5th Istanbul Design Biennial, Turkish Architecture Event News, Mariana Pestana
5th Istanbul Design Biennial
7 July 2020
5th Istanbul Design Biennial News
Location: Istanbul, Western Turkey
New Dates, Format And Participants of the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial Announced
Curated by Mariana Pestana with Sumitra Upham (Curator of Programmes) and Billie Muraben (Assistant Curator & Deputy Editor), and organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (?KSV) with the support of Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism and under the sponsorship of VitrA, the 5th Istanbul Design Biennial will open on 15 October 2020.
5th Istanbul Design Biennial Curator Mariana Pestana:

photos courtesy of ?KSV
With a new structure that brings together different formats of display, the biennial will be held under the title Empathy Revisited: Designs for more than one with participants from various countries and disciplines intervening in exhibition venues, outdoor spaces and digital platforms. Ark Kultur Turkey:

2020 has been marked and will be remembered by a global crisis caused by the new strain of coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). Following the pandemic, creative industries have stopped their conventional operations and shifted focus in order to find new working methods and paradigms. In times of “physical distancing” the Istanbul Design Biennial, which is by nature focused on dialogue, presents new forms of encounter to reach out to its audience and enlarge their ...