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FEBRUARY 23, 2023, 6-8 PM
EXHIBITION OPENING
BILGÉ: LIFESPAN OF A HORIZONTAL LINE
SAPAR CONTEMPORARY
9 N Moore Street, 1st Floor, New York

MAY 20, 2022
ONLINE SEMINAR
ARTISTIC & CURATORIAL APPROACHES TO ARCHIVES, ORAL HISTORIES AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
Istanbul Bilgi University
Faculty of Architecture

APRIL 26, 2022, 7 PM (Turkey)
ONLINE CONVERSATION: İPEK DUBEN & IŞIN ÖNOL

Organised by SALT ONLINE
Participants:
İpek Duben & Işın Önol

PAST PROJECTS/EVENTS

DECEMBER 8, 2021, 12 PM (EST)
ONLINE OPENING:
SINOPALE 8 / 8TH INTERNATIONAL SINOP BIENNALE
UPCYCLING

DECEMBER 5, 2021, 4 PM – 5:30 PM (EST)
PUBLIC EVENT
ZIP CODE MEMORY PROJECT: PRACTICES OF JUSTICE AND REPAIR
“GATHERING FOR COVID”

Peace Fountain at The Cathedral of Saint John the Divine
111th Street/Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021, 8 PM (CET)
OPENING
A KNOT IN THE THROAT: FORAGING FOR A VANISHING PRESENT

Artists:
Fatma Bucak | Silvina Der Meguerditchian | SPURSE + FLOURISH LAB + BLOCK ECOLOGY | Stefanie Wuschitz

Curators:
Işın Önol & Livia Alexander

Project Manager:
Ulrike Fallmann

Exhibition Assistance:
Rebecca Schmidt

Graphics Design:
Fürüzan Melis Bağatır

APRIL 2, 2021, 10:35 AM (EST)
PANEL DISCUSSION
COMMUNITY IN PROGRESS
AS PART OF THE SYMPOSIUM: ART SCHOOL PEDAGOGY 2.0
Register here

Panelists:
Dorit Naaman | Ashley Hunt | Rashin Fahandej

Moderators:
Livia Alexander & Isin Önol

FEBRUARY 2, 2021, 5 PM (EST)
TALK
SPACE WITCHES
PRESENTING ARTIST: ROSA NUSSBAUM
(In the framework of the Exhibition Thinking Food Futures)
Hosting Institution:
Residency Unlimited

JANUARY 22, 2021, 6 PM (EST)
EXHIBITION
THINKING FOOD FUTURES
Hosting Institution:
Residency Unlimited

Curated by:
Isin Önol & Livia Alexander
Curatorial Assistant:
Chayna Yoshida
Web Developer & Designer:
Julian Matthews

DECEMBER 21, 2020, 3-5 PM (CET)
ROUND TABLE
MOBILITY(IES): WHAT NEXT?
PANEL: Witness and Visions of Mobility
Hosting Institution:
Roberto Cimetta Fund

Participants:
Emilie Petit | Khaled Barakeh | Liwaa Yazji
Moderated by:
Işın Önol

DECEMBER 16, 2020
PODCAST EPISODE
JUST THREE: IŞIN ÖNOL
Hosted by:
Catherine LaSota
A Project of Center for the Study of Social Difference at Columbia University

DECEMBER 12 – 13, 2020
VIRTUAL SYMPOSIUM
THINKING FOOD FUTURES
Hosting Institution:
Residency Unlimited

Curated by:
Isin Önol & Livia Alexander
Curatorial Assistant:
Chayna Yoshida
Web Developer & Designer:
Julian Matthews

JULY 25, 2020
ONLINE TALK:
THINKING FOOD FUTURES

Moderators:
Livia Alexander & Işın Önol

JUNE 12, 2020
ONLINE TALK:
SOCIAL INCLUSION

Participants:
Adam Curtis | Isin Önol | Minouche Besters | Rozina Spinnoy | Rui Franco
Moderators:
Bahanur Nasya & Daniela Patti

DECEMBER 13-14, 2019
CONFERENCE
THE OTHER IS ONESELF
Franz Josefs Kai 3, 1010 Wien
CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Conceptualised and moderated by:
Isin Önol
Project initiated by:
Sébastien de Ganay

NOVEMBER 8, 2019, 4-6 pm
BOOK LAUNCH
WOMEN MOBILIZING MEMORY
Room 523, Butler Library, Columbia University

