Havalar iyice ısındı. Deniz, kum ve güneş güzel ama yine de eğlencenin yanında kültür ve sanat dolu etkinlikler istiyor bünye... Bu yaz farklı ama bir o kadar da yaratıcı festivaller ve sergiler arıyorsanız bu liste tam da size göre... Üstelik fiyatlarda keseye uygun.
#İstanbul FestivalDünyanın en renkli partisi Life in Color, 1 Ağustos’ta İstanbul’u rengarenk boyamaya hazırlanıyor. KüçükÇiftlik Park’ta yapılacak olan partide Hollandalı DJ’ler Willem van Hanegem ve Wardt van der Harst’tan kurulu W&W grubu da performans sergileyecek. İkili, parti öncesi sorularımızı yanıtladı.
#Life İn ColorDünyanın en renkli partisi Life in Color, 1 Ağustos’ta bir kez daha İstanbul’u rengarenk boyamaya hazırlanıyor. One Colony’nin ev sahipliğinde 1 Ağustos’ta KüçükÇiftlik Park’ta yapılacak olan “Life in Color: the Big Bang Tour”da bu yıl 8 ton sıvı boya kullanılacak.
#Life İn Colorİlk olarak iPhone için yapılan ücretsiz bir fotoğraf paylaşma ve düzenleme uygulaması olan Instagram, diğer işletim sistemleri ile de uyumlu olduktan sonra tüm dünyaya bir anda yayıldı. Instagram, kullanıcı sayısı açısından dünyanın en hızlı büyüyen sosyal ağlarından biri olduğunu da gösterdi. Geçtiğimiz yıllarda 300 milyon kullanıcı eşiğini geride bıraktığını duyurmuştu. Fotoğraflarınız daha çok kişiye ulaşması için ise bir çok etiket kullanılıyor. Peki, 'hashtag' olarak adlandırılan bu etiketlerden en popülerleri hangileridir?
#İnstagramISTANBUL - Grand Vizier Ali Paşa is known to have called Ahmet Vefik Paşa a 'living library' and someone who would have made a good grand vizier under Sultan Süleyman. Ahmet Vefik Paşa is remembered more for his interest and contribution to the arts than his work as a politician and sultan’s grand vizier
ISTANBUL - Emre Dörter stayed on in Italy to get some real-life experience in photography after completing his master’s degree at the Accademia Italia before returning home. He says over time he has developed an affinity to shoot still-life pictures, as he does now. ’For everything, there has to be a separate preparation, structure, equipment, eye and approach. To find opportunities to work in different styles is very attractive, in spite of it being stressful for a careful professional,’ he says.
ISTANBUL - A historian and social anthropologist by training who has spent a quarter of her life as an expat, Sema Alpayta is this year's only Turkish participant in NASA's Aerospace Institute taking place later this month. She hopes to use her experience to help enrich the lives of the expatriate teenagers she teaches in Istanbul as well as the community.
ISTANBUL - By asking citizens in various cities who they would prefer to have living next door, a new survey reveals that Turks bear high levels of intolerance toward diversity, with atheists and gays among the least wanted neighbors. Turks give more negative answers than the European average, says Yılmaz Esmer of Bahçeşehir University.
ISTANBUL - Twenty local and international artists, brought together by Filipino curator and artist Rowena Martinez Ulayan, are showing their work at Beylerbeyi Palace on Istanbul’s Asian shoreline. Hailing from Cuba, Mauritius, Russia, South Africa and the United States, as well as Turkey, all the artists brought together by Ulayan have made Istanbul their home. The exhibition, ’Creative Euphoria,’ is on view until June 4
ISTANBUL -Duman fans’ long wait for a new album comes to an end The question now is whether the band’s new sound meets expectations built up since the success of their last album. The much-adored foursome launches not just one, but two albums, and that is not the only surprise in store
FETHİYE -Many seem to gravitate toward Shaman, drawn in by the Aladdin’s cave of trinkets, charms, exotic clothes and ’hippie chic’ items. The eclectic mix of products that make the shop so popular among residents and tourists alike are sourced from winter trips to the Far East and from the owner’s own unique designs produced in Turkey
ISTANBUL - Masks and wild costumes aren’t just for Halloween anymore. It’s carnival time. Though Turkish people do not traditionally celebrate carnival, similar costume balls are part of the entertainment culture especially in Istanbul. There are even few shops in Istanbul offering out of the ordinary attire
ISTANBUL - Jiri Kobos, general manager of the Hyatt Regency Hotel Istanbul, is also a talented abstract expressionist who takes to his basement studio after office hours to paint. Kobos’ colorful work is on display at an exhibition at the Antique Hotel restaurant in Istanbul until Feb. 29