“Everybody has a biennale, so we must have one too”, ironically states Mikhail Bode
reviewing the last Moscow Biennale in “Kultura”, March, 2007.
The visibility on the media has become the first aim of this kind of events, despite
their contents. We can say that this ads strategy in the field of culture was born and
has been developed since 1985 with the Capital City of Culture (renamed in 1999,
European Cities of Culture ECC). If we read some easy descriptions, an ECC is a city
designed by the EU for a period of one year during which it is given a chance to show
its cultural life and cultural development. Istanbul will be ECC in 2010.
But now, after a period of great favour, the ECC’s are far less visible and we could
almost say that they have been replaced by global-local biennials.
Is the spasmodic need for media visibility, even through ECC’s and biennials, the
right answer to make your city internationally renowned? How can we define this
kind of totally undetermined floating investments for a city in culture?
We have to remember that Venice doesn’t have a desperate need for tourism, the
Biennale doesn’t bring more tourists than usual. Nevertheless, this Biennale – that
probably the city does not need – has become a monster and suffers from dispersion
caused by too many pavilions that are nearly impossible to visit.
Finally I want to submit to your attention this 2007 incredible novelty of the tourist
package of contemporary art events with the purpose of attracting visitors to the
cities where the exhibitions are held. That, somehow is softening and shifting the
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alayl› bir üslupla “Herkesin bir bienali var öyleyse bizim de olmal›” diyor.
Medyadaki görünürlük, bu tür etkinliklerin birincil amac› haline gelmifl durumda,
içeriklerine karfl›n. Kültür alan›ndaki bu reklam stratejisinin, 1985’te ç›kan Kültür
Baflkenti (1999’da ismi Avrupa Kültür Baflkenti AKB olarak decurrency1ifltirilen) kavram›yla
birlikte docurrency1ducurrency1unu ve gelifltirildicurrency1ini söyleyebiliriz. Baz› basit tan›mlar
okuducurrency1umuzda, bir AKB; AB taraf›ndan planlanan, bir y›ll›k bir dönem için kültürel
yaflam›n› ve geliflimini gösterme flans› verilen bir kent. ‹stanbul 2010’da AKB olacak.
Ancak flimdi, büyük bir iltimas döneminden sonra AKB’lerin görünürlücurrency1ü, çok
azalm›fl durumda ve neredeyse yerlerini küresel-yerel bienallere b›rakt›klar›n›
söyleyebiliriz.
Medya görünülürlücurrency1üne duyulan kas›lm›fl ihtiyaç, AKB’ler ve bienaller vas›tas›yla da
olsa, kentinizi uluslararas› çapta ünlü k›lmak için docurrency1ru bir yol mu? Kültürde bu tür
tamamen karars›z decurrency1iflken yat›r›mlar› bir kent için nas›l tan›mlayabiliriz?
fiunu hat›rlamam›z gerekir ki; Venedik’in turizme umutsuzca gereksinimi yok,
Bienal, normaldekinden daha fazla turistin gelmesine neden olmuyor. Bununla
birlikte bu bienal – olas›l›kla kentin gereksinim duymad›currency1› – bir canavar haline geldi
ve ziyaret etmesi neredeyse olanaks›z çok say›da pavyonun yol açt›currency1› dacurrency1›n›kl›ktan
muzdarip.
Son olarak, sizlerin dikkatine 2007’de sergilerin yap›ld›currency1› kentlere turist çekmek
amac›yla çacurrency1dafl sanat etkinliklerinin içine sokulducurrency1u inan›lmaz yeni moda turistik
paketi sunmak istiyorum. Bu, bir bak›ma bir bienalin iddias› olan bireysel sesin
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