2015
Istanbul
Ruşen AKTAŞ
Ruşen Aktaş is an independent curator and writer based in London and Istanbul. She completed her studies in Turkey –film & media studies- and the UK – visual cultures & art history. Alongside contemporary arts her interests also include architecture, design and urban history. Ruşen has more of a comprehensive attitude towards artistic production and her approach is multi disciplined. She works with artists from diverse backgrounds producing multimedia, film, installations, photography, and painting. Ruşen has worked on major projects as curator, editor, project manager and art space director. In 2008 she founded the art centre of Istanbul European Capital of Culture Agency. She also managed the international arts program of 2010 Istanbul European Capital of Culture year. In 2011 she was commissioned to curate a large scale European Union project to be implemented in Istanbul and Marseille; Ex:change Istanbul-Marseille: Industrial Architectural Heritage, Developing Awareness and Visibility. Between 2012-2013 Ruşen co produced and presented a weekly radio program on contemporary arts for Acık Radyo in Istanbul. As the co founder of Artshift, she has produced exhibitions and events since 2012. She is currently working on a book exploring the relationship between artistic production and activism.
Silvia LUPINI
Silvia Lupini, founder in 2010 of LOOP Landscape & Architecture Design, has an extensive experience working for well-established international architecture and landscape practices (among others, WEST8; MVRDV; KCAP).
The office works in all the fields of landscape, public space and small-scale architecture, with a special focus for the relationship between space, scale and users.
The attention and research for the detail, the materiality, the elements finds its origins in the believe that the beauty of a space lies behind the care for the big scale as well as for the smallest detail.
LOOP Design has a new and contemporary way of working, starting from specific expertise developing and working in network with other structures of professionals.
The office was awarded with several prizes, shortlisted at the YAP/MAXXI 2013 and exhibited at MAXXI, Rome, within the “Erasmus Effect“ exhibition as emerging Italian architecture office abroad.