Artists Statement

‘Invisible Istanbul’ – an augmented reality (AR) intervention into the Istanbul Biennial that uses GPS positioned artworks to create surrealistic and poetic juxtapositions within the physical space of Istanbul and the Biennial.

• Tamiko Thiel is American media artist who develops the dramatic and poetic capabilities of augmented reality as a medium for social and cultural issues. She has degrees in engineering from Stanford and MIT (US) and in fine arts from the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich (D). Her work has been supported by WIRED Magazine, Japan Foundation, MIT, Berlin Capital City Cultural Fund and The IBM Innovation Award.
• Architects Cem Kozar & Isil Ünal founded design office PATTU (Sumerian; a field, ready to be cultivated) which focuses on creating new fields in architecture, design and urbanism through exhibitions, research projects and urban interventions. Their works have been exhibited in the Rotterdam Architecture Biennial, Istanbul Architecture festival and the Istanbul Summer exhibition. PATTU recently finished the Ghost buildings research/exhibition project which was supported by the Istanbul 2010 Capital of Culture Agency. Their office is still cooperating with local and international artists on a variety of projects.

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