OCTOBER 18-19, 2019
SYMPOSIUM
STRUCTURES OF DISPLACEMENT – HARSHAM CAMP, ERBIL, IRAQ
IoA, The Square, Oskar-Kokoschka-Platz 2, 1010, Wien

Discussants:
Alessandro Petti / DAAR | Mario Rizzi | Romola Sanyal
Moderator:
Isin Önol

OCTOBER 16, 2019
TALK
MOBILIZING MEMORY
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, WUK, Währinger Straße 59, 1090, Wien

Prologue:
Isin Önol
Artistic interventions:
Ernst Logar | Natascha Gangl

SEPTEMBER 13-15, 2019
SEMINAR & WORKSHOP
CRITICAL THINKING in ART EDUCATION 
Participants:
30 Art Teachers from all around Turkey
Instructor: Isin Önol
Organised by TEGV (The Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey)
Venue:
Nesin Art Village, Sirince, Turkey

JULY 10-12, 2019
WORKSHOP & FESTIVAL
ART EDUCATION EXPANSION PROJECT: WORKSHOP & FESTIVAL
Organised by TEGV (The Educational Volunteers Foundation of Turkey)
Participants:
20 instructors and 1500 children from the region
Coordinator:
Isin Önol
Venue:
Baksi Museum, Bayburt, Turkey

JUNE 26-27, 2019
EXHIBITION
WOMEN MOBILIZING MEMORY: ARTS OF INTERVENTION
Moncloa Campus, Complutense University of Madrid, Spain

JUNE 26, 2019
ROUNDTABLE
WOMEN MOBILIZING MEMORY in PERFORMANCES of PROTEST
MSA Madrid 2019, Third Annual Memory Studies Association Conference
June 25-28th, 2019
Chair: Leo Spitzer
Discussants:
Işın Önol | María Soledad Falabella Luco | Ayse Gul Altinay | Deborah Willis

JUNE 20 – JULY 3, 2019
PREMIO NEW YORK
Italian Cultural Institute, New York
Artists:
Antonio Fiorentino & Fatma Bucak
Curator:
Isin Önol

MAY 16, 2019
LECTURE
USE OF DOCUMENTARY STRATEGIES IN ARCHIVAL AND ARTISTIC EXHIBITION FORMATS
Media Arts and Game Design Module, Class of Özge Samancı
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

MAY 15, 2019
PRESENTATION
USE OF SHADOWS: EMPLOYING EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES TO ENGAGE
Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, USA

MAY 10, 2019
EXTERNAL CRITIC:
MFA THESIS REVIEWS AT THE LUMINARY
Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
Washington University in St. Louis

JANUARY 25, 2019
TALK
A Conversation on Artistic Freedom & Osman Kavala
Discussants:
Fatma Bucak | Banu Cennetoglu | Aylin Tekiner
Chair:
Isin Önol
Organised by: Research Institute on Turkey
New School for Social Research, Wolf Conference Room, New York

JANUARY 22, 2019
TALK:
Sen ve Ben: A 5533 Event
Discussants:
Burak Arikan | Fatma Bucak | Isin Önol
ISCP, New York

OCTOBER 05 – 08, 2018
WORKSHOP (German – Turkish):
Education as Co-production Workshop: Learning through the Arts Inside and Outside of the School System in Turkey and Germany
NESIN ART VILLAGE, SIRINCE, TURKEY

Organized by: Deutsch-Türkische Jugendbrücke (DTJB)
In collaboration with: Bundesvereinigung Kulturelle Kinder- und Jugendbildung (BKJ) | Bundesarbeitsgemeinschat (BAG) Spiel und Theater aus Deutschland | Istanbuler Stiftung für Kultur und Kunst (IKSV)

Moderator:
Isin Önol
For OPEN CALL: Turkish or German

06 JUNE 2018
TALK:
VERUM CORPUS
Bilsart, Istanbul
Discussants:
Ozan Türkkan & Isin Önol

MAY 08 – 14, 2018
EXHIBITION:
FRAGILITY OF _KIN
Montclair State University, College of Arts, MFA Show
Venue: 515 West 20th Street, 3N, New York NY 10011

APRIL 01 – MAY 30, 2018
EXHIBITION:
UNLEASHING PROJECT
Columbia University, Teachers College
Opening Reception: 5 April 2018

