Artists' Film International 2016

Istanbul Modern presents Artists’ Film International, an exhibition and program featuring videos, animations, and short films by artists from around the world. Focusing on the theme of “technology”, this year’s program explores the psychological and social effects of different technologies as well as the sociopolitical codes of new technologies, and the way they transform production processes of the moving image. Conversations on video art and artists’ films are also programmed parallel to the exhibition.

Initiated by the Whitechapel Gallery in 2008, this year Artists’ Film International continues in partnership with 13 art organizations from different parts of the world. Every year, each partner organization nominates the current work by an artist from its country. The selection of the films are made around a common theme each year and programmed as screenings or exhibitions according to the curatorial decision of each organization. Having participated in the program with works by Ali Kazma, İnci Eviner, Ergin Çavuşoğlu, Sefer Memişoğlu, Bengü Karaduman, Burak Delier, and Vahap Avşar in the previous years, Istanbul Modern invited Zeyno Pekünlü to Artists’ Film International 2016. Thus, Pekünlü’s work will not only be on view at Istanbul Modern, but at the international partner organizations throughout different periods of the year 2016.