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JUSTICE TALKS
JUSTICE TALKS
February 2004 - May 2005
Art and Social Thought Contemporary Art Literature Painting Exhibition Talk Workshop
Places: Diyarbakır Arts Center, Dicle University, Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality Conference Hall

Justice Talks’ was held February 2004-May 2005 under the scope of ‘Rethinking the Concept of Modern Justice’ project, realized with the support of the Consulate General of Holland Matra-KAP programme. Academics, writers, poets, and journalists were invited to these talks. Approximately 1500 people participated in nine separate talks held at Diyarbakır Arts Center, Metropolitan Municipality of Diyarbakır and Dicle University for a year. The texts of these interviews were published in a book under the same name in 2007. As part of the same project, and with the support of the Prince Claus Fund, the ‘Justice Consumption’ exhibition was curated by Beral Madra. Artists from Turkey, Armenia, Georgia, Lebanon, Cyprus, Bosnia, Macedonia, and Syria -countries which have witnessed intense human rights violations and experienced great traumas in the last two decades- questioned the concept of justice with the works they produced in the field of painting and video. ‘Justice Throughout History’ workshop took place April 27-28, 2005. Istanbul Bilgi University faculty member Ferda Keskin made a presentation on the concept of justice and led a discussion on the relationship between justice and arts at the workshop attended by the ‘Justice Consumption’ exhibition curator Beral Madra, 17 graduate students from the Dutch Art Institute and artists from Diyarbakır.

Evolution of the Modern Concept of Justice
Talk Art and Social Thought
7 February 2004
Evolution of the Modern Concept of Justice
Speaker: Mithat Sancar
Talk Art and Social Thought
9 April 2004
Human Needs and Social Policy
Speaker: Gürol Irzık
Are Problems of the World Reflected in Poetry?
Talk Art and Social Thought Literature
21 May 2004
Are Problems of the World Reflected in Poetry?
Speakers: Roni Marguiles, Yücel Öztürk
Talk Literature
29 May 2004
Prisons and Writers
Speakers: Ahmet Othmani, Eugene Schoulgin, Müge Sökmen, Ragıp Duran
Talk Art and Social Thought
5 June 2004
Philosophy and Justice
Speakers: Ferda Keskin, Thomas Pogge, Murat Borovalı
Talk Painting
26 June 2004
Allegory of Justice in European Painting
Speaker: Zerrin Boynudelik
Talk Art and Social Thought
1 October 2004
The Left and Justice
Speaker: Ömer Laçiner
Talk Literature
4 December 2004
Dostoevsky, Modernity and Justice
Speaker: Sibel Irzık
Talk Art and Social Thought
30 January 2005
Fear of Justice
Speaker: Sezai Sarıoğlu
Justice Throughout History: Consumption of Justice Workshop
Workshop Art and Social Thought
27-28 April 2005
Justice Throughout History: Consumption of Justice Workshop
Facilitator: Ferda Keskin
Exhibition Contemporary Art
1-22 May 2005
Consumption of Justice
Curator: Beral Madra
Artists: Ali Aksakal, Andrej Derkovic, Bassam Al Khouri, Behrang Samadzadegan, Evrensel Belgin, Heba Farid, Iliko Zautashvili, Lamia Joreige, Maha Abu Ayyash, Oliver Musovik, Panayiotis Michael , Ruben Arevshatyan, Zehra Fionya