Project initiated by: Richard Jochum
Curators: Isin Önol | Livia Alexander

MARCH 24 – APRIL 27, 2018
EXHIBITION:
CONTINUITY AND RUPTURE: AN ARMENIAN FAMILY ODYSSEY REVISITED
BRAND LIBRARY & ART CENTER
1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, California, 91201
Opening: MARCH 24, 6-9 PM

Curators:
Armen T. Marsoobian | Isin Önol
artistic response by:
Jean Marie Casbarian

MARCH 17 – MAY 6, 2018
EXHIBITION:
NONLINEAR HISTORIES: TRANSGENERATIONAL MEMORY OF TRAUMA
Downtown Central Library in Glendale | ReflectSpace Gallery
222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA 91205
Opening: Saturday March 17, 5-8 pm
Lecture: Marianne Hirsch, 7 pm
“Forty Days and More: Connective Histories”

MARCH 17 – MAY 6, 2018
EXHIBITION:
PROSPERITY, LOSS, AND SURVIVAL: A PHOTOGRAPHIC JOURNEY fROM THE DILDILIAN FAMILY ARCHIVE
Downtown Central Library | PassageWay
222 E. Harvard St., Glendale, CA 91205

Curators:
Armen T. Marsoobian | Isin Önol

DECEMBER 1, 2017 – JANUARY 5, 2018
EXHIBITION:
CONTINUITY AND RUPTURE: PHOTOGRAPHY FROM THE DILDILIAN FAMILY ARCHIVE
Columbia University, International Affairs Building, 4th Floor Gallery
New York
Exhibition Design: Atif Akin & Emile Askey
Curators: Armen T. Marsoobian & Isin Onol

NOVEMBER 22-23, 2017
INTERNATIONAL RETREAT
MARIANNELUNDSYNDROME
Konsthall Betel, Marinannelund, Sweden

NOVEMBER 18, 2017
Vienna Art Week Open Studio Day
Studio visits and conversations with Bernhard Cella, Ebru Kurbak and Anna Vasof
Vienna, Austria

NOVEMBER 10, 2017
EXHIBITION:
CULTIVATED MEMORY: ARCHAEOLOGIES OF THE IMAGINED
Peninsula Art Space, 352 Van Brunt Street, Brooklyn, NY 11231
in collaboration with Residency Unlimited

Artists:
Emma Adler | Christine Mills | Andreia Santana | Asia Sztencel | Ada Van Hoorebeke
Curator:
Isin Önol

OCTOBER 23, 2017
SCREENING & TALK:
Cinema of Resistance: Mustang (Deniz Gamze Ergüven, 2015, 97 min.)
Maison Française, Buell Hall, Columbia University, New York

Discussants:
Alessia Palanti | Isin Onol | Ali Akay
Moderator:
Nora Philippe

OCTOBER 9-12, 2017
WORKSHOP:
CULTURAL EDUCATION IN GERMANY AND TURKEY
Berlin
Organised by:
German-Turkish Youth Bridge (DTJB) | German Foreign Office | Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Art (İKSV) | Federal Association for Arts Education and Cultural Learning (BKJ) | Federal Association of Drama | Theatre (BAG) in Germany
Moderator: Isin Önol

SEPTEMBER 9 – NOVEMBER 18, 2017
EXHIBITION:
BLACK NOISE
Akbank Sanat, Istanbul

Curators:
Ekmel Ertan & Isin Onol

SEPTEMBER 7 – OCTOBER 14, 2017
EXHIBITION:
HOME IS A PLACE CALLED NEVER
X-ist, Istanbul

Artist:
Didem Erk
Curator:
Isin Önol

4 APRIL 2017
When Home Won’t Let You Stay: A Collective Deliberation on Taking Refuge
Workshop by:
Isin Önol
Columbia Global Centers, Istanbul

1 APRIL 2017
Conversation: Burcak Bingöl & Işın Önol
Gallery Zilberman, Istanbul

MARCH 26, 2017
ARTIST TALK:
ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?

