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Yabangee’s Weekend Picks:
(Friday) 100% Music: Istanbul Street Trash @ Salon IKSV “Wondering where to find the loud sounds of the İstanbul underground? Well look no further. İstanbul Street Trash is a vinyl compilation of some of the finest garage, punk and grimy rock n roll oriented bands the city has to offer. On May 12th IKSV will be hosting a record release party hosting 10 of the featured bands playing 3 songs each.”
(Saturday) Yabangee Goes Camping! Greetings friends! Summer is just around the corner and we thought the best way to celebrate would be to warm up with a little camping session just outside the city. Barbecue, music, games, various activities… anything is possible! Note: We will be staying at a campsite, which will include basic amenities like toilets, showers, etc. The campsite is near the sea, so you can bring your bathing suit if you plan on swimming. Although the site is accessible by public transport, we’re trying to arrange a shuttle to take us directly there.
(Saturday) Ach! Art @ ATÖLYE Join us, ACHPROJEKT and p(ART)y, on Saturday May 13th at Atolye from 8-12pm, for an art exhibition, a book release, music, and dancing. We’ll have an area set up for you to be creative with paper, canvas, and pastels, as well as lots of interesting people to have philosophical conversations with. Photographers exhibiting work include photojournalist Tara Todras-Whitehill, instagram favorite Sveta Nekrasova, pinhole photographer Sheila Bocchine, and travel photographer Christopher Mitchell.”
(Sunday) Sketch Comedy Show @ Mutfak Sahne “SCS is a comedy sketch show that four amusing theater teams put theirs sketches on the stage. In every shows, teams write and play sketchs about a specified theme and these night shows are moderated by a presenter who elevate stage excitement.”
Friday:
“Midnight Sessions: Baba Zula/ Kabus Kerim @ Babylon Bomonti Istanbul’s “All-Time Favourites” are coming for a Midnight Session, joined by Kabus Kerim
%100 Music: SaveAS [Discodromo • Mr. Sür] @ minimüzikhol
Rebetiko Food Night @ Komşu Kafe Collective “This Friday we invite you to check out our Rebetiko event, where we will dive into unique combination of music and food. At its outset, Greek rebetiko song had been a disreputable genre inasmuch as many intellectual opinion-leaders associated it with urban lowlifes and Turkish music. Today, however, members of the educated classes — in Greece as well as in Turkey — hold this genre in high esteem as one of the great achievements of modern Greek and late Ottoman popular culture, respectively. The author explores the ways rebetiko is perceived and performed in Istanbul and Athens in an era of Greek-marginality. This marginality, however, is redefined in relation to the present thus accounting, it is argued, for the emotional impact rebetiko continues to have on listeners in both countries.”
Agabando @ Peyote Rap meets Guitar
(Ends) Zorlu PSM Jazz Festival: Önder Focan; Şallıel Bros. “Funkbook” “A prominent figure in the jazz scene of Turkey, Önder Focan is the founder of the jazz club Nardis as well as being a virtuoso with the jazz guitar. Organizing over 315 concerts each year, Focan has hosted esteemed musicians such as Benny Golson, Dianne Reeves, Terence Blanchard, Ernie Watts, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Christian McBride, Roy Hargrove, Al Foster, Kurt Elling, Thierney Sutton and Jeff Hamilton. Having appeared in many prestigious festivals around Turkey and the world since 1985, Focan released a number of albums and received critical acclaim with each of them. An alumnus of METU, Focan received the Kristal Martı award from his high school, Kadıköy Maarif.”
Entrepreneurship Stories @ ATÖLYE ““Entrepreneurship Stories” encourages speakers to share their stories and experiences, while asking participants to contribute and answer questions. Founded by Perçin İmrek, “Entrepreneurship Stories” brings together storytellers from different backgrounds.”
Saturday:
Syrian Brunch @ Komşu Kafe Collective “Last time we were surprised and psyched with how you folks got excited about our Aleppo Brunch so we felt the urge to repeat it for all of you who appreciated it so much and all of you who were unfotunate enough to miss it. Join us this Saturday afternoon at your faithful Komşu Kafe for this extraordinary experience.”
Country For Syria @ CreAtolye “The band blends traditional Middle Eastern music with American Country music. The band’s earnings contribute aid to Syrian refugees and those affected by conflict around the world. Country music has its origins in the American Civil War. Now Syria is in the midst of its own civil war. Their music draws parallels between the musical and lyrical themes of Middle Eastern and American Country music to connect personal experiences of conflict and migration from around the world. Both the Country and Arabic musical traditions share themes of migration, love, loneliness, longing for home, patriotism, faith, and relationship to place. Both tell stories through narrative ballads, through pastoral meditations, by praising folk heroes and through the idealization of a lost way of life.”
Parkfest 2017 @ Küçükçiftlik Park “100% Music Presents: Parkfest returns to Küçükçiftlik Park on May 13 for the 2017 edition. The concerts will be given by Unkle, Koop Oscar Orchestra, Monality, Villette, Jakuzi, Lola Marsch, Anna RF, Nihil Piraye and Radyo Eksen DJ´s.”
Burn Energy Drink presents: Rampue @ Roxy Club
Sunday:
Solomun @ KAFES “Isolate welcomes Solomun in Istanbul with an EXTENDED SET.” Line Up: Murat Uncuoglu, Alican, Solomun.
