Thursday, 12. July 2007
Light House Ankara Program 10.09.- 8.10.2007
First of all:

The project is going to last 4 weeks and consequently 2 weeks of an exhibition. The exhibition will probably be the documentation of the interventions or the results of the works.

During the time of the 4 weeks workshop, there will be morning and evening lectures. Missing lectures in the program will be announced until the beginning of the workshop via blog.

Everyday we start latest at 10 am and end latest midnight.

We have a kitchen in our workspace, so we will cook and eat lunches together and sometimes dinners as well.

Dates of the dinners by institutes are going to be announced.



9th, Sept Sunday
Arrival

1st week
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10th, Monday
10.00 Meeting at the workshop space, introduction
11.00 Sharing duties, rearranging the studio, spreading flyers,
informing the neighbours about the project, hanging the banner
20.00 Dinner by Hacettepe University

11th, Tuesday
10.00 Introduction and presentation of the artists about their previous works and researches (Round 1).
14.00 Excursion to the main train station and Atatürk Mausoleum
20.00 Dinnerish with all the representatives of the institutes, NGOs, municipalities, universities with the participants in the workshop space.
22.00 Radio recording

12th, Wednesday
10.00 Presentation of the artists about their previous works and researches (Round 2).
14.00 Ankara city tour (please supply water bottles and comfortable shoes. Entrance fees should be covered by the artists. )

City Tour of Ankara
14.00 departure from the workshop space.
Sites to be seen:
Roman Bath, Julian Column, Augustus Temple (from outside), Amphi Theatre, Etnographical Museum, The Museum of Anatolian Civilizations, Old Castle, Bazaar of Coppersmiths, Square of Fire Brigade

13th, Thursday
10.00 Discussion about the definition of public space in 4 countries and how art in public space is connected to civic society.
14.00 Daily workshop by Yann-Loic Lambert

Program 14.09.-10.
The project is going to last 4 weeks and consequently 2 weeks of an exhibition. The exhibition will probably be the documentation of the interventions or the results of the works.

During the time of the 4 weeks workshop, there will be evening lectures.

LUNCH: 13.00 / DINNER: 20.00

We start latest at 10am and end latest 10pm. We have a kitchen in our workspace, so we will cook and eat lunches together and sometimes also dinners.

Any changes will be announced in advance.


14th, Friday
Excursion to the Ulucanlar Prison with the help of the Ankara Chamber of Architects
10.30 Departure in front of contemporary art center
13.30 Lunch
14.00 Presentations of the participants (round 4)
18.00 Discussion of the week. Project ideas are to be discussed.
20.00 Dinner with the visitors and participants

15th, Saturday
Free research time for the artists, and open workshop space.
18.30 Turkish Dinner: potluck /
(potluck dinner: a meal, esp. for a large group, to which participants bring various foods to be shared. ref. dictionary.com)
20.00 Qu’est-ce qui est «public» dans l’art public ?/ What is «public» in public art ?
Lecture by Christian Ruby - Essayist, Philosopher from Paris

16th, Sunday
STREET FESTIVAL starting by noon Kugulu Park, Cankaya

17th, Monday
10.00 Presentation from workshop leaders about art in public space and discussion about the researches and how it is connected to civic society
14.00 Discussion of the last week. Project ideas are to be discussed.
16.30 Free research time for the artists and open workshop space



18th, Tuesday
10:00 Cultural political talk about building networks and selforganized structures in the artistic/ cultural field (e.g. Funding and grants/ establishing an NGO) with Katja Schäfer and participating artists
14.00-17.00 free research time
17:00 MISGUIDED TOURS Part I - Sebastian Cichocki, Curator Gallerija Kronika Bytom, Poland
‚The space is the place‘ / lecture - duration: 90 minutes
break
‚The economy of invisible‘ / workshop - dur: 30 mins
chill-out: films by Igor Krenz + short introduction by Sebastian Cichocki
duration: 20 minutes
after: dinnerish+drinks

19th, Wednesday
10:00 Group meeting about ideas with workshop leaders
20:00 MISGUIDED TOURS Part II - Sebastian Cichocki
Green+House Effect - a screening of contemporary video-art from Poland + introduction talk - dur: 90 mins break
music + talks + films by Lewandowska&Cummings, Julita Wójcik, Scott Hayes and others.


20th, Thursday
10.00 - 19.16 Daily workshop by Oguz Tatari, topic g

21st, Friday
10.00 Free time for artists
13.00 French lunch
14.00 Discussion of the week. Project ideas are to be discussed.
20.00 Lecture by Liz Bachhuber from Germany about the mfa program in Bauhaus-University Weimar, named ‚Art in Public Space and New Artistic Strategies‘

app. 23.30 departure for Istanbul
(Artists who wishes to see the Biennial, please let us know in advance. Costs have to be covered personally. Sebastian Cichocki and Liz Bachhuber will be present during the excursion and the biennial visit.)

22nd, Saturday
Free research time for the artists and open workshop space.

23rd, Sunday
Free research time for the artists and open workshop space.

3rd week
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24th, Monday
08.00 Arrival from Istanbul
09.00 Breakfast at the studio and groups sit in on production means, timing, problems, conflict resolution
14.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
20.00 Polish Dinner

25th, Tuesday
10.00 group meeting about the projects, realizations of interventions should be announced.
14.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
20.00 Lecture by Torsten Birne:'On Behalf of streets and squares'

26th, Wednesday
10.00 Project preparations
20.00 Dinnerish by KAVAKLIDEREM with the visitors, participants, representatives

27th, Thursday
10.00 Discussion of the week. Project ideas are to be discussed.
14.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
19.00
20.00 Lecture by Roman Dziadkiewicz: 'Public Space as a Verb'

28th, Friday
10.00 Project preparations and discussion of the week.
21.00 Movie Hour: ‚The Heart of Turkey‘ by Jutkeyevic, Presented by Thomas Balkenhol

29th, Saturday
Free research time for the artists, and open workshop space.
20.00 Alternative city tour by Kutlu Gürelli

30th, Sunday
Free research time for the artists, and open workshop space.

4th week
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1st, Monday
10.00 What has been done, what has to be done? Last discussion with all the participants.
13.00 Lunch
14.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
20.00 German dinner

2nd, Tuesday
10.00 Personal consultation hours with workshop leaders
14.00 Preparations of the projects and exhibition
20.00 Presentation by Nicolas Carras, sound artist, member of SOSart, France

3rd, Wednesday
Preparations of the projects and exhibition

4th, Thursday
Preparations of the projects and exhibition

5th Friday
20.00 Opening of the exhibition
21.30 Radio recording

6th, Saturday
Excursion. (If not possible, according to the departure, stay in Ankara or travel to Istanbul)

7th, Sunday

8th, Monday
Departure

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