Discussion with:
Didem Erk | Berat Isik
Moderator:
Isin Önol
Film Screening:
Audience Emancipated: The Struggle for the Emek Movie Theater

MARCH 25 – APRIL 21, 2017
EXHIBITION:
ARE YOU STILL ALIVE? – VOICES OF CONSCIENCE AT TIME OF SILENCING
Steirische Kultur Initiative, Graz, Austria

Artists:
Berat Isik | Didem Erk | Zeyno Pekünlü
Curators:
Isin Önol & Michael Petrowitsch

MARCH 13, 2017
CONFERENCE
SUSMA! Art as activism in times of political silencing
Concept and Introduction: Isin Onol and Herwig Turk
Presentations: Asli Kislal | Oliver Ressler | Janez Janša | Zeyno Pekünlü
AIL Angewandte Innovation Lab, Vienna, Austria

FEBRUARY 17, 2017
Trauma and Memory: Tears in the Fabric of Armenian and Greek Communities
Poetry Reading and Film Screening:
Suzanne Khardalian | Stephanos Papadopoulos
Discussants:
Bella Grigoryan | Isin Onol
Moderator:
Valentina Izmirlieva

FEBRUARY 10, 2017
TALK:
Refugees and Gender Violence: Vulnerability and Resistance
Columbia University, 612 Schermerhorn Hall, New York

FEBRUARY 8-12, 2017
EXHIBITION:
ONLINE TUESDAYS//PROJECT FORGIVENESS
Chashama, New York

Artists:
Vita Eruhimovitz & Ronit Levin Delgado
Curator:
Isin Önol

12 NOVEMBER 2016
TALK:
Urban Knautschzone
Sale D’armi, Arsenale,
Venice, Italy

Input by:
Massimo Bricociki | Stefania Sabatinelli | Christina Schraml | Isin Önol

05 NOVEMBER – 11 DECEMBER 2015
EXHIBITION:
ARE YOU STILL ALIVE?
Depo, Istanbul

Artist: Berat Işık
Curator: Işın Önol

26 OCTOBER 2016
TALK:
STAY WITH ME
Belvedere 21er Haus, Salon für Kunstbuch, Vienna/Austria

Participants:
Selda Asal | Bernhard Cella | Işın Önol

24 OCTOBER 2016
TALK:
MODASI GECMIS ADAMIN IVIR ZIVIRLARI
Cankaya Center for Contemporary Art
Ankara/Turkey

Participants:
Levent Cantek | Ali Nesin | Işın Önol | Esin Pervane

14 OCTOBER 2016 – 15 JANUARY 2017
EXHIBITION:
WORDS NUMBERS LINES: BILGE FRIEDLAENDER
ARTER, ISTANBUL
Curators:
Mira Friedlaender & Işın Önol

30 SEPTEMBER – 08 NOVEMBER 2016
EXHIBITION OPENING:
A LIFE OVERFLOWING: AZIZ NESIN 1915-2015
Cankaya Center for Contemporary Art
Ankara/Turkey

14 – 28 AUGUST 2016
SCHOOL: NESIN ART VILLAGE
(Summer Art School)

Program Coordinator:
Isin Önol

26 JUNE 2016
Panel Discussion:
The Role of Cultural Policy in Times of Growing Social Inequality and Cultural Policy
University of Applied Arts, Vienna, Austria

03-05 JUNE 2016
OPEN FORUM – Wiener Festwochen
INTO THE CITY: UNIVERSAL HOSPITALITY
Angewandte Innovation Lab, Vienna, Austria

30 MAY 2016
TEDx Maastricht: Nesin Art Village
Maastricht Netherlands

15 MAY 2016
TALK:
Communicating Traumatic Memories through Artistic Practices
Discussion with Selda Asal, 1+1, Kunsthaus Kule, Berlin

05-25 MAY 2016
EXHIBITION OPENING:
when home won’t let you stay
Heiligenkreuzer Hof, Schönlaterngasse 5, 1010 Wien
Opening:
4. MAY 2016, 18:oo

Participating artists:

Curator:

Işın Önol

20 April 2016
EXHIBITION OPENING:
Shadow Communities
Fluc

Artists: Pınar Öğrenci | Kameelah Janan Rasheed | Hansel Sato
Performance: ZS ZS (Zeynep Sarıkartal / Sebastian Brunner / Martin Merkl)
Film Screening: WhereToGo KFP / Collective Film Project
DJ: kolonel blip | Fazz Moon
Curator: Isin Önol

18.12.2015-30.01.2016
EXHIBITION OPENING:
A LIFE OVERFLOWING: AZIZ NESIN 1915-2015
Adnan Saygun Art Center
Izmir/Turkey

21.11.2015-05.01.2016
EXHIBITION OPENING:
A LIFE OVERFLOWING: AZIZ NESIN 1915-2015
Nazim Hikmet Kültür Evi
Bursa/Turkey