Mini Mayıs Festival @ arkaoda “Before the good weather carries the joy of music to outdoors, arkaoda presents a mini festival hosting local and international distinctive musicians and DJs with support from Kendine Has. Having mostly Berlin and Leipzig based artists in its program, this year will give emphasis on experimental, psychedelic and cosmic tones.”
ROMEB 3.yıl Kutlaması @ Caravan A Concert of the two turkish Metalbands “Under Black Flag” and “Arsnova”.
Friends @ Divine Brasserie & Jazz Club Season Final with the Style of the 60’s and 70’s
Clean Up Day For Roma Park @ Cihangir Park “Cihangir Park (a.k.a Sanatkarlar/Artists Park) is hosting many of us including the ones who want to sip their drinks in the presence of beautiful landscapes, the ones who are just homeless and also our little fellas, the stray animals for such a long time. Unfortunately these days the park is full of trash due to the lack of interest of the local administration. So let’s go and solve this problem by ourselves, rid our park of the garbage polluting it and end our day with a beautiful sunset. Do not forget to bring your gloves, your garbage bags, your musical instruments and your joy with you!”
Mini Mayıs Festival @ arkaoda – “Arkaoda presents a Mini Festival with international DJ’s, especially from Berlin and Leipzig on Sunday 14 May. The event will start at 20:00; tickets are available at the venue.”
Multiple Days:
Red Bull BC One X Hip Hop Jam Istanbul – “Red Bull BC One Camp which focuses to create connections between the different fields of hip hop culture and Hip Hop Jam Istanbul with the Pozitif experience will host the favorite names of the rap scene at Volkswagen Arena. The biggest hip hop gathering of the year’s engaging line-up includesMode XL, Ayben, Server Uraz, Kamufle, 90BPM, Anıl Piyancı, Gazapizm, Allame, Joker, Tankurt Manas, Alaturka Mavzer, Ados, 9Canlı & Plak-A, Fate Fat, Tahribad-ı İsyan, Toprak Kardeşler, Aga B and DJ Hırs will truly carry away Hip Hop lovers.”
Rapid Prototyping Workshop @ ATÖLYE – “Test fast, Fail cheap! So that you increase the success rate of your product and keep your limited resources and time to yourself! With this two day applied course we will be going through the rapid prototyping techniques used for tests that are used to understand user behaviour patterns in different types of product development projects.’
Ongoing:
“SONGE” @ Cep Gallery “Entitled ” SONGE “, Takayoshi SAKABE ‘s first solo exhibition in Turkey presents a wide selection of the Japanese artist’s production. Born 1953 in Japan, lives and works in Istanbul and Tokyo. He studied art in Japan and settled in France in 1978, studying painting at the ”École des Beaux-Arts” in Paris.” // Ends Monday 15 May
Fill in the Plant” @ x-ist” “Burcu Perçin’s new exhibition, which will meet the audience at x-ist, focuses with a distinctive irony on artificial nature landscapes built by humankind. Questioning the artificial images in landscape constructions in different areas of the city, the artist produces landscapes shaped under the dominance of green. In her new series, Burcu Perçin sheds light on landscape images manifested in green areas by the modern human, while centering her work on its troubled relation with nature.” // Ends Saturday 20 May
“Heterotopia” @ REM Art Space – “The exposition includes new media works like video, installations and digital sculptures. “Heterotopia” is a concept elaborated by French philosopher Michel Foucault to describe the architecture space as a solution. Especially art spaces that are transformed by time connected with their nature could be seen more clearly in the heterotypic structures.” // Ends Wednesday 31 May
On Now: “Borderline” @ The Photographers’ Gallery Istanbul “In an exhibition titled “Borderline,” The Photographers’ Gallery Istanbul has brought together the work of emerging artists previously featured in the gallery.
The exhibition includes work by M. Cevahir Akbaş, Yasin Akgül, Aslı Çelikel, Bekir Dindar, Dinçer Dökümcü, Çağdaş Erdoğan, Mehveş Leliç, Nazlı Tuhera Moral, Can Tanrıseven, İsmail Tarhan, Furkan Temir and Erdem Varol.” // Ends Saturday 10 June
“The Chronicles of Flowers” @ Zilberman Projects–Istanbul “The Chronicles of Flowers is a personal documentation of Bahia Shehab’s long-lasting relationship with flowers. In the spring of 2011, when Shehab broke her left knee, her mother came from Beirut to nurse her in Cairo. Every morning, she created a flower arrangement from the garden to leave next to Shehab’s bed. This process triggered a state of obsessive flower documentation for the artist that lasted for several years.” // Ends Saturday 17 June
“The Pope and Galileo Had A Minor Disagreement” @ Zilberman Gallery “Over the last five years Casaretto has been focusing on processes of sensory perception, utilizing different materials in order to make unusual copies of systems that represent various phenomena. Bringing to mind computer programs that attempt to simulate reality, these works blur the lines between the original and its copy. The artist thus invites viewers to question their confidence in their sensory perceptions. // Ends Saturday 17 June
“Everyday’s Poetry – Scenes from the Fullness of Life” @ Anna Laudel Contemporary – “Anna Laudel Contemporary presents Everyday’s Poetry – Scenes from the Fullness of Life displaying critically acclaimed works by Botero which have never previously been exhibited in Turkey. This carefully curated selection reflects Botero’s artistic exploration of the human experience, imbued with the artist’s familiar socio-political insight and characteristically subtle ironic wit, inviting visitors to participate on a journey through the intriguing images of the artist’s aesthetic.” // Ends Sunday 25 June
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