It’s Thursday late afternoon here in Istanbul, and the sun is still beaming into my studio, (as per the photo, taken just moments ago). I went to see ‘(Very) Small Distortions in the Order’ yesterday, which was screening as part of the Istanbul Film Festival, a programme of short videos by artists from Turkey,  Was really struck by Kisa Devre, (Short Circuit) by Ahmet Öğüt, who’s also representing Turkey at this year’s Venice Biennale, alongside Banu Cennetoğlu. There’s an interesting exhibition opening and concert tonight, (‘Relative Positions and Conclusions’) in a really beautiful space, which will at some point in the near future be renovated into a hotel. I visited Istanbul Modern at the weekend, and hope to explore Sultanahmet, and the coast along the Sea of Marmara in the next few days. It’s still quite surreal to be walking ten minutes from my apartment to the studio along Istiklal Caddesi each morning! The image below is the view outside the studio window at Platform Garanti this morning, which is just off Istiklal Caddesi. 

I send my best wishes from Istanbul,Katherine 

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