8 SEPTEMBER 2015
PANEL DISCUSSION:
Artist’ Roundtable Discussion
Moderator: Carol Becker
Discussants: Simone Leigh, Susan Meiselas, Lorie Novak, Isin Önol, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Aylin Tekiner
Buell Hall, East Gallery, Columbia University

08-18 SEPTEMBER 2015
EXHIBITION OPENING:
COLLABORATIVE ARCHIVES: CONNECTIVE HISTORIES
The LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Columbia University, New York

Curators:
Katherine Cohn and Işın Önol

13-26 JULY, 2015
SCHOOL: NESIN ART VILLAGE
(Summer Art School)

Program Coordinator:
Isin Önol

EXHIBITION EXTENSION:
A Life Overflowing: Aziz Nesin 1915-2015
The exhibition is extended until 2 August 2015 due to popular demand

13 JUNE 2015
Artist talk: Iz Öztat
Moderator: Isin Önol
Reunion Exhibition, Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul, Turkey

09 June – 16 July 2015
OPENING:
A LIFE OVERFLOWING
AZIZ NESIN 1915-2015
Depo, Istanbul

30 May 2016
TALK:
Photography: A Struggle of Witnessing
Artist talk: Emine Gözde Sevim, Moderator: Isin Önol
Istanbul Technical University – Photography Meetings, Istanbul, Turkey

20 April 2015
PORTFOLIO REVIEW
TransArts,
University of Applied Arts
Vienna, Austria

2 April 2015, 18:30
TALK:
RANDOM INTERFERENCE
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria
Curatorial Introduction: Isin Önol
Talk by: Lorie Novak

19. March – 3. April 2015
EXHIBITION OPENING:
MOBILIZING MEMORY – VIENNA
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

Curators:
Isin Önol & Ayse Gül Altinay

Project advisor: Tamar Citak
Project coordinator: Ulrike Fallmann

06-Feb-2015 – 27-Feb-2015
EXHIBITION OPENING:
DISSONANCE : TRANSGRESSED BOUNDARIES BETWEEN DESIRE AND FEAR
PERCEPT ART
Mumbai, India

Artists:
Prajakta Palav Aher | Nezaket Ekici | Nita Tandon | Pinar Yoldas
Curators:
Isin Önol & Jesal Thacker

18 DECEMBER 2014, 19:00
OPENING:
FINALLY FEELING FINE?
Schauraum Angewandte
quartier21 (Electric Avenue)
MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria

Artist: Pınar Yoldaş
Schauraum Curators: Wolfgang Fiel & Ruth Schnell
Guest Curator: Işın Önol

18 DECEMBER 2014, 14:00
PUBLIC TALK:
ART WITHIN SCIENCE: A SPECULATIVE BIOLOGICAL APPROACH

Artist talk by: Pınar Yoldaş
Venue: University of Applied Arts, Digital Art Department
Address: Sterngasse 13, 1010 Vienna

23 OCTOBER 2014, 18:30
TALK:
VIDEO CONVERSATIONSMACP, School of Visual Arts, NYC

Discussants:
Ana Bilankov | Franck Lesbros | Rodrigo Imaz
Moderation:
Işın Önol

OCTOBER 2014
Fellowship at RESIDENCY UNLIMITED

26 JUNE – 28 AUGUST, 2014 (extended to 31 October)
EXHIBITION OPENING:
STROKE
Schauraum Angewandte
quartier21 (Electric Avenue)
MuseumsQuartier, Vienna, Austria

Artist: Ali Miharbi
Schauraum Curators: Wolfgang Fiel & Ruth Schnell
Guest Curator: Işın Önol

5 SEPTEMBER – 3 OCTOBER, 2014
EXHIBITION OPENING:
MOBILIZING MEMORY: WOMEN WITNESSING
DEPO ISTANBUL

Curators:
Ayşe Gül Altınay, Işın Önol

12 JULY -31 AUGUST, 2014
EXHIBITION OPENING:

SINOPALE 5
5TH INTERNATIONAL SINOP BIENNALE
CLUSTERS AND CRYSTALS: OBSERVING AT POINT ZERO

10 APRIL – 28 JUNE, 2014
EXHIBITION OPENING:
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS: ON AUTHORITY, OBEDIENCE, AND CONTROL
MUSE Istanbul

Curator:
Işın Önol

07 JUNE 2014, 20:00

DISCUSSION

TALK: Relationship of Sound and Space
Raum D, quartier21, Museums Quartier, Vienna

