Rather, she sees the sculptures as an extension of her mission to create a platform for contemporary artists from around the world, transforming this city of gleaming skyscrapers and sandy beaches into a center for arts and culture.
Art Beat Istanbul This new platform for contemporary art in Turkey has grand ambitions, beginning with a commercial fair through Sept. 18 at the Lutfi Kirdar Convention and Exhibition Center.
The man's declamations might have referred to any or all of those issues, since several of them were persistent themes at Dance Umbrella, the most important platform for contemporary dance on the African continent.
Ho and Tso created Banana Magazine, an annual print publication and digital platform covering contemporary topics from an Asian perspective ― all without featuring a single white person.
"I wanted to provide a common platform for contemporary artists to experiment with, and make physical what would otherwise be a digital form," said Crispin via Facebook last night.
On Saturday, he'll have a good audience for that, as his Siete Catorce will briefly step aside for the presence of Den5hion during a showcase set at the annual Mutek Festival in Mexico City, the premiere platform of contemporary electronica in the country.
Most New Yorkers think of Times Square as a barren consumerist wasteland, but one incredible thing does happen there: by turning creators loose on the world's most famous intersection, Times Square Arts turns it into a gigantic public platform for contemporary performance and visual arts.
Through the Rebuild Foundation, Gates' created physical spaces on the Southside of Chicago, like The Black Cinema House, The Dorchester Projects, Currency Exchange Café, and the newly opened Stony Island Arts Bank, a new exhibition space that aims to be an international platform for contemporary art and cultural space for the local community.
Popiashvili Gvaberidze Window Project Tbilisi's many grand historical institutions and museums are impressive and well maintained, but there are few platforms for contemporary art.
The publication, Not If But When: Culture Beyond Oil, comes days before the announcement of the winner of the Turner Prize, one of the most high-profile platforms for contemporary art, which the Tate organises.
