Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) is a non-profit cultural institution. Since 1973, the Foundation continues its efforts to enrich Istanbul’s cultural and artistic life. İKSV regularly organises the Istanbul Festivals of Music, Film, Theatre and Jazz, the Istanbul Biennial, the Istanbul Design Biennial, Leyla Gencer Voice Competition, autumn film week Filmekimi and realises one-off events throughout the year. The Foundation hosts cultural and artistic events from various disciplines at its performance venue Salon İKSV, located at the Nejat Eczacıbaşı Building, and offers creative events programme for children and youngsters at İKSV Alt Kat.
İKSV organises the Pavilion of Turkey at the International Art and Architecture Exhibitions of la Biennale di Venezia, conducts studies and drafts reports with the aim of contributing to cultural policy development, and supports artistic and cultural production through presenting awards at its festivals, commissioning works, taking part in international and local co-productions and coordinating an artist residency programme at Cité Internationale des Arts in France, as well as the annual Aydın Gün Encouragement, Talât Sait Halman Translation, and Gülriz Sururi-Engin Cezzar Theatre Encouragement Awards.
İKSV is a member of the General Assembly of the Turkish National Commission for UNESCO, since 2018.
AREA / SUBJECT OF THE FELLOWSHIP
Istanbul Design Biennial aims to bring together a diverse cross-section of design ideas once every two years, exploring a wide range of fields concerning design. Seeding ideas and fostering dialogue and intersections within the creative and academic community, the biennial operates on a network of national and international collaborations with cultural agents, institutions, universities and companies. Using the city as a dynamic space for projects, actions and interventions, the biennial tackles global design problems, brings the notion of design into scrutiny, stimulates critical debate, foregrounds underexplored or overlooked aspects of society and prompts further investigation into and exchange about emerging conditions of the world. In addition to its biennial exhibition and various activities, Istanbul Design Biennial seeks to ensure a long, deep and interdisciplinary conversation that will help rethink the question of design by multiplying the number of voices and assembling an inspirational design archive. Committed to design as a tool for understanding its complex role in today’s society, the biennial as a progressive discussion platform is in permanent transformation. - https://tasarimbienali.iksv.org/en
Istanbul Film Festival - Meetings on the Bridge is a co-production, training and networking platform that brings producers, directors, and scriptwriters from Turkey and its neighbouring countries together with international film professionals in Turkey. It provides an opportunity to filmmakers from Turkey and its neighbouring countries to present their new feature film projects and films in post-production for the first time, as well as aiming for creating a platform for artistic and financial collaborations.
Following group works and individual meetings on developing projects at training, the filmmakers take the first steps towards future collaborations and continuous exchange of information at the workshops. - http://film.iksv.org/en/meetings-on-the-bridge
DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSED FELLOWSHİP ACTIVITY
Istanbul Design Biennial / Installation Assistant & Artist Assistant
Works with artists to design the installation of 5. Istanbul Design Biennial
Develops and maintains production and installation schedules
Maintains, sources, and purchases all supplies and tools necessary for exhibition/artwork production and exhibition installation
Meetings on the Bridge / Meetings on the Bridge Assistant
Organizes the film development workshop and training, neighbors platform, short film and trailer workshop
Prepares the schedules of all workshop and training
EXPECTED PROFILE
Istanbul Design Biennial / Installation Assistant & Artist Assistant
The fellow should have
- Bachelor's degree in a related field of study,
- At least 3 years of working experience,
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build good working relationships
- Experience in art, architecture, stage setting and/or scenery will be an asset
The fellow is also expected to be self – motivated, able to prioritize and manage workload and meet project deadlines.
Meetings on the Bridge / Meetings on the Bridge Assistant
The fellow should have
- Bachelor's degree in a related field of study,
- At least 3 years of working experience,
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, ability to work independently and collaboratively with colleagues and lay leaders, and a passion for film and the arts,
- Experience in Film Studies and/or cultural arts is a plus.
CONDITIONS OF THE FELLOWSHIP OPPORTUNITY
Office hours are between 09:30 and 18:00 on weekdays.
PROPOSED TIME FOR THE FELLOWSHIP
Istanbul Design Biennial / Installation Assistant & Artist Assistant: August - September 2020
Meetings on the Bridge / Meetings on the Bridge Assistant: March - April 2021
For both fellowship programmes, the exact schedule will be decided upon agreement between the host organisation and the fellow.