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Jennifer Hattam

Jennifer Hattam is a freelance journalist based in Istanbul, where she writes about arts and culture, environmental issues, food and drink, politics and society, travel, and urbanism.

Posted inBooks

Haunting Photographs Document the Erasure of Armenians in Turkey

by Jennifer Hattam September 19, 2023September 19, 2023

Andréas Lang’s pictures, now compiled in a new book, convey “what the Turkish state wants people to remember and what it wants them to forget.”

Posted inNews

Pro-Erdoğan Protesters Target Istanbul Exhibition Deemed “LGBT Propaganda”

by Jennifer Hattam June 30, 2023June 30, 2023

The Artİstanbul Feshane venue was briefly forced to shut its doors after conservative groups decried artworks containing nudity and imagery seen as critical of the state.

Posted inArt

Making Art 10 Years After Turkey’s Gezi Protests

by Jennifer Hattam June 20, 2023June 20, 2023

In Berlin, where many artists settled after the protests that shook Turkey a decade ago, an exhibition grapples with the political repression and exile that followed.

Posted inNews

How Turkey’s President Is Weaponizing Culture

by Jennifer Hattam May 8, 2023May 10, 2023

Known for persecuting artists and cultural figures, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s government is being accused of “artwashing” ahead of critical elections.

Posted inArt

After Earthquakes, Art in Istanbul Takes on New Resonance

by Jennifer Hattam March 16, 2023March 17, 2023

Four exhibitions planned prior to the devastating earthquakes grapple with presciently timely themes of loss, healing and transformation.

Posted inNews

Art Orgs Mobilize Support After Turkey-Syria Earthquakes

by Jennifer Hattam March 5, 2023March 6, 2023

Artists and cultural organizations have been contributing to the post-disaster relief efforts despite their own needs for support.

Posted inNews

Turkey Targets Film Deemed “LGBT Propaganda”

by Jennifer Hattam December 20, 2022December 20, 2022

The Turkish Culture Ministry has demanded its funding back on an award-winning independent film after a smear campaign by conservative media.

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The Stage as a “Living Concept” in Turkey’s Performance Art

by Jennifer Hattam December 11, 2022December 9, 2022

While The 90s Onstage looks back to a dynamic moment in Turkey’s performance art scene, Ata Doğruel’s “Light Source” reflects on the present.

Posted inArt

Photographing History’s Silences and Gaps 

by Jennifer Hattam October 25, 2022October 25, 2022

A former journalist, Sim Chi Yin came to question the primacy of archival sources after realizing the deliberate decisions behind what gets included or excluded.

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A Kurdish Artist’s Creative Resistance From Behind Bars

by Jennifer Hattam June 22, 2021June 30, 2021

“Politics, war and oppression are a part of my life,” Fatoş İrwen explained of her current solo show, Exceptional Times.

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Walk With Me: A Performance Artist Adapts to the Pandemic

by Jennifer Hattam January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

For two weeks last fall, performance artist Alisa Oleva walked with 33 different women in Istanbul; sometimes for 30 minutes, sometimes for three hours, but always from 1500 miles away.

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Revisiting Photography’s First Road Trip

by Jennifer Hattam February 24, 2020February 24, 2020

Ten Turkish artists follow daguerreotypist Frédéric Auguste Antoine Goupil-Fesquet’s 180-year-old journey through the Eastern Mediterranean.

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ACC provides artists, arts professionals, and scholars with support for research and cultural exchange between Asia, the US, and within Asia. Applications open November 1–30.

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