First steps for Cultural Strangers
Today we started to set up a studio space in a cave next to the Babayan Culture House. This is where we will construct an installation piece that we can move from location… Continue reading
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Ibrahimpaşa – the village off the Google Map
We arrived at Ibrahimpaşa last night, the place where we will be doing our residency for the next month at the Babayan Culture House. One of the things that I think is… Continue reading
Istanbul and ISEA2011 – physical and virtual access
One of the biggest challenges we have experienced in Istanbul is actually working out where we are on the map. It is relatively easy to identity significant sites like the Hagia Sofia, The… Continue reading
Saint Thecla – First Woman Evangelist
We recently discovered the story of Thecla, who was a significant figure in early Christianity also hailing from Konya, one of the places we will be visiting in September. This is our adaptation… Continue reading
Mood maps and mapping our world according to the things we love
When I was recently on training to be an Indigenous Community Volunteer, we did a wonderful exercise where we all mapped the things in our world that were important to us in all… Continue reading
Sefer Yetzirah – 15th Century Armenian Manuscript
On a recent trip to the south coast, we found a wonderful book in a secondhand book shop titled “Mapping the World” by Caroline and Martine Laffon. One map in particular caught our… Continue reading
The Mawlawi Order
Better known as many as the Whirling Dervishes, the Mawlawi Order are a Sufi order founded in Konya (in present-day Turkey) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th century Persian… Continue reading
Cappadocia – Playing with Google My Maps
I have just realised I can update the map on the blog via Google My Maps, which means we can annotate the map and add references. The post about the Seven Churches of… Continue reading