Support Fund

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.

Since its inception, 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.

The selected art events of 2018 that had received support from SPOT Support Fund were The 4th International Mardin Biennial, held between 4 May – 4 June, and “NEEDED: YOU – 672 Hours Live Process”, held between 16 February-16 March by Performistanbul.

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 more information on The 4th International Mardin Biennial click here.

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 more information on Performistanbul’s “Needed: YOU” click here. 

First edition of the 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 artist and DJ performances and all the resource formed by the ticket sales was transferred to SPOT Support Fund on behalf of Produce 3.