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
José Parlá (born 1973) has received critical acclaim for his works, which lie at the boundary between abstraction and calligraphy. Composed from layers of paint, gestural drawing and found ephemera, his work evokes the histories of urban environments. Parlá is a documentarian of city life. Using the backdrop of New York City and many other
In the third episode, Alphan Eşeli hosts internationally renowned artist José Parlá. The podcast raises questions about the situation in New York, the general psyche of the society, the impact of the pandemic on the artistic community as well as on how to achieve positive change through hope and global solidarity. “One thing I do
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