Visiting Scholar in November (Visiting Lecture #2)

("The 14th Istanbul Biennial Opens on September 5." FTNnews. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <http://ftnnews.com/news-from-turkey/28391-the-14th-istanbul-biennial-opens-on-september-5.html>. )

1. Saltwater: A theory of thought forms 14th Istanbul Biennial; Drafted by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev

("The Sydney Morning Herald: National, World, Business, Entertainment, Sport and Technology News from Australia's Leading Newspaper." Not Too Proper. N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <http://www.smh.com.au/news/biennale/not-too-proper/2008/06/13/1213468486989.html>. )

2. Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev: American writer who writes about art history and she is also a curator of Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art and the Galleria Civica D’Arte Moderna Contemporanea in Turin. She focus on historical avant-gard and also do contemporary art.

("Recognizing Islamic Jihad: It Is Time to Properly Acknowledge the Armenian Genocide - Eagle Rising." Eagle Rising. N.p., 24 Apr. 2015. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <http://eaglerising.com/17689/recognizing-islamic-jihad-is-it-time-to-properly-acknowledge-the-armenian-genocide/>. )

3. Armenian Genocide: Turks killed 15 million Armenians in an attempt to eliminate the Christian minority og Armenians. Turkish governor still refuse to hold responsibility to this event.

(Buchmeyer, Jon Paul. "Wilderness Safaris: Saving Endangered Animals." N.p., n.d. Web. 17 Nov. 2015. <http://www.cntraveler.com/stories/2013-08-13/wilderness-safaris-world-savers-awards>. )

4. Safaris Island: 18 thousands dogs are shipped to the island and let them die. Then the dogs became wild dogs.

5. Many artists now pay their attention to the big world and both on-going and controversial historical events. Themes are related to the genocide and death and life. That made me think of Guen's (Professor Jennifer) printmaking artwork "run, hide, fight" on exhibition in the linking gallery. That is also related to the current issues of shootings and deaths and unsafty.