IST. ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVAL
EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE
1-4 JULY 2010
IST. FESTIVAL launched its first edition featuring a three-day event series, including exhibitions, film screenings, and literary talks and readings in Istanbul, European Capital of Culture 2010. Participants featured Gore Vidal, Zaha Hadid, Sir V. S. Naipaul, Franca Sozzani, Elif Shafak, Stephen Frears, Taner Ceylan, Kim Jones, Leyla Umar, and Jefferson Hack amongst others. Presented by ISTANBUL’74 and AnOther Magazine, supported by the Turkish Ministry of Tourism and Culture.
ALPHAN EŞELİ
Filmmaker, Screenwriter
DAPHNE GUINNESS
Fashion Designer
ELIF SHAFAK
Novelist
FRANCA SOZZANI
Former Editor-in-Chief of Vogue Italia
GARETH PUGH
Fashion Designer
GORE VIDAL
Writer, Novelist
HALUK AKAKÇE
Artist
HANIF KUREISHI
Novelist & Screenwriter
JEFFERSON HACK
Dazed Media
KIM JONES
Creative Director
THE MISSHAPES
Musicians
LEVENT ÇALIKOĞLU
Curator
LEYLA UMAR
Journalist
LILY COLE
Actress, Model
MICHAEL NYMAN
Composer
MUAMMER BRAV
Film Critic
OZALP BIROL
PERA Museum Director
PHILIP TREACY
Miliner
SERDAR GÜLGÜN
Interior Designer
SIR V.S. NAIPAUL
Novelist
STEPHEN FREARS
Director
TANER CEYLAN
Artist
TERENCE KOH
Artist
TONY CHAMBERS
Former Editor-in-Chief of Wallpaper*
VECDİ SAYAR
Film Critic
WARIS AHLUWALIA
Actor
ZAHA HADID
ArchitectLEYLA UMAR AND GORE VIDAL
SIR VS NAIPAUL AND FRANCA SOZZANI
DAPHNE GUINNESS AND PHILIP TREACY WITH HALUK AKAKÇE
HANIF KUREISHI, NADIRA NAIPAUL AND ELIF SHAFAK
DAY I
THURSDAY, JULY 1, 2010 SAKIP SABANCI MUSEUM
7 PM “Legendary Istanbul – From Byzantion to Istanbul: 8000 Years of A Capital” Exhibition
Private View
DAY II
FRIDAY, JULY 2, 2010 VAKKO FASHION CENTER & THE SEED
10:30 AM Festival Opening and Welcome Speeches
11:00 AM MICHAEL NYMAN
Special Piano Recital, Dedicated to TURKEY and VAKKO
1 PM Opening Ceremony & Turkish Innovative Cultural Performances
3 PM Sir VS Naipaul reads from A Writer’s People: Ways of Looking and Feeling
3:30 PM FRANCA SOZZANI & SIR VS NAIPAUL Q&A
4 PM ROBERT SHRIMSLEY, JEFFERSON HACK, TONY CHAMBERS & TONY ELLIOT Moderated by DEFNE SARISOY
FINANCIAL TIMES Presents:
The Future of Digital Media: ft.com
DAY III
SATURDAY, JULY 3 2010 ISTANBUL MODERN MUSEUM
10:30 AM LEVENT ÇALIKOĞLU
Welcome Speech
11:00 AM HANIF KUREISHI, LADY NADIRA NAIPAUL & ELİF ŞAFAK talk about how their childhood shaped their literary journeys as writers of Muslim origin, Moderated by TARIK GÜNEYSEN
12:00 MICHAEL NYMAN discusses his film and photographic work with HALUK AKAKÇE
2 PM KIM JONES
Portfolio Workshop with Turkish Emerging Designers Presented by VOGUE
4 PM DAPHNE GUINNESS & PHILIP TREACY with HALUK AKAKÇE on Hat Design
5 PM LEYLA UMAR & GORE VIDAL
A Conversation
DAY IV
SUNDAY, JULY 4 2010 PERA MUSEUM
11:00 AM BOTERO EXHIBITION
Private View
1 PM ÖZALP BİROL
On the History of Pera Museum and old Istanbul photographs from the Suna İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Archive
2 PM STEPHEN FREARS & VECDİ SAYAR
On the wonders of Arthouse and Independent Film
3 PM TANER CEYLAN
On what Contemporary Turkish Culture means to him
4 PM My Beautiful Laundrette – Film Screening Presented by STEPHEN FREARS & HANIF KUREISHI hosted by MUAMMER BRAV
DINNER AT SAKIP SABANCI MUSEUM IN HONOUR OF ZAHA HADID
HARPER’S BAZAAR AFTER PARTY
OPENING GALA DINNER IN ASSOCIATION WITH THE TURKISH MINISTER OF CULTURE AND TOURISM AND ISTANBUL 2010 EUROPEAN CAPITAL OF CULTURE AGENCY AT SEPETCILER KASRI
HALAS BOAT TRIP ON THE BOSPHORUS HOSTED BY SELAMLIQUE
LEGENDARY ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL INTERNATIONAL ARTS & CULTURE FESTIVAL (IST. FESTIVAL)
JULY 1-4, 2010
ISTANBUL, TURKEY – ISTANBUL’74 and AnOther Magazine presented the Istanbul International Arts and Culture Festival (IST. Festival) from July 1 through July 4, 2010, hosted by Demet Müftüoğlu Eşeli (ISTANBUL’74 founder), Alphan Eşeli (ISTANBUL’74 founder) and Jefferson Hack (Editorial Director and Publisher, Dazed Group).
The Istanbul International Arts and Culture Festival is a high-profile, free and public forum, dedicated to educating, informing, and acquainting the audience with all that is current and contemporary. Using the effervescent city of Istanbul as the stage, we invite leading cultural figures from around the globe to participate in a series of talks, lectures, exhibitions, film screenings, book signings, and commemorations. The impetus for these assemblies is to encourage discussion, ask cognitive and relevant questions, and examine what the definition of creativity essentially is as well as reflect and share personal experiences within the realm. The festival is an exaltation of the interchange of ideas and accents the importance of interconnectivity and ingenuity. This diverse, galvanizing and illuminating program of the festival fortifies the cultural ties between Turkey and the rest of the world.
Excelling cultural figures from around the globe gather to partake in the Istanbul International Arts and Culture Festival, blending some of the world’s most important and talented writers, designers, editors, actors, poets, filmmakers, dancers, and musicians to beguile and open minds.
International Team
Nadine Johnson Inc. (US Press Office),
Caroline Lever (Curator/ Project Manager AnOther Magazine)
