Episode 6: Vasıf Kortun

In this episode we are speaking with Vasif Kortun, a colossal figure in the field of contemporary art. Together with him we unpack how cultural institutions deal with the digital turn, the future of archives, practices of commissioning cultural work and concepts of care-taking and craft. Vasif was the founding director of several international institutions, including SALT, Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, and the Museum of the Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College. He was also a co-curator of the legendary 2005 Istanbul Biennial with Charles Esche, as well as many more exhibitions. Besides his history as a curator, writer and teacher, Vasıf Kortun is currently learning by practice small scale no-dig farming and reading on General Artificial Intelligence.