Art After Dark May 24–June 3, 2012

İstanbul Modern Cinema takes a look at the reflections of street art in cinema. Organised in partnership with the Consulate General of the United States, İstanbul, this selection of seven films starts with Wild Style (1983) that is regarded as the first hip hop motion picture, and moves on to subcultures which adopted the DIY approach of the 90’s including the independent music scene and alternative fashion designers. The program then traces graffiti and street art in five continents with Bomb It and ends with Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010), a Best Documentary nominee at the 2011 Academy Awards.

Art After Dark Panel
Saturday, May 26th, 14.00
Speakers: Cedar Lewisohn, Brad Downey, Tunç Dindaş

Cedar Lewisohn: Based out of London, Lewisohn is a curator and artist who curated the 2008 Tate Modern exhibition, “Street Art: The Graffiti Revolution” which explored street and urban culture and its forms of expression. He is currently researching the 1970’s graffiti movement in New York and how it spread and evolved its own vernacular in different countries across Europe and the Americas.

Brad Downey: Having worked with American and International artists from Berlin to Abu Dhabi, Downey has participated in workshop and street interventions around the world. His art interferes with the visual cues of everyday life, questioning social, formal and political structures. In 2008 he gave a “Play With The City” talk at the Tate Modern and in 2012 he participated in a joint exhibition, “The Samawi Collection II” at the Dubai Ayyam Arts Center.

Tunç Dindaş: Born in 1971, Tunç Dindaş is one of Turkey’s leading graffiti artists. He has represented Turkey abroad in multiple exhibitions including working on the Luca Frei project at the 2005 İstanbul Bienale, the 2007, “Intervention” exhibition at Hafriyat and took part in an exhibition in Portugal held in the memory of Andre Breton. In 2009, he worked with Barış İlkhan to open “Versus,” a graffiti and sculpture exhibition and in 2010 he published “Street Soul / Graffiti from Turkey." 2012 saw his first solo exhibition, "Monsters, Robots & İstanbul" become a reality. He continues to work as a commercial director and professional artist.

Workshop with Brad Downey
Turkish artists, including Turbo, Fly Propaganda and Copikstar, live demonstration

Sunday, May 27, 14.00 – 19.00