Önder Özengi (ed.): Relative Positions (2011) [English/Turkish]

This book is based on the April 2009’s exhibition which took place in Suriye passage, Istanbul. The exhibition was focused on creating a temporary art institution during 15 days.

The book consists of the articles departing from art works produced for the exhibition, transcriptions of the talks organized around the exhibition and articles that extend the issues and debates focused by the exhibition itself.

Contributors: Ahmet Ogut, Ashkan Sepahvand, Borga Kanturk, Boris Buden, Brian Holmes, Burak Arikan, Caner Aslan, Deniz Gul, November Paynter, Onder Ozengi, Pelin Tan, Ulus Atayurt.

With works by Borga Kanturk, Inci Furni, Kanalkayıt (Can Altay, Basak Akcakaya, Emrah Kavlak, Taylan Hacirustemoglu, Deniz Erdem, Cagri Kucuksayrac, Pelin Gure, Gulsah Taskin, Sevgi Aka, Nesli Yagli, Kaan Birol), Merve Sendil, Pelin Tan, Vahit Tuna.

Published in October 2011, Istanbul
ISBN 978-605-5612-016

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Deterritorial Support Group: Ten Growth Markets for Crisis: A Trend Forecast (2011)

“In a time of political flux, how do we escape a political discourse which is just a reaction to a series of attacks on our class? How do we place ourselves in a position which is not defensive, but launches a positive vision of social organisation? Where will the challenges and potentials of the coming months and years lie? In Britain mainstream political innovation slumps in the doldrums. Hamstrung by financial and political contingencies, Parliamentary politics offers little in the way of social critique and finds little resonance in the public. But in the field of radical politics? Whilst dissent flourishes, it lingers in the negative, unable to be converted into innovation, by doctrinal discipline or an inability to harness creative thought and speculative conversation. The field lies open for those who wish to write a new story. We have put together a few possibilities to spot these growth markets for crisis; a trend forecast for social struggle.

Let’s outline some key social trends, some growing ideological markets and some possible future scenarios as the class-war continues to warm up. These aren’t predictions, as such – they are attempts to open up our understanding of our current situation as ideologies come crashing down around us. We need to write new stories about how we got here, who we are, and how we’re going to cope with what is to come. Let’s turn tendencies into trends; turn trends into Tendencies.” (from introduction)

Published by Deterritorial Support Group, London, in December 2011
12 pages

article about DSG (Dan Hancox, Guardian)

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Pier Vittorio Aureli: The Project of Autonomy: Politics and Architecture Within and Against Capitalism (2008)

“The Project of Autonomy radically rediscusses the concept of autonomy in politics and architecture by tracing a concise and polemical argument about its history in Italy in the 1960s and early 1970s. Architect and educator Pier Vittorio Aureli analyzes the position of the Operaism movement, formed by a group of intellectuals that produced a powerful and rigorous critique of capitalism and its intersections with two of the most radical architectural-urban theories of the day: Aldo Rossi’s redefinition of the architecture of the city and Archizoom’s No-stop City. Readers are introduced to major figures like Mario Tronti and Raniero Panzieri who have previously been little known in the English-speaking world, especially in an architectural context, and to the political motivations behind the theories of Rossi and Archizoom. The book draws on significant new source material, including recent interviews by the author and untranslated documents.”

Publisher Princeton Architectural Press, 2008
Volume 4 of Buell Center/FORuM Project publication
ISBN 1568987943, 9781568987941
88 pages

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