Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum (iS.CaM) is an independent, artist run museum established in

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in 1997. It is the oldest

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museum in Istanbul. iS.CaM an alternative art organisation that develops, evolves and collaborates with other institutions and networks. One of its tenets is that art and education should go together hand in hand. In terms of the Internet it is pioneering, including the establishment of the Web Biennial, a Biennial entirely on the Internet. The founder is conceptual artist

Genco Gulan Genco Gülan (born 1969) is a Turkish conceptual artist and theorist. His work includes a variety of media, including conceptual art, new media, performance art, and photography. Gülan studied media at The New School in New York City. His ar ...

and the chief curator is Dr.

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. It collaborates with

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Perform in many projects. Genco Gulan established “Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum” as an art project in 1997. The project has evolved for many years. Recently he manifested in Berlin that he is the “''Erste Lebende Kunst Museum''” (the first living art museum) after .

Web Biennial

The Web Biennial, abbreviated as "WB", is an online

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of net-art and web-art. It is organised by Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum, iS.CaM, and founded by

right at the turn of the century. As a web Formation Web Biennial is as old as

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. Every two years WB takes the form of virtual 'pavilions', presenting a large amount of contemporary Internet art, linking them in one way or another. Each participating website or project is represented by special tag in the title tag and or a link on the Web Biennial website. Though an online project, Web Biennial is sometimes compared to other Biennials. See:

In every area of life, a new generation of young Turks is reaching outward. This year's Art Biennale will draw artists from Bosnia, Iran, Egypt, Greece and Lebanon—a most uncommon mix—while the Web Biennale will feature work by Armenians, Ukrainians, Serbs, Macedonians and Romanians. "Istanbul these days has as much dynamism as New York," says Genco Gulan, director of the Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum. If anything, he enthuses, "Istanbul is more alive. There's more interest here in doing something new.Turkish Delight Foorhar, Rana and Mathews, Owen. (2005-08-28)
. ''
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''. Retrieved 2012-06-01.

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