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Experiencing the City with Art and Art with the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial
Abstract
In this article, the contribution of art to the experience of urban public space is investigated. The focus is on the 17th Istanbul Biennial, which was held between 17 September and 20 November 2022, which spread throughout the city and thus provides a strong sample for research. The case study method was adopted in the research. Therefore, the data used in the research are the biennial venues, the relations of the artworks in these spaces with the city, the experiences of the participants, and the observations of the researchers. The findings of the research reveal that art activity can have the power to reproduce/reconstruct both the past and the future in the city with the encounters it creates on both an individual and social scale. The example of the 17th Istanbul Biennial has shown that art events have an important potential for establishing connections between the parts of the city. With these activities, it has been observed that the hidden areas, streets, and places in the city, that are hidden, unexplored, and left on the coast, that is, the hidden potentials and hidden power of the city, can be revealed.
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Ethical Statement
This study was ethically approved by the Human Research Ethics Committee at
Özyeğin University, with the decision dated 02 November 2022 and approval
number 2022/15/04.
Thanks
This article is produced from the thesis titled "Traces of Public Space-Art Interaction
in the Transformation of the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial", which
was conducted by Elif Eş at Ozyeğin University, Institute of Natural and Applied
Sciences, City and Architecture Master's Program, under the supervision of
Assoc. Prof. Dr. Güliz Özorhon.
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Details
Primary Language
English
Subjects
Urban and Regional Planning (Other)
Journal Section
Research Article
Early Pub Date
November 6, 2025
Publication Date
November 6, 2025
Submission Date
November 11, 2024
Acceptance Date
June 24, 2025
Published in Issue
Year 2025 Volume: 4 Number: 2
APA
Eş, E., & Ozorhon, G. (2025). Experiencing the City with Art and Art with the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial. DEPARCH Journal of Design Planning and Aesthetics Research, 4(2), 181-203. https://doi.org/10.63673/DepArch.2025.46
AMA
1.Eş E, Ozorhon G. Experiencing the City with Art and Art with the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial. DEPARCH. 2025;4(2):181-203. doi:10.63673/DepArch.2025.46
Chicago
Eş, Elif, and Guliz Ozorhon. 2025. “Experiencing the City With Art and Art With the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial”. DEPARCH Journal of Design Planning and Aesthetics Research 4 (2): 181-203. https://doi.org/10.63673/DepArch.2025.46.
EndNote
Eş E, Ozorhon G (November 1, 2025) Experiencing the City with Art and Art with the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial. DEPARCH Journal of Design Planning and Aesthetics Research 4 2 181–203.
IEEE
[1]E. Eş and G. Ozorhon, “Experiencing the City with Art and Art with the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial”, DEPARCH, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 181–203, Nov. 2025, doi: 10.63673/DepArch.2025.46.
ISNAD
Eş, Elif - Ozorhon, Guliz. “Experiencing the City With Art and Art With the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial”. DEPARCH Journal of Design Planning and Aesthetics Research 4/2 (November 1, 2025): 181-203. https://doi.org/10.63673/DepArch.2025.46.
JAMA
1.Eş E, Ozorhon G. Experiencing the City with Art and Art with the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial. DEPARCH. 2025;4:181–203.
MLA
Eş, Elif, and Guliz Ozorhon. “Experiencing the City With Art and Art With the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial”. DEPARCH Journal of Design Planning and Aesthetics Research, vol. 4, no. 2, Nov. 2025, pp. 181-03, doi:10.63673/DepArch.2025.46.
Vancouver
1.Elif Eş, Guliz Ozorhon. Experiencing the City with Art and Art with the City: The Case of the 17th Istanbul Biennial. DEPARCH. 2025 Nov. 1;4(2):181-203. doi:10.63673/DepArch.2025.46
