The proceeds of all SPOT Membership Packages and sponsorships form the SPOT Support Fund to create alternative resources for art education and production. The aim of SPOT Support Fund is to contribute to the education of Turkish artists, and to create resources for new art production, art events and organizations. SPOT Support Fund had realised curatorial art production yearly or biannually and created opportunity to exhibit the works produced.
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Pera Museum, “Miniature 2.0 – Miniature in Contemporary Art”
CANAN, “Adams and Eves (2020)” and “The Beauty and the Beast (The Lion and the Gazelle) (2020)”
11 August 2020 – 17 January 2021
Istanbul, Turkey
SPOT Support Fund provides production support for CANAN’s recent works, “Adams and Eves (2020)” and “The Beauty and the Beast (The Lion and the Gazelle) (2020)”, exhibited at the “Miniature 2.0 – Miniature in Contemporary Art” exhibition at Pera Museum in 2020. The exhibition curated by Azra Tuzunoglu and Gulce Ozkara, bringing together the works of 14 artists can be seen at Pera Museum until 17 January 2020.
Click for the details of the exhibition.
16th Istanbul Biennial “The Seventh Continent”
Güneş Terkol & Güçlü Öztekin “WORLBMON”
September 14 – November 10, 2019
İstanbul, Turkey
SPOT Support Fund provides production support for the work of Güneş Terkol & Güçlü Öztekin, “WORLBMON”, commissioned by the 16th Istanbul Biennial. This year’s biennial is titled “The Seventh Continent” and curated by Nicolas Bourriaud. “WORLBMON” can be viewed at MSFAU Istanbul Museum of Painting and Sculpture until November 10, 2019.
“For the biennial Terkol and Öztekin built a space that is a meeting point for visitors and artists in the show. The space contains paintings, tulles, curtains, sculptures, masks and costumes. The result is a convivial place for viewers to mingle, while reflecting the production of two artists and their shared or divergent visions.” – bienal.iksv.org
For further details about the WORLBMON please click here.
Sinopale 7 “here and where” A Politics of Location
Conceptual framework by Asli Serbest, Mona Mahall
August 15 – September 20, 2019
Sinop, Turkey
Building on its long-term micro-political and emancipatory efforts as organizer of the Sinop Biennial, the European Cultural Association, in co-operation with international curators, takes a contextual and collective approach to the biennial, their events, thematic and discursive direction. It fosters investigations into various forms of engagement through local movements, initiatives from civic society and nongovernmental politics.
Sinop Biennial, founded and directed by Melih Görgün, consists of a multitude of events of different formats. Without hierarchical structures, workshops, field trips and ephemeral performative events spread out into the entire town of Sinop and into the region.
For further details about the Sinop Biennial please click here.
AICA Turkey (International Association of Art Critics)
“Çağdaş Sanat Nasıl Oluyor Yani?”
May 2019
Istanbul, Turkey
SPOT Projects supported the production of a publication prepared by AICA Turkey. The book titled “Çağdaş Sanat Nasıl Oluyor Yani?” intends to become a resource for researchers and individuals interested in arts. The book concentrates on how Turkey’s contemporary art scene has shaped in the past thirty years.
Domates Biber Patlıcan Produce 2012-2016: The Compendium of an Event
April 2019
Istanbul, Turkey
“Domates Biber Patlıcan Produce” series that took place between 2012 – 2016 under the curatorship of Zeynep Öz and had provided resources for the production of new artworks of 32 artists through SPOT Support Fund and sponsorships turned into a publication titled “Domates Biber Patlıcan Produce 2012 – 2016: The Compendium of an Event”. The compilation of the Produce event series is edited by Süreyya Evren, copy-edited by Pınar Ummar and Yağız Alp Tangün and designed by Okay Karadayılar.
Protocinema
PEERS AT HTTPDOT.NET / “blokchain is… / …for nothing”
February 23 – March 23, 2019
Athens, Greece
Protocinema presented an exhibition by “peers at httpdot.net”, titled blockchain is… / …for nothing, at Aetopoulos, an artist-run space in Athens, Greece between February 23 – March 23, 2019. The exhibition consisted of newly commissioned works, funded by SPOT Projects, applying blockchain logic to art theories, in particular, the dematerialization of the art object.
For further details about the exhibition please click here.
Huo Rf, “…was here“
September 22 – October 13, 2018
Istanbul, Turkey
SPOT Support Fund provided venue support for Huo Rf’s third solo exhibition titled “…was here” at the Elhamra Han. The exhibition recollects the remains of a journey that the artist took with a sense of being stripped from time and space.
“… was here” is composed of two works produced by Huo Rf in 2018 and based on a journey he took to Kars and Ani. 10 copper plates that are installed on the walls of the space side by side (but without a continuity concern) focus on selected areas of city walls, churches and abbeys the artist visited in Ani.
“… was” here is composed of two works produced by Huo Rf in 2018 and based on a journey he took to Kars and Ani. 10 copper plates that are installed on the walls of the space side by side (but without a continuity concern) focus on selected areas of city walls, churches and abbeys the artist visited in Ani.
For further details about the “…was here” please click here.
4th International Mardin Biennial: “Beyond Words”
May 4 – June 4, 2018
Mardin, Turkey
The International Mardin Biennial, based on the theme “Beyond Words”, was held between the dates of May 4-June 4, 2018. From the very outset, that is as of 2010 when it was first held, the International Mardin Biennial received much acclaim both in its own region and on a global scale. This 4th edition of the biennial was curated by a team consisting of Fırat Arapoğlu, Nazlı Gürlek and Derya Yücel.
The 4th International Mardin Biennial under the directorship of Döne Otyam and hosted by the Mardin Cinema Association and included works centering around the concepts of perception, the body and limitations that are collected under the theme of “Beyond Words.
For further details about the 4th International Mardin Biennial click here.
Performistanbul “Needed: YOU”
16 February – 16 March 2018
Istanbul, Turkey
Performistanbul, an international performance art platform in Turkey, organized “Needed: YOU” the live process that lasted for 28 days and 672 hours straight with no intervals, between the dates of 16 February – 16 March 2018.
Curated by Simge Burhanoğlu, 10 performance artists presented 9 performances and invited us to a live process, presenting transparently all stages of a performance.
For further details on Performistanbul’s “Needed: YOU” click here.
“Ektik, Biçiyoruz”
29 March, 2016
Istanbul, Turkey
Support night for Produce 3 was organised in 2016 and titled “Ektik, Biçiyoruz”. 500 guests were welcomed at the event that was held at
Karaköy, Colonie and supported by the committee including SPOT members. The event also included artists and DJ performances and all the resource formed by the ticket sales was transferred to SPOT Support Fund on behalf of Produce 3.
Domates Biber Patlıcan Produce 1, 2 ve 3
2012, 2014, 2016
Istanbul, Turkey
Under the curatorship of Zeynep Öz, the SPOT Support Fund had provided resources for the production of new artworks of 22 artists as well as talk programs, lectures and film screenings in conjunction with the Domates Biber Patlıcan Produce 1, 2 and 3 editions.
