Turkey

we want to educate and improve people who away from the state Opportunities.

Apart from its film screenings, !f istanbul has an international competition for young directors, a showcase for Turkish filmmakers, and extensive range of workshops and performances based on the year's themes every year. For the last two years, the festival has also been organizing !f ²: Istanbul Live- film screenings in partnership with 25 different cities' art platforms, youth groups and cultural organizations.

1- We are working with Universities, TUBITAK, through the cooperation of research institutions and production sectors of the country's international competitiveness and export-oriented industries in order to give a structure to produce technological knowledge, product innovation and improve production methods, or raise the standard of product quality, increase productivity, production cut costs, commercialize technological knowledge, technology-intensive production and support of entrepreneurship, NGOs, to ensure compliance with new and advanced technologies, taking into account the decisions of the Supreme Council of Science and Technology to create opportunities of investment in technology-intensive areas, create job opportunities for researchers and qualified persons, technology transfer help and high / advanced technology to quicken the entry of foreign capital to provide the technological infrastructure; 2. European Union for projects and programs to produce innovative projects and programs, to participate in existing programs, other organizations to cooperate in this regard, 3. Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs), private and public information and communication technologies for remote-service training programs based on the design projects, 4. NGOs, the private and public institutions for the training needs analysis, design and construction of these Needs appropriate educational environment projects,

-Liberal Youth Conferance
-Liberal Economy Conferance
-No Enemy Among Us
-Weekly meetings (Ankara&İstanbul)
-Activism

As a part of the 10th International Istanbul Biennial the project, Big Family Business, conducted discussions, artist presentations, exhibitions, and used the space as a meeting spot for curators and artists. Several local off-spaces have shown in our space including MASA, Atilkkunst, and NOMAD. The video festival organization, KURYE, has moved their archives of over a 1000 artists video works to 5533. Another student/professional project was “Manifatura@5533” involving interconnection of art, design and craft. Students of art management, performing arts, and design at Istanbul Bilgi University worked with students from Georgia and Armenia.the German Kunstgymnastik group conducted a workshop for art-mediation/art-education. the Düsseldorf based nüans group joined with the Istanbul based Alti Aylik Group for the project "On Produceabilty" that included artists from Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Stockholm, London, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Los Angeles, Paris, and Istanbul. Other artists and curators have shown in the space. 5533 participated in Istanbul Off-Space Berlin at Kunstraum Keruzberg-Bethanien It will be an alternative space with an exhibition for the 11th Istanbul biennial. For more details please go to our blogspot.

Our organisation is still in its first year, therefore it has not got a projects. But it participated to relative activities

EU Youth Projects and capacity building activities

People First Aid Training,
Housewives, college students first-aid training,
Disaster monitoring system,
An emergency action plan, and search and rescue project...

• “Independent Movement” One Day Festival at Sureyya Stage- collaborating with the State Opera and Ballet (April 2010)
• Interdisciplinary Debates: “Course of Novelty: Glancing at the New in Performing Arts” –collaboating with Museum of Modern Art/Istanbul (October2008-May 2009)
•“momentaryInflux @ Kanyon Shopping Mall” Parallel event of the 13th Istanbul Biennial(2009)
•“Course of Novelty: Glancing at the New in Performing Arts Talk Series (2008 – 2009)
• “momentaryInflux @ Santralistanbul” – (June 2008)
•“Bağımsız Seyir” – Criticism Portal (May 2008 – Present)
•“Wherefrom Whereabouts: Esteti.ka Histori.ka Politi.ka” Artistic Research Atelier (2008)
•“Independent Bulletin” – Monthly Contemporary Performing Arts Agenda (February – May 2008)
•“Independent Network: Cultural Management and Capacity Building for the Contemporary Performing Arts” (January – May 2008)
• “DirectLink, Intercultural Dialogue Through Art” - EU Project; Partner (2007 – 2008)
• “Cultural Contact with the Municipality of Beyoğlu”
Towards an Independent Arts Council (2007)
•“Drama and Movement Workshops at Beyoğlu Municipality Neighborhood Mansions” (2007)
•“Performing Arts Platform 01: Oyun Atölyesi, Kadıköy” – Festival (May 2007)