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Chus Martinez, Director, Academy of Arts and Design, Institute Aesthetic Practice and Theory, Basel; Ahmet Öğüt, Artist, Istanbul/Amsterdam/Berlin
Moderator: Mari Spirito, Director, Protocinema, Istanbul/New York
◇ Chus Martínez - Collaborators - Independent Curators International
Born in Spain, Chus Martínez has a background in philosophy and art history. Currently she is the Head of the Institute of Art of the FHNW Academy of Arts and Design in Basel, Switzerland. Before she was the Chief Curator at El Museo del Barrio, New York, and dOCUMENTA (13) Head of Department and Member of Core Agent Group. Previously she was Chief Curator at MACBA, Barcelona (2008–11), Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein (2005–08), and Artistic Director of Sala Rekalde, Bilbao (2002–05). For the 51st Biennale di Venezia (2005), Martínez curated the National Pavilion of Cyprus, and in 2008 she served as a Curatorial Advisor for the Carnegie International and in 2010 for the 29th Bienal de São Paulo. During her tenure as Director of the Frankfurter Kunstverein she curated solo exhibitions of Wilhelm Sasnal among others; and a series of group exhibitions including Pensée Sauvage and The Great Game To Come. She was also the founder of the Deutsche Börse Residency Program for international artists, art writers, and curators.
http://curatorsintl.org/collaborators/chus_martinez
◇ Ahmet Ögüt - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ahmet Ögüt (born 1981 in Diyarbakir, Turkey) is a conceptual artist living and working in Amsterdam, Netherlands. He works with a broad range of media including video, photography, installation, drawing and printed media. In 2009 he represented Turkey in the Pavilion of Turkey at the 53rd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial. [1]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmet_%C3%96g%C3%BCt
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http://www.ahmetogut.com/
