Artists Complete for teaching

We are very happy, that our team for teaching at the IPA Summer 2012 is complete now. Here they are:

• Roi Vaara from Helsinki/Finland http://www.arsfennica.fi/2005/vaara-en.html
• Lynn Lu from London/UK http://www.lynnlu.info/cv.html
• Jürgen Fritz from Frankfurt, Main/Germany http://www.fritz-performance.de

We will update details about the classes soon!

updated Information

IPA (International Performance Association) - Istanbul Festival as newcomer highlight of Turkey’s art scene aims to be a platform for encouraging performing arts practices with uniting performance lovers as well as emerging artists from all over the world to exchange their ideas and experiences. This year IPA Festival will be held by Istanbul based teamalso carries two local project partners; maumau art residency and Koza Visual Culture and Arts Association with treasured contributions of venue partners; Salt Galata, Pasajist, Gallery NON and DEPO. During the festival, a series of Performing Arts events such as; indoor and public space performances,Summercamp where performance artists meet with leading performance artists for training through workshops and discussions and the conference will take place between the dates of July 29 to August 12 in İstanbul. 

1st Open Callof IPA-Istanbul Summercamp is in already progress, please register via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

For further information please visit the web site www.i-pa.org 

IPA – Istanbul 2012 Team

Jurgen Fritz -  Artistic and Executive Director 

Özge Çelikaslan – Burçak Konukman  Festival Coordinators   

Hatice Utkan- Derya BayraktoğluPublic relations and conference coordinator

Summer Camp Coordinator, Özge Çelikaslan

Artist Liaison, Burçak Konukman

Events coordinator, Hatice Utkan, Mehmet Kahraman, Derya Bayraktaroğlu

İpa İstanbul Adress: (see map at location)

Koza Visual Culture and Arts Association

Istiklal Caddesi No: 116 Danisman Gecidi Han Cikmazi Sok. No: 1 K:3 (BEKS) Beyoglu Istanbul Turkey

Ozge Çelikaslan: mobile: +90 533 341 17 44

Burçak Konukman: mobile: +90 544 513 86 61

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Project Partners

IPA – International Performance Association (Organization) http://www.i-pah.de/

Koza Visual Culture and Arts Association (Documentation) http://www.kozavisual.net

maumau art residency (Accommodation) http://www.maumauworks.com

Venue Partners

PASAJist – Independent ART SPACE http://www.pasajist.com/

SALT Galata http://www.saltonline.org/en/home

DEPO Istanbul http://www.depoistanbul.net/en/

Gallery NON http://galerinon.com/

Piartworks http://www.piartworks.com/

Don´t miss IPA Summer 2012

Dear all,

now we have 38 applicants from 16 different countries! The IPA Summer 2012 in Istanbul will be a unique and great meeting of young performance artists from all over the world. Don´t miss it!

Best

Jürgen