So far it seems that there is so much to see in Istanbul we could walk for 10 days straight and we would not eve touch the tip of the iceberg, which speaks to the plurality, complexity, and beauty of the city. It has been very hard to keep up with the blog because of our tight and very full schedule, but it has been amazing here.
First I will start with the workshop at Istanbul Teknic University. We arrived early in the morning and drank tea and coffee with the department head as well as another teacher, after which we moved into the studios and met the group of students we were working with. All of the students were extremely friendly, and socializing was effortless. We began with a lecture that accompanied the exhibition we saw earlier. The lecture was extremely informative, so I have detailed notes about the period of 1910-2000 that I can photocopy and distribute. The workshop was about future Utopias of Istanbul, and consisted of each student in our class joining a studio group from the university, so each group consisted of 1 of our students and maybe 3-4 of theirs. It was very beneficial to work together, the insight offered into Istanbul from a the student's perspective was beyond helpful. The combination of perspectives seemed to create very rich and creative projects.
Bryan
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