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Artwork removed from Istanbul hotel rooftop by municipality for ‘visual pollution’

May '16

Officials from Istanbul’s Beyoğlu Municipality have forced the owners of a hotel to shut down a rooftop screen playing a video by the artist Işıl Eğrikavuk, citing “visual pollution.”The work titled “Time to Sing a New Song” was on display at YAMA, a public art installation series screened on top of Istanbul’s Marmara Pera hotel.


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http://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/artwork-removed-from-istanbul-hotel-rooftop-by-municipality-for-visual-pollution.aspx?pageID=238&nID=98819&NewsCatID=385