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istanbulberlin Route

My Draft Stories

Brief

Encounters

From Our Time

Interview

Tschüss!

Hello from the first issue of istanbulberlin Route!

This is an invitation to encounter culture and arts agents, films, books,
projects, ideas and different point of views, twice a month, compiled from
istanbulberlin content.

I am Sedef İlgiç, I founded istanbulberlin to create an agenda by keeping a
record of our time, connecting the culture and arts scene in Istanbul with the
world and contributing to the cultural exchange between Turkey and Germany. 

To have a look at the advantures of istanbulberlin until today, please visit the
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I am leaving the playlist created for for istanbulberlin by Nazlı Çiğdem Sağdıç
Pilcz aka Dj Funshine [http://www.djfunshine.com/en/home/] here
[https://soundcloud.com/planetfunshine/funshine-for-istanbulberlin] to accompany
this first issue.

In this newsletter: 

 * Contemporary artist currently working in Berlin, Nevin Aladağ's video
   installation Traces [https://www.arter.org.tr/sergiler/izler], turns
   Stuttgart, where the artist spent her childhood and early youth, to a
   playground; 
 * Third of the istanbulberlin Encounters
   [https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC0Vx3QFL7C-ePLYZ-_RTmA1lQ7Yl7gEg] is
   on air with Thomas Mühlbauer, the owner of Turkish-German Bookstore & Cafe.
   He tells the story of the bookstore, that is opened by his father, after
   deciding to stay in Istanbul on his migration journey to Iran; 
 * Nermin Yıldırım’s last novel "Ev (Home)" is about, "the different meanings of
   home, the space and blanks it fills", with her own words. As we have passed a
   year mark of quarantine and the investigation on "home" continues;
 * Here is bi'bak, a project space in Berlin that opened a cinema despite the
   arguments related with the future of cinemas during the pandemic: An
   interview with bi'bak's founders Can Sungu & Malve Lippmann.