11th Istanbul Biennial

What Keeps Mankind Alive?
See the >> curatorial text on the Biennial's website

The 11th International Istanbul Biennial takes its title from the song "Denn wovon lebt der Mensch?", translated into English as "What Keeps Mankind Alive?". The song closes the second act of the play The Threepenny Opera, written in 1928 by Bertolt Brecht, in collaboration with Elisabeth Hauptmann and Kurt Weill.

However, the aim is not to re-discover Brecht, or to present him as a classic for new generations. Rather, the conceptual framework of the 11th Istanbul Biennial proposes to begin re-thinking the past in terms of what has been lost in history. Moreover, it invites us to consider how art today harbours new potential in articulating the age-old relationship between art for social change and aesthetic gestures. (from a press release of the Biennale)

The 11th International İstanbul Biennial is curated by the curator collective What, How & For Whom (WHW), which has been operating from the city of Zagreb, Croatia, since 1999. WHW consists of four female curators: Ivet Ćurlin, Ana Dević, Nataša Ilić and Sabina Sabolović.

Venues:

Antrepo No.3
Meclis-i Mebusan Caddesi
Liman İşletmeleri Sahası
Tophane

Feriköy Greek School
Abide-i Hürriyet Caddesi No.5
Şişli

Tütün Deposu (Tobacco Warehouse)
Lüleci Hendek Caddesi
Koltukçular Çıkmazı No.1
Tophane

The venues are open Tuesday - Sunday 10 am - 7 pm.
Closed on Mondays

Organizer:

International İstanbul Biennial
İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts

İstiklal Caddesi 64
Beyoğlu 34435
Istanbul
Turkey

Tel.: +90 212 334 07 63
Fax: +90 212 334 07 18

Email: ist.biennial@iksv.org
Website: www.iksv.org/bienal/english

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See also:

10th Istanbul Biennial, 2007
8 September - 4 November 2007. Curator: Hou Hanru. Photo tour, including works by 40 participants, venues, parallel exhibitions.

8th Istanbul Biennial, 2003
20 September - 16 November 2003. Curator: Dan Cameron. Photo tour: works by 44 participants.