Discussants:

Daisuke Kosugi | Mirko Lazović | Ali Miharbi

Moderation:

Işın Önol

05 JUNE 2014, 16:00 – 22:00

PERFORMANCE

“Electrickle“
Schauraum, quartier21, Museums Quartier, Vienna

Artist:
Mirko Lazovic

Curator:

Işın Önol

20 MAY 2014, 19:00
DISCUSSION
THE ARTIST AS ETHNOGRAPHER
“Cultural Workers in Red Vienna”
Depot, Breite Gasse 3, 1070, Vienna

Discussants:
Emilio Santisteban | T. Melih Görgün | Işın Önol
Moderation:
Hansel Sato

09 MAY – 01 JUNE, 2014
THE UNKNOWN UNKNOWNS
OBEN, Vienna

Artist: Olivier Hölzl
Curator: Işın Önol

08 MAY – 22 JUNE 2014
ELECTRICKLE
SCHAURAUM, Museums Quartier, Vienna

Artist: Mirko Lazović
Schauraum Curators: Wolfgang Fiel & Ruth Schnell
Guest Curator: Işın Önol

18 APRIL 2014
ARTIST TALK & EXHIBITION TOUR
MUSE Istanbul

10 APRIL – 28 JUNE, 2014
LEARNED HELPLESSNESS: ON AUTHORITY, OBEDIENCE, AND CONTROL
MUSE Istanbul

Curator:
Işın Önol

24 JANUARY 2014
SCREENING & LECTURE/PERFORMANCE
In the framework of ARTSLAB, with/in/significant other

Screening:
17:00 – 18:30
Ashley Hunt, Corrections, 56 minutes | Ralph Kistler, Social Netwalks, 7:39 | Mario Rizzi, Limina, 20 minutes

Lecture/Performance:
18:30 – 19:30
DE-OTHERING MACHINE
by Stefanie Wuschitz

Project curator:
Işın Önol

14 JANUARY 2014, 18:00 – 19:00
LECTURE/PERFORMANCE
In the framework of ARTSLAB, with/in/significant other

lecture/performance:
THE GOLDEN BIOPSY – HOSPITALITY PROJECT
by Bogomir Doringer
Technical support ferrofluid sculpture: Thomas Sandri

Project curator:
Işın Önol

14 JANUARY- 14 FEBRUARY, 2014
OPEN SYSTEMS 1-01-04/13
GPL CONTEMPORARY, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

Curators:
Işın Önol | Walter Seidl | Aneta Stojnić | Nikola Dedić | Federica Bueti

Initiated by:
Gülsen Bal

10 JANUARY- 22 FEBRUARY, 2014
INATTENTIONAL BLINDNESS
Galeri Zilberman+, Istanbul, Turkey

Curator:
Işın Önol

21 NOVEMBER, 2013
HIDDEN FACES: STRATEGIES OF HIDING ONESELF IN PROTESTS
Presentation in the framework of “Faceless” Exhibition, Vienna Art Week Symposium
Freiraum quartier21 INTERNATIONAL
Museums Quartier, Vienna, Austria

Participants:
Andrew Newman | Josephine Bossma | Işın Önol | Wolfie Christl | Alberto de Michele

7 NOVEMBER, 2013
MIRAGE: A RESIDUE OF CORPOREALITY
Discussion at Postmasters Gallery, NYC, USA

Participants:
Akira Lippit | Spyros Papapetros | Işın Önol | Serkan Özkaya

12 OCTOBER, 2013
SHADOWS AS TRANSITORY ELEMENTS AND TEMPORARY TOOLS IN CONNECTING WITH THE AUDIENCE
Presentation at Transitory Art: Theory & Art in Temporary Societies
Panel: Transition of Art Through Science and Technology
ARTos FOUNDATION, Nicosia, Cyprus

Participants:
Markus Jenschaunig | Carmen Salas | Işın Önol
Keynote:
Andrej Boleslavsky

11 OCTOBER, 2013
THE NEW CONTEMPORARY
Panel: Strong Women in Art
VIENNAFAIR Talks
Wien Messe, Vienna, Austria

Speakers:
Assel Yeszhanova | Anca Mihulet | Andreiana Mihail | Işın Önol
Moderator:
Andrea Schurian

11 September, 2013
AFTER ALL
Forum: “City, Active Citizenship, Arts and Culture”
Organized by European Cultural Association
Siemens Art, Istanbul, Turkey

