Akbank Children’s Theatre“What Am I Going To Be?”
November 2025 – May 2026
An Alternative View on Art and Children
May 4–7, 2025
Online Platform - Zoom
Children’s Workshops
Contemporary Art and Ecological Experiments
January 2025 – July 2026
Online Platform – Zoom
Seminar (POSTPONED) Breaktime
28 April 2026 - Along with Turgay Tuna, a true lover and connoisseur of Istanbul who also studied in these very halls, we will retrace the steps of those schools that still leave a distinct mark on the social and physical landscape of Beyoğlu.
Seminar Küratörlük-etik kurucu bir alan mı ya da felsefeciler küratör olsaydı?
30 April 2026 - Since the 1980s, the convergence between artistic production and philosophical thought has become increasingly pronounced. This seminar explores how contemporary art is shaped by its relation to ethics, examining the ethical stance of critical artistic practices alongside the boundaries of curatorial choice.
Learning Program An Alternative View on Art and Children
Starting from the question “What do you think artis?”, this four-day teacher training delves into questions like “Why dochildren create art?”, “What is talent and is it necessary?”, and “Can everyonebe an artist?”. This creative discussion environment is designed for teachersand teacher candidates.
Seminar Trends & Evolution of the Art Market and Its Position in the World Today
5 May 2026 - This seminar offers a unique opportunity to grasp the complexities of the international art world and its markets and provides on overview of its actors and how they interact.
Seminar Art Collecting in Türkiye with Its Historicity and Problematics
11 May 2026 - Examining the cultural evolution of collecting from the 15th-century Ottoman Empire to the present, the seminar analyzes the ecosystem—spanning from the palace to the Republic, auction practices to digital transformation, and contemporary issues.
Seminar Against the Black Box: Context, Actor, and Practice in Communication Technologies
17 May 2026 - In this talk, we will develop a social-constructivist critique of communication technology by focusing on the triad of context, actor, and practice while examining the place of communication technologies in social change.
Seminar State of the Art in Digital Technologies: New Wave AI, Promises, and Problems
23 May 2026 - What does the "New Wave Artificial Intelligence" promise us for the future, and what problems does it inherently contain? In this presentation, we will try to address how we should strike a balance between these two poles.
Seminar Stylessness and Dissolution of the Monograph
22 April 2026 - In this talk, the artist will examine the phenomenon of stylistic formation that became dominant with modernism. Drawing on examples from both his own work and from contemporary artists who produce without manners, the talk will focus on the anxiety produced by change and the dissolution of style.
Seminar Contemporary Art and Curatorship with a Focus on Intellectual Property and Art Law
6 April 2026 - An overview of art and intellectual property law, covering artists’ rights, curatorial practices, exhibition contracts, and emerging issues in digital art and AI.
Seminar Exhibition Planning: Risk Management and Artwork Insurance
1 April 2026 - In this session, we will discuss details such as risk management, insurance procedures, transportation, the responsibilities of the parties involved, and damage management as they pertain to exhibitions.
Seminar Dead Can Dance: Afterlife of Art
13 April 2026 - This presentation reflects on fifteen years of Protocinema exhibitions, alongside a proposal in-progress titled Dead Can Dance: Afterlife of Art which considers the everyday practice of mutual exchange and sustaining one another, and the ways that the living and the dead coexist.
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Learning Program Material: Fermentation
12:00
Children Workshop Exploring Distance: What’s Out There? (Ages 7-11)
Merinos Textile Industry Museum, BURSA
13:30
Children Workshop My Transformation Story (Ages 9-12)
14:00
Children Workshop Colorful Arm Puppets (Ages 6-10)
Cennet Culture and Arts Center
15:00
Seminar Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
Children Workshop Bursa Landscapes Inspired by Hale Asaf (Ages 6-9)
15:45
Children Workshop Mini Mosaic Workshop (Ages 5-9)
16:00
Children Workshop Acoustic Discoveries (Ages 6-10)
Children Workshop (POSTPONED) This Is Our Table (5-8 Yaş)
Children Workshop (POSTPONED) Puppet and Story Circle (Ages 8-12)
Workshop Dialogues @ Bova – Guest: Moncef Genoud
Bova
18:30
Conversation Book That Spark Thinking on Production: “What I Talk About When I Talk About Running” - Haruki Murakami
Frankeştayn Kitabevi
Concert Alternative Amplified: Selût
Postane İstanbul
20:00
Conversation “Mom, Am I an Artist?” Guest: Tansu Biçer
Bant Mag. Havuz / Bina
21:00
Concert Jazz Meets Rap
Babylon
19:30
Conversation Jazz Listening Club: From Script to Screen: The Journey of Film Music
Opus 3A
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