Testing İstanbul’s Waters: Thirst Talk # 2 – with Nur Horsanalı

In Search of the Pluriverse

In this second Thirst Talk, Sophie meets designer and Istanbulite Nur Horsanalı, who spent a lot of time on the famous Galata bridge to observe fishermen and the social and economic structure that surrounds them. There is a lot of ‘halletmek’ going on there. What is halletmek? Tune in and find out.

Cited references

• Nur on insta
  www.instagram.com/nurhorsanali/
• Young Curators’ Group, 5th İstanbul Design Biennale
  empathyrevisited.iksv.org/en/5th-istan…rators-group
• Desiccate with Care, part of New Civic Rituals
  empathyrevisited.iksv.org/en/project/1…te-with-care
• Finnish Pavilion of the 22nd Triennale di Milano
  triennale.org/en/events/aalto-un…oto-mikko-raskinen
• 4th İstanbul Design Biennial, A School of Schools
  aschoolofschools.iksv.org/
• IKSV podcast (Turkish spoken)
  www.spreaker.com/user/11517119/tasbie-ep10-flac-se
• Halletmek
  pluriverse.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/glossary
• Nur Horsanalı, “Halletmek”, İstanbul Bilgi University: 2017
  issuu.com/nurhorsanali/docs/halletmek_pdf/
• Galata bridge
  Four versions and many proposals preceded the current version of the Galata Bridge (among others, a 1502 design sketch by Leonardo da Vinci), built by the Turkish construction company STFA between the districts of Karaköy and Eminönü. It was completed in 1994.
  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_Bridge
• Çesme (public fountain)
  pluriverse.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/en/istanbul
• Self-organisation and system D design
  www.hathawaydesigns.org/system-d-academy.html

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