We shared the experiences of Future has Desires, a practice-led research project developed by PASAJ members artist
Seçil Yaylalı and curator Zeynep Okyay in collaboration with academic researcher İpek
Altun, to contemplate the nature and structure of collectivity.

The NESXT Festival includes artistic productions by independent artists. In its program, during parallel talks, he discusses common concepts that bring together independent artists and art initiatives.

AIM is an international network of artist-run initiatives.Artist-Run initiatives came together and shared opinions and experiences in Plovdiv. They made workshops and an exhibition and a panel discussion.

What does independence mean? How does PASSAGE work in the neighborhood? How to set up different collaborations? Is it possible to proceed in different economic models?

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SAHA supports 5533 (Istanbul), Pasaj (Istanbul) and Torun (Ankara) within the scope of the Support Fund for the Sustainability of Independent Art Initiatives.

In this meeting, the structure and functioning of PASAJ was discussed with Kunstraum Muenchen, which has been operating since the 1970s

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SpaceLab by Stefan Endewardt, is an intuitive growing installation, which deals with spaces, situations and resources in the city.

Collectivities in independent structures often start with great motivation and expectation. Then things can change. How can the members of a collective fulfill their individual needs within a group? And, at the same time – maintain their collective existence? Which is singular within the plural? The Individual and the Collective are mutually reinforcing concepts, but sometimes they seem to be the starting point of conflict. This multi-narrative format experience-sharing meeting will help with new ways to deal with conflict.

Interface Inagh art space from Ireland invited Detroit Stockholm from Sweden and PASAJ from Turkey to a long-term cooperation project.  The artists and members invited by the three organizations came together in 12 meeting series they did. The community, which met online twice a month, formed presentations, workshops and working groups in network events that lasted for six months.

The participant was invited to think about and  identify what space / public space needs / necessities are in creative and independent formations; they discussed the use of the street as an experimental area.

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How social solidarity comes into existence in geography where living together is locked in particular spatial cultural and social forms, can life alternatives that pay regard and adapt to the differences be produced?

PASAJ will recreate in its fair stand the small buffet/ restaurant it uses for exhibitions /events in the Tarlabasi neighborhood. It’s a way to bring to Stockholm a small alternative part of Istanbul.

In this presentation, PASAJ's survival strategies were shared and a discussion was established with the audience through their own methods at bin11 from Turin.

While collaborative work is admirable, it is not always an easy process. Seçil Yaylalı and Zeynep Okyay researched the nature of collective action through surveys they conducted in MENA and Europe for the Future Has Desires project and would like to share their findings, receive your feedback and listen to your experiences in collective work.

Kıymet Daştan's installation titled Nimet, named after the inn where PASAJ is located, consisting of video, sculptures and objects, and Aslı Dinç's project called <andata>, which will be constructed as a processor installation room, will meet with the audience.

This program was supported by SAHA as part of the Sustainability Fund.

We enjoyed a lot exhibiting the project "a Karagöz of freedom and dissent" of Caspar Pauli & Birgit auf der Lauder and the project 60 meters of Kahya Bey Street of Ekmel Ertan & Seçil Yaylalı with the photo of Giorgio Caione 

The ‘Swiss Touch In Landscape Architecture’ is an event initiated by ProHelvetia and brought to Turkey by PASAJ. It’s supported by the Consulate General of Switzerland in Istanbul. 

PASAJ works with (Brooklyn) New York artist Sheila Pepe to create a space that invites the public to pause, contemplate, discuss and consider the nature of the context: the IstabulArt fair. 

PASAJ proposes to organize a ‘feast’, a dinner set-up that encourages audience participation for ArtInternational Istanbul 2014.

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