a. k.

preparing for my first tv interview (by alp klanten)

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:10:31 -0500

preparing for my first tv interview

(by alp klanten)

(via Acilis/Opening: ALP/07.02.2012, Sohbet/Talk: Alp...

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:02:50 -0500

(via Acilis/Opening: ALP/07.02.2012, Sohbet/Talk: Alp Klanten-Elmas Deniz/08.02.2012)

opening tomorrow…

ALP
February 7 – March 20, 2012
Opening: Tuesday, February 7, 17:00-20:00

Alp Klanten’s (1977, Bergisch Gladbach, DE) solo show ALP is opening on February 7^th. It is the fourth of BENGÜ BURAK VOLKAN ALP ELMAS İZ, a series of solo shows curated by Nazlı Gürlek for the 35th anniversary of Maçka Sanat Galerisi.

In his first solo show Alp Klanten presents a selection of photographs taken in Istanbul, Tel Aviv, Berlin and New York between 2010-2011. Among the seven photographs that are displayed without frames there are images of urban architecture that order their modern subjects, portraits of the artist’s friends as well as a scene showing a sculptor casting from between the legs of a naked model. The image depicting a young man dancing freestyle under a remote highway bridge communicates the standardization of urban architecture as well as the power of desire that brings people together and empowers individuals.

For the past 6 months Alp Klanten has been living in New York, pursuing his MFA in Advanced Photographic Studies at the ICP-Bard. Klanten’s former studies in social and political sciences constitute the background to his visual practice. In his present work, one can trace the cool and restrained conceptual imagery of the Düsseldorf school embodied by Thomas Struth; the diary-like and emotional American style associated with Nan Goldin and Ryan McGinley as well as that of Wolfgang Tillmans who was influenced by these two strands in documenting youth culture.

Klanten’s photographs address the ways in which people appropriate the built structures that make up the infrastructure of human society such as graffiti, and negotiate spaces for autonomy. These images are brought together with individual portraits of Klanten’s people. Declaring the personal political, and directing his queer gaze onto the ”political” bodies, Klanten’s art looks for each individual’s inherent strenght and their potential for defiance.

In the age of social media, when ordinary people feel compelled to expose themselves more than ever before, Klanten’s subjects speak about their private life, their environment, social and political identifications. They also bare traces of the zeitgeist and make visible today’s diverse forms of existence, styles and desires.

Megaforce (1982) - Theatrical Trailer (by CarterJBurke)

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 01:24:27 -0500

Megaforce (1982) - Theatrical Trailer (by CarterJBurke)

Project MUSE - Criticism - Realism and Utopia in The Wire

Sat, 31 Dec 2011 07:13:22 -0500

Project MUSE - Criticism - Realism and Utopia in The Wire:

fredric jameson writes about the wire and it’s a free .pdf to download, print and read. [forgot who published this link first on facebook.]

happy new year!

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Tue, 13 Dec 2011 08:01:51 -0500

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:39:54 -0500

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

jfandson: Glasser performing in our Ombre Pleated Shirt...

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:02:39 -0500

jfandson:

Glasser performing in our Ombre Pleated Shirt Dress for the opening of Tauba Auerbach’s Pop-Up Book.

Photo courtesy Alp Klanten of Printed Matter

(nostalgia) by Hollis Frampton 1/4 (by selledesong)

Sat, 26 Nov 2011 12:06:01 -0500

(nostalgia) by Hollis Frampton 1/4 (by selledesong)

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

Wed, 23 Nov 2011 22:05:12 -0500

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

new york 2011 by alp klanten

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 20:36:38 -0500

new york 2011

by alp klanten

Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police

Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:35:01 -0500

Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police

r-o-n: Siri in the middle lol too funny

Fri, 18 Nov 2011 23:02:05 -0500

[Flash 10 is required to watch video.]

r-o-n:

Siri in the middle

lol too funny

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

Sun, 13 Nov 2011 22:07:34 -0500

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

ivan civic’s latest performance.

Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:25:19 -0500

ivan civic’s latest performance.

Even David Foster Wallace's Threatening E-Mails Include Footnotes

Mon, 24 Oct 2011 05:20:43 -0400

Even David Foster Wallace's Threatening E-Mails Include Footnotes

Fri, 21 Oct 2011 01:02:47 -0400

new york 2011

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Thu, 20 Oct 2011 00:00:50 -0400

"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited..."

Mon, 17 Oct 2011 21:26:12 -0400

“Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited proletariat, but as temporarily embarrassed millionaires”

- John Steinbeck (via bmcgrgr)

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:30:06 -0400

jerusalem 2011 (detail)

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Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:28:33 -0400

a. k.

preparing for my first tv interview (by alp klanten)

(via Acilis/Opening: ALP/07.02.2012, Sohbet/Talk: Alp...

Megaforce (1982) - Theatrical Trailer (by CarterJBurke)

Project MUSE - Criticism - Realism and Utopia in The Wire

Photo

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

jfandson: Glasser performing in our Ombre Pleated Shirt...

(nostalgia) by Hollis Frampton 1/4 (by selledesong)

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

new york 2011 by alp klanten

Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police

Warsaw protester launches drone to spy on police

r-o-n: Siri in the middle lol too funny

new york 2011 (by alp klanten)

ivan civic’s latest performance.

Even David Foster Wallace's Threatening E-Mails Include Footnotes

new york 2011 © alp klanten

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"Socialism never took root in America because the poor see themselves not as an exploited..."

jerusalem 2011 (detail) © alp klanten

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