16 June, 2013
URBAN GESTURES
Supervoisins, Les Halles, Brussels, Belgium

Dance / Choreography: Ziya Azazi
Dramaturgy / Concept: Işın Önol
Music: Claudio Bettinelli
Daf : Gernas Maj Shekhmans
Light: Mirko Lazovic

23 MAY – 15 JULY, 2013
LITTLE BIT OF HISTORY DELETING…
GPL Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

18 MAY, 2013
RELEASE OF STREULICHT MAGAZINE, ISSUE 2
21er Haus, Vienna

Text Conversation:
Bernhard Cella & Işın Önol

Spring, 2013
WITH/IN/SIGNIFICANT OTHER
OPEN SYSTEMS
ARTSLAB 2, 2013

03 APRIL, 2013
PUBLIC CONVERSATION WITH HYUNG-MIN YOON
WUK OPEN STUDIO / KEX RESIDENCY
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

Conversation:
Hyung Min Yoon and Işın Önol

06-10 MARCH, 2013
CURATORS’ NETWORK
Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

17 DECEMBER, 2012
OPEN SYSTEMS: PARTY AND PERFORMANCE
Open Space, Vienna, Austria

Performance:
Fabian Faltin: musical instruments (above all drums), voice
Robert Prosser: text, voice
Organised by:
Işın Önol

1 DECEMBER, 2012
RESIDENCIES AS EXCHANGE PLATFORM
(IN CONTEXT – ASIA AND EUROPE)
casa masaccio / centro per l’arte contemporanea
San Giovanni Valdarno, Italy

15-27 OCTOBER, 2012
LABORATORY: CHOREOGRAPHY OF ATTENTIONStation Service for Contemporary Dance
Magasin, Belgrade, Serbia

30 SEPTEMBER – 19 OCTOBER, 2012
MEDIA-SCAPE BIENNALE, ZAGREB, CROATIA
TACTICAL TOPICS – TOPICAL TACTICS
Home of HDLU – Mestrovic Pavilion, Zagreb, Croatia

27 AUGUST – 12 SEPTEMBER, 2012
SINOPALE / 4TH SINOP BIENNALE
WISDOM OF SHADOW: ART IN THE ERA OF CORRUPTED INFORMATION
Historical Sinop Prison, Historical Sinop Library, Sinop, Turkey

16 – 30 JUNE, 2012
IN GROWING UP AMID THE HISTORICAL MYSTERIES OF PROXIMITY:
PROS & CONS OF BEING NEIGHBOURS
ITS-Z1, Belgrade, Serbia

Curators:
Işın Önol & Dimitrina Sevova

09 JUNE 2012
ENERGY
Théâtre Liberté, Toulon, France

Choreography and Dance: Ziya Azazi 
Scenography Sonore and Interpretation: Claudio Bettinelli
Concept and Dramaturgy: Işın Önol
Dance: Loreta Juodkaite
Scenography: Peter Leitner
Images vidéo: François Salès
Light design: Lutz Deppe
Costume design: Ischiko
Production: Art Moderne

22 MARCH 2012
LOOPED SCROLL
quartier 21, MQ, Museumsplatz 1, Vienna, Austria

Exhibition
Stefanie Wuschitz
Opening Speech for the Exhibition
Işın Önol

21 – 30 MARCH, 2012
EMBEDDEDIN VISIBLE
Exhibition #4
hu-fAk:off space, Vienna, Austria

Artists:
Wagner Felipe Dos Santos | Miriam Hamann | Martina Menegon & Stefano D’alessio | Liddy Scheffknecht | Anna Vasof
Curator:
Işın Önol

20 JANUARY, 2012
ORDERS OF PERCEPTION
Lecture/Conversation at the symposium: “Reality Manifestos, or Can Dialectics Break Bricks? A study of détournement as Art Forms”
WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

Conversation:
Işın Önol & Bernd Oppl

19 JANUARY, 2012
CAST SHADOWS AS READYMADE IMAGES AMID THE STATUS OF REPRESENTATION AND REALITY
Lecture at the symposium: “Reality Manifestos, or Can Dialectics Break Bricks? A study of détournement as Art Forms”
WUK Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Vienna, Austria

8 JANUARY – 5 FEBRUARY, 2012
INVISIBLE CITY – TECHNOLOGIES OF THE BODY
Kunstverein Zurich, Switzerland

Artists:
Amélie Brisson-Darveau | Gisèle Schindler | Riikka Tauriainen
Curators:
Işın Önol & Dimitrina Sevova

