Founded in 1990, Witte de With Center for Contemporary Art is a public institution in Rotterdam that presents a changing program of art commissions and exhibitions, educational initiatives and events. It also has a longstanding editorial program, which has included artist books, publications, exhibition readers and catalogs, as well as online publishing.

Witte de With has served as a cultural platform for both emerging and established artists, curators, writers and art audiences alike, locally and internationally. Continually revisited is the question of how to define the role of art institutions in relation to artistic experimentation and cultural developments. Its program thus considers the places of contemporary art in the present, and the ways it has been experienced in the past. It also imagines the futures contemporary art may be shaped by—and those futures that art and culture in general could come to shape.

robogeisha. The first, quintessential, perfectly adorable robot of the 90ʼs. Intelligent, scratchy, capable of cleaning the house, except that it couldnʼt talk and had a brain the size of a nail, but oh so cute. Sadly, you wouldnʼt want to get too close to it. Itʼs not big on hugs or holding hands. Nevertheless, robogeisha is the perfect aural companion. For anyone in the world of robots, this would be a no-brainer. Its product name is – robogeisha – for its ability to replace something not worth replacing. The question is: was the robot too cute to be used? Who would buy a machine that you canʼt hug? And isnʼt the point to have a companion that lets you go about your daily tasks without having to ask it or even pay attention to it? If robogeisha wasnʼt so cute, I wouldnʼt bother to write this, but even then, itʼs clear that if you see an adorable robot at the supermarket, you canʼt stop asking it to do something. Instead of just saying  "Hi, Iʼm pretty good at vacuuming. What can I do for you?", robogeisha will force its adorable face to yours and say "Iʼm feeling unloved. Can I make myself feel loved? What should I do to make myself feel loved?" Then you just have to start playing with it and say "please", but without your hands on her face. I personally prefer the noise this induces in me – there is no substitute. Itʼs an intriguing sociological study of a tech phenomenon weʼve been seeing for a while. I canʼt forget to mention, in the beginning, that she has no name. Youʼd just call her so-and-so. How itʼs done, weʼll never know, but itʼs something you can never forget. Not when sheʼs so charming, so cute, so human-like, so painfully cute.

Conversations with some of the most engaged artists and thinkers working today.

e-flux is a publishing platform and archive, artist project, curatorial platform, and enterprise which was founded in 1998. Its news digest, events, exhibitions, schools, journal, books, and the art projects produced and/or disseminated by e-flux describe strains of critical discourse surrounding contemporary art, culture, and theory internationally. Its monthly publication e-flux journal has produced essays commissioned since 2008 about cultural, political, and structural paradigms that inform contemporary artistic production.

A pluri-disciplinary institution in Berlin of visual and performative arts, music, architecture, literature and scientific discursive formats 🌊

Bir Vehbi Koç Vakfı kuruluşu olarak 2010-2018 yılları arasında İstiklal Caddesi’ndeki binasında faaliyet gösteren Arter, 2019'da Dolapdere’deki yeni binasına taşındı.

Arter, sanatın tüm disiplinlerini kapsayan programıyla herkes için erişilebilir, canlı ve sürdürülebilir bir kültür ve yaşam platformu olmayı hedefler.

İstiklal Caddesi’ndeki binasında 2010-2018 yılları arasında 35 sergiyi izleyicilerle buluşturan Arter, çağdaş sanatın görünürlüğüne katkıda bulunurken, bu sergiler kapsamında 183 eserin üretimine de destek sağladı.

Arter, Grimshaw Mimarlık’ın tasarladığı yeni binasında koleksiyonunun hem içinden hem de dışından oluşturduğu sergilerin yanı sıra farklı disiplinleri bir araya getiren etkinlikleri, film ve öğrenme programı ve yayınlarıyla sanatı geniş kitlelerle buluşturmayı amaçlar.

Toplam 18.000 metrekare kapalı alana sahip binada sergi alanlarının yanı sıra performans salonları, öğrenme ve etkinlik alanları, kütüphane, konservasyon laboratuvarı, sanat yayınlarına odaklanan bir kitabevi ve yeme/içme alanları bulunur.

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Opened in 2010 as a subsidiary of the Vehbi Koç Foundation, Arter has moved to its new building in Dolapdere in 2019.

At its new building, Arter strives to be a sustainable, vibrant cultural hub, making its broad range of programmes accessible to everyone.

From 2010 to 2018, at its building on Istiklal Street, Istanbul’s main pedestrian artery for culture and arts, Arter presented 35 solo and group exhibitions and provided support for the production of 183 artworks in the framework of its programme.

At its new building designed by Grimshaw Architects, London, Arter presents exhibitions from but not limited to its collection as well as performances, events and publications.

Arter's new building has 18,000 square meters of indoor area and houses, in addition to exhibition galleries, a terrace, performance halls, learning areas, a library, a conservation laboratory, an arts bookstore, and a café.

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