it so to pay tribute to music, his second passion and decorated the restaurant in an Art Deco style. Source First and Foremost thank you for welcoming me here today. It is such an
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