i LIGHT, ILLUMINATION AND ELECTRICITY Editor DENİZ ÜNSAL This book is published on the occasion of the first project of the artist-in-residence programme entitled “Light, Illumination and Electricity” held at santralistanbul between December 2006–June 2008. This project was supported by the Anna Lindh Euro-Mediterranean Foundation for the Dialogue between Cultures. İSTANBUL BİLGİ UNIVERSITY PRESS 212 santralistanbul 3 ISBN 978-605-399-048-2 First Edition İstanbul, October 2008 © Bilgi İletişim Grubu Yayıncılık Müzik Yapım ve Haber Ajansı Ltd. Şti. Correspondence Address İnönü Cad. No: 95 Kuştepe 34387 Şişli İstanbul Phone +90 212 311 5000–311 5259 Fax +90 212 297 6314 www.bilgiyay.com E-mail
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[email protected] Translation Rüya Aydemir Balca Ergener Damla Kellecioğlu Nermin Saatçioğlu Deniz Ünsal Proofreading John Edward Dew Nazım Dikbaş Aylin Kalem Graphic Design Efe Mert Kaya Publication Coordination N. Kıvılcım Yavuz Printing and Binding Ofset Yapımevi Şair Sok. No: 4 Kağıthane 34410 İstanbul Light Illumination and Electricity Phone +90 212 295 8601 Fax +90 212 295 6455 Editor: Deniz Ünsal İstanbul Bilgi University Library Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the İstanbul Bilgi University Library Light, illumination and electricity / derleyen Deniz Ünsal. 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 978-605-399-048-2 1. Light art. 2. Art, Modern – 21st century--Exhibitions. 3. Electricity. I. Ünsal, Deniz. N6496.3.T9 2008 v Foreword The launching project of the international artist-in-residence programme of santralistanbul, “Light, Illumination and Electricity”, was planned as an event in process. The project attempted to follow the journey of the resident artists and their works, progressed in İstanbul, with various presentation formats and fields of research.