Istanbul Modern welcomes videos less ordinary

Istanbul Modern is presenting the Artists' Film International, a program dedicated to moving images through videos, animations and films of visual artists from around the world.

The program, which opened on Jan. 20, will continue until March 12 with a pop-up exhibition curated by Çelenk Bafra, the curator of Istanbul Modern. The exhibition features two video installations from Turkey, Burak Delier's "Crisis and Control" and Vahap Av?ar's "Road to Arguvan," along with recent works by artists from 15 countries in thematic selections.

The video selections displayed in projections or screens are programmed under various titles such as "conflicts," "performative interpretation of the urban," "physical boundaries" and "narration/s of events" and more.

In addition, the exhibition's video room, the "Blackbox," will host a different video work as an installation every week throughout the exhibition. Talks and presentations about video art and artists' films will also be held within the scope of the exhibition.

Initiated by the Whitechapel Gallery in 2008, the Artists' Film International is organized in partnership with 17 art institutions from different parts of the world. Every year, partners select a new work by a prominent artist in their country and share it with the other partners. Following the curatorial work by each program partner, selected videos are displayed in thematic screenings or exhibitions.

Istanbul Modern participated in the program with works by Ali Kazma, ?nci Eviner, Ergin Çavu?o?lu, Sefer Memi?o?lu and Bengü Karaduman in the past. Having worked with Delier in 2014, it invited Av?ar for 2015, and Av?ar's video will feature in the exhibitions and screenings organized by program partners throughout the year....