Seminar

How to Organize an International Festival, The amberFestival Experience

Seminar
How to Organize an International Festival, The amberFestival Experience

"Curating Contemporary Art" Seminar Program

Seminar: How to Organize an International Festival, The amberFestival Experience

Speaker: Ekmel Ertan

Time: 18:00–19:30

In this course, we will discuss how to organize an international festival in general terms and specifically through the experience of amberFestival, which held 9 editions between 2007 and 2015.

About Ekmel Ertan

Ekmel Ertan is a curator, cultural manager, artist, and educator. He works as a member and artistic director of the Istanbul-based amberPlatform/BIS (Body Process Arts Association). He is the founder and director of amber Art and Technology Festival (2007–2015, Istanbul) and amberNetworkFestival (2021, Berlin). Ertan works as an independent curator in Turkey and abroad, mainly producing projects in the field of new media art. Since 1999, he has been teaching new media art and design and coordinating or managing numerous international collaborative projects. Ertan is also a founding member of the Independent Collective, which advocates for an independent art and culture scene in Turkey. He currently lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul.

* To learn conditions of participation in a single seminar, we would kindly ask you to send an e-mail to apply@curatingcontemporaryart.org address noting the required seminar details. Single seminar participation fee is 650 TL.

12 June 2025 Thursday 18:00

Online Platform – Zoom

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