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Istanbul’u Terketin!

İSTANBUL’U TERKEDİN! Ahmet Atif Akin, Gokce Taskan, Ali M. Demirel Büyük Londra Oteli Teras Meşrutiyet Caddesi Tepebaşı İstanbul Sergi süresi: 26 Haziran – 26 Temmuz 2008 gün batımından gün ağarana kadar Yama ekranı için geliştirilen proje, Anadoludaki deprem sensörlerinden gelen verileri gerçek zamanlı bir biçimde grafiklerle şehire sunuyor ve sismik aktivitenin olduu anda, şimdi, izlenmesine [...]

Turk Devleti Sansuru

  “BU SİTEYE ERİŞİM ENGELLENMİŞTİR” Turk hukumeti (Pakistan, Cin ve diger yari demokratik veya teokratik devletler gibi) bazi sitelere ulasimi kapatti. Tabii ki cesitli yazilimlar  ile bu sansurun ustesinden gelmek mumkun: Tor: anonymity online http://www.torproject.org/ sitesine giderek gerekli programi yukleyin ve talimatlari takip edin, dilediginiz siteye ulasin.  Bunun gibi anti demokratik uygulamalarin ardi kesilmesi icin   dusuncelerinin [...]

News: xurban_collective Main site is Updated

Xurban is a transparent non-organization, therefore, without any worries, we are disclosing the fact that we received zillions of euro ‘federal funding’ to update our main website. Yeap we did it, we got the money and drank the beer! But, believe me it was not easy~ After years of dedicated work, countless of man/woman/gay/lesbian/transexual/transdressed/shemale/hefemale/hemale/shefemale hours, [...]

ECOTOPIA CALL-OUT!

//ENG:We are friends with Ecotopia. In fact Albay@xurban worked at Eyfa office helping to organize many Ecotopia events. Shaman and I participated some of their gatherings. This is a great opportunity for Anatolian eco-activists, it is pure fun and a great participatory learning experience. Don’t be shy, participate, pass it along! //TR:Ecotopia bu sene Turkiye’de [...]

Art Work

A small temporary public art work placed in Berlin Biennial sculpture garden. The space is defined by an other art work made out of same type of material.

IKEA and Berlin Biennial Sculpture Garden

Don’t ask me what the relationship between these two sites is. There were many inspiring elements in both of them I had to spend some time in IKEA to get some furniture for Ali, who recently moved to Berlin after a long immigration battle with the Germany’s backward immigration offices. Next day we visited Berlin [...]

Boar Hunt in Berlin

Last sunday we went to an abandoned American radar base in Berlin. On the way back, we spotted some wild boars in the dark. Looking deep into this darkness was a hair-raising experience. Boars in Berlin are protected by laws and their population grew tremendously over the last couple of decade to ~8000.  

Berlin Der Grossstadt – I

I have been in Berlin for the last 10 days. I am currently conducting a research for our upcoming project which will be realized as part of the InTransit08 festival, HKW.  I have been visiting many sites, including archaeology museums and some immigrant houses. I am going to write about my observations soon… For now, here are some [...]