2 NOVEMBER, 2011
DARK POSSIBILITIES IN RECONNECTING WITH THE NOTION OF TRUTH
Lecture at the symposium: SEAFair ’11 – “Energy, Biopolitics, Strategies of Resistance and Cultural Subversion”
Organised by Melentie Pandilovski, Museum of Contemporary Art, Skopje, Macedonia

21 OCTOBER, 2011
WISDOM OF SHADOW: ART IN THE AGE OF CORRUPTED INFORMATION
Presentation of the conceptual framework of the 4th Sinop Biennale at the panel discussion:
“Curating and Beyond: Alternative Approaches for Curating”
Siemens Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

Participants:
T. Melih Görgün | Işın Önol | Dorothee Richter
Moderator:
Mürteza Fidan

19 SEPTEMBER, 2011
MEDITERRANEANISING THE MEDITERRANEAN: ALTERING DEFINITIONS IN THE DIGITAL MEDIA ERA
Lecture, presented at ISEA2011, at the Forum: Revolutions In The Digital Mediterranean: The Southern Mediterranean Forum
The 17th International Symposium Of The Electronic Arts, Istanbul, Turkey

Participants:
Nat Muller | Maria Chatzichristodoulou & Manthos Santorineos | Işın Önol
Chair:
Beral Madra

12-17 SEPTEMBER. 2011
TRANSFORMING THE PAST, COLLECTING THE FUTURE
Workshop,given within the framework of the Symposium “Collecting the Future”
Historical Sinop Prison, Sinop, Turkey

JUNE, 2011
FASCINATIONS WITH CAST SHADOWS: ARTISTIC AND CURATORIAL PERSPECTIVES RE-VISITED
(MAS Curating degree show, ZHdK)
White Space, Zurich, Switzerland

2 JUNE, 2011
CHALLENGES OF INTERACTION BETWEEN THE HOST AND THE GUEST THROUGH ARTISTIC MOBILITY
Lecture, given at the Symposium: “Exploring Mobility around the Mediterranean”
Forum: Challenges to mobility around the Mediterranean
Sarafund Foundation, Amman, Jordan

Participants:
Catherine Cornet | Işın Önol | Najwan Darwish | Elsa Mescoli | Charlotte Bank
Chair:
Renata Papsch

23 JANUARY, 2011
EGGS & POLITICS
Kunstverein Zurich, Switzerland

Conversation:
Aytac Pekdemir & Işın Önol

4 DECEMBER, 2010
INVESTIGATING THE INVISIBLE: HIDDEN INFORMATION WITHIN SHADOWS
Lecture, at the Symposium/Festival, TRIPLE CONJUNCTION: MAGIC, MYTHS AND MUTATIONS
Pixxel Point 11^th International New Media Art Festival, Nova Gorica, Slovenia

Participants:
Jan-Peter E. R. Sonntag | Işın Önol | Mia Makela | Heiko Daxl & Ingeborg Fülepp

OCT – DEC, 2010
HANDLE WITH CARE
Uni-Credit Studio, Milan, Italy

Artists:
Dusica Drazic | Vikenti Komitski | Ardan Özmenoğlu
Curators:
Maja Ciric | Vera Mlechevska | Işın Önol

27 MARCH, 2010
EDUCATIONAL CRITIQUE: HOW TO SWOT CURATING
Işın Önol invites to talk about curatorial study programmes
Kunsthalle Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany

AUGUST – SEPTEMBER, 2009
1ST GWANGJU BIENNALE INTERNATIONAL CURATOR COURSE
Gwangju, South Korea

28 JUN – 30 AUG, 2009
SERIOUSLY IRONIC: POSITIONS IN TURKISH CONTEMPORARY ART SCENE
Centre Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland

20 MAY – 27 JUNE 2009
GETTING EVEN
Sabanci University Kasa Gallery, Istanbul, Turkey

Artists:
Assaf Gruber | Lia Lapithi | Devrim Kadirbeyoğlu
Curator:
Işın Önol

06 DEC 2008 – 14 FEB 2009
PRIVACY
La Giarina Arte Contemporanea, Verona, Italy

Artist:
Assaf Gruber
Curators:
Elena Forin & Işın Önol

11 OCT – 08 NOV, 2008
ACCUMULATED: PUT ASIDE, LEFT ASIDE
5533, Istanbul, Turkey

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