Istancool
Istanbul International Festival of Culture
27-29 May 2011
Istanbul, Turkey
The global British cultural diplomacy brand Liberatum and Turkish creative agency Istanbul’74 in association with AnOther Magazine will host the second edition of the prestigious art, design, fashion, film, music, literature and architecture festival ISTANCOOL from 27-29 May 2011. Festival founder and artistic director, Pablo Ganguli along with Demet Muftuoglu the creative head of the festival in Turkey have once again joined forces with AnOther Magazine founder Jefferson Hack.
Once again, ISTANCOOL will feature leading cultural personalities from Turkey and other parts of the world. Participants this year include Terry Gilliam, Reha Erdem, Tilda Swinton, Riccardo Tisci, Dan Colen, Venice Film Festival director Marco Mueller, Nurgul Yesilcay, Courtney Love, Sophie Calle, Murathan Mungan, Ryan McGinley, Haider Ackermann, Michael Stipe, Serra Yilmaz, Sam Taylor-Wood and Kirsten Dunst among many others. The artistic programme will aim to captivate and open minds.
ISTANCOOL is a fascinating and unique cultural experience bringing together some of the world’s most talented writers, designers, editors, actors, poets, filmmakers, dancers and musicians to the city of Istanbul. The festival is committed to creating a dynamic arts diplomacy programme in the world and forging greater cultural relations between Turkey and the international artistic community.
For full festival program go to www.istancool.com.tr
ADMISSION IS FREE. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
The festival’s main sponsor for this year’s programme is VAKKO.
