Permesso‘visa applicants’

a multi media installationproposal for accented

residency at Townhouse Gallery in Cairo, Egypt

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2010 - Baracca. Den Haag, Netherlands (Solo Exhibition)Kasa Galeri. 10th Year Anniversary, Book Launch & Exhibition. Istanbul, TurkeyManzara Perspectives. ‘The Outer Edge of Inside’. Istanbul, TurkeyThe EAST/WEST Project. ‘the New new’. Berlin, Germany 2009 - Le CentrePasquArt. ‘Seriously Ironic: Positions in Turkish Contemporary Art Scene’. Bien, SwitzerlandKasa Galeri. ‘Getting Even’. Curated by Isin Onol. Istanbul, TurkeyBridge Art Fair. Represented by EFG Gallery. New York, U.S.A2008 - Hafriyat. ‘Urban Jelousy’ 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran. Istanbul & BerlinDam, Stuhltrager Gallery. ‘On Its Head’. New York, U.S.AFlux Factory. ‘New York, New York, New York’. New York, U.S.A2007 - Istanbul International Contemporary Art Fair. TersHane. Istanbul, Turkey **TersHane. ‘Biennial Parallel’. Istanbul, Turkey **TersHane. ‘Factory Days II’. Istanbul, TurkeyDam, Stuhltrager Gallery. ‘White Noise’. New York, U.S.A *2006 - Istanbul International Contemporary Art Fair. Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey *Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery. ‘One Is Better’. New York, U.S.A *3rd Ward. A night of Videos for Loft-n-Space. NY, U.S.A **Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery. ‘Compassion’. New York, U.S.A *2004 - The Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture. New York, U.S.A2003 - Judi Rotenberg Gallery. Boston, U.S.AStephen D. Paine Gallery. Boston, U.S.A2002- Huntington Gallery. Boston, U.S.AThe Brant Gallery. Boston, U.S.A2001 - Student Life Gallery. Boston, U.S.AHuntington Gallery. Boston, U.S.A

2010 - Baracca. Den Haag, Netherlands (Solo Exhibition)Kasa Galeri. 10th Year Anniversary, Book Launch & Exhibition. Istanbul, TurkeyManzara Perspectives. ‘The Outer Edge of Inside’. Istanbul, TurkeyThe EAST/WEST Project. ‘the New new’. Berlin, Germany 2009 - Le CentrePasquArt. ‘Seriously Ironic: Positions in Turkish Contemporary Art Scene’. Bien, SwitzerlandKasa Galeri. ‘Getting Even’. Curated by Isin Onol. Istanbul, TurkeyBridge Art Fair. Represented by EFG Gallery. New York, U.S.A2008 - Hafriyat. ‘Urban Jelousy’ 1st International Roaming Biennial of Tehran. Istanbul & BerlinDam, Stuhltrager Gallery. ‘On Its Head’. New York, U.S.AFlux Factory. ‘New York, New York, New York’. New York, U.S.A2007 - Istanbul International Contemporary Art Fair. TersHane. Istanbul, Turkey **TersHane. ‘Biennial Parallel’. Istanbul, Turkey **TersHane. ‘Factory Days II’. Istanbul, TurkeyDam, Stuhltrager Gallery. ‘White Noise’. New York, U.S.A *2006 - Istanbul International Contemporary Art Fair. Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery. Istanbul, Turkey *Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery. ‘One Is Better’. New York, U.S.A *3rd Ward. A night of Videos for Loft-n-Space. NY, U.S.A **Dam, Stuhltrager Gallery. ‘Compassion’. New York, U.S.A *2004 - The Brooklyn Society For Ethical Culture. New York, U.S.A2003 - Judi Rotenberg Gallery. Boston, U.S.AStephen D. Paine Gallery. Boston, U.S.A2002- Huntington Gallery. Boston, U.S.AThe Brant Gallery. Boston, U.S.A2001 - Student Life Gallery. Boston, U.S.AHuntington Gallery. Boston, U.S.A

2000 - Canakkale Art Gallery. Canakkale, TurkeyOsman Hamdi Exhibition Space. Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty. Istanbul, TurkeyTurkish Ceramics Association. Izmir, TurkeyIzmir Rotary Club. Izmir, TurkeySeramitek. Istanbul, Turkey1999Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture & Design. Prague, Czech RepublicSeramitek. Istanbul, Turkey1997Osman Hamdi Exhibition Space. Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty. Istanbul, Turkey

residencies2009 6 Month Residency at Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center. Istanbul, Turkey1999 1 Month Residency at Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture & Design. Prague, Czech Repulic

education2000-2003 Massachusetts College of Art: MFA in Studio For Interrelated Media (SIM). Boston, USA1996-2000 Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty: BFA in Ceramics & Glass. Istanbul, Turkey

2000 - Canakkale Art Gallery. Canakkale, TurkeyOsman Hamdi Exhibition Space. Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty. Istanbul, TurkeyTurkish Ceramics Association. Izmir, TurkeyIzmir Rotary Club. Izmir, TurkeySeramitek. Istanbul, Turkey1999Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture & Design. Prague, Czech RepublicSeramitek. Istanbul, Turkey1997Osman Hamdi Exhibition Space. Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty. Istanbul, Turkey

residencies2009 6 Month Residency at Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center. Istanbul, Turkey1999 1 Month Residency at Academy of Fine Arts, Architecture & Design. Prague, Czech Repulic

education2000-2003 Massachusetts College of Art: MFA in Studio For Interrelated Media (SIM). Boston, USA1996-2000 Mimar Sinan University, Fine Arts Faculty: BFA in Ceramics & Glass. Istanbul, Turkey

Please see below for ideas and sketches of “Guide Line” & ‘Visa Applicants”

Installation sketch

Permit Machine

A hand crancked visa stamp-ing machine. A small amount of money and human power will trigger the machine to approve or deny entry.

The Swiss Customs officers mark denying me the entry.

Still frames from the interviews shot in Istanbul, Turkey.

To view the first edited draft of this video please visit

http://vimeo.com/1292208

The kind of magnifying glass I would like to use during new interviews.

An example of a letter written to the ‘Visa Hotline Project’ which was launched by the Economic Development Foundation in Tur-key with the aim of determining difficulties that Turkish Citizens encounter during their Schengen visa application process

12/03/2010

To whom it may concern,

During my traveling to Geneva, Switzerland to see my step mother who was diagnosed with cancer in 2006, I was not permitted entry due to visa problems. The Swiss customs officer booked me a ticket back to New York City flying with an overlay in London, I was being shipped back the same way I had come. Two police of-ficers took me on the plane while joking around and laughing at the film “Midnight Express”.

After traveling for 35 hours, I was back at home in NY. Humiliated, tired and frustrated I once again applied for another visa from the Swiss Consulate. This time I was told that I would not be granted a visa.

I had to gather letters from my step mothers doctors and hospitals to prove to the Consulate that I was no fugitive.

Yours sincerely,Devrim Kadirbeyoglu