As a part of EUROPALIA TURKEY, “Port City Talks. İstanbul. Antwerp” exhibition was launched in October, curated by Murat Tabanlıoğlu. The issues brought up by the exhibition is now brought to the attention of a broader group of actors; architects, urban planners, maritime historians, critics, consultants, artists, port authorities and students through a workshop and panel as a part of the finissage program.
17-20 January 2016: Port City Talks.Workshop
‘Port City Futures’:
With the attendance of academics and masters degree students from Hamburg HafenCity University, KU LEUVEN and İstanbul Bilgi University, the workshop will bring the characteristic Eijlande district of Antwerp into focus under the title ‘Port City Futures’. The students are expected to research and interpret their understanding of harbour and its hinterland by using visual and narrative tools like mental mapping, journalism, photography and story telling. photographic description and narration of urban places are possible outcomes.
20 January 2016: Port City Talks. Panel.
‘A European Panorama’
The Panel will create a platform to bringing together prominent speakers from the three cities, where they will discuss their approach to the debate on port cities; past, present, and future.
Moderator: Murat Tabanlıoğlu.
Panelists:
İhsan Bilgin, Istanbul Bilgi University
Korhan Gümüş, Architect-Urban Activist, Istanbul
Olaf Bartels – Hafen City University
Martin Kohler- HafenCity University
Hüsnü Yeğenoğlu- TU Eindhoven
21 January 2016: Port City Talks. Finissage
The finissage event will start with the closing speeches, will go on with a private tour of the exhibition, followed by a cocktail at the MAS Museum.
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