Panaroma is a public art which criticize the lack of public space and the confused function of the few open/green spaces in İstanbul.
Art Project by Andreas Fogarasi. Project architect & construction supervision by Alper Derinboğaz.
— Salon2
The installation is planned to move inside Istanbul every 3 months as follows: Kadıköy, Beşiktaş, Levent, Eminönü. Therefore the structure needed to be built in manner to be easily transportable as it was going to visit important public spaces in Istanbul. In order for it to be portable and to give it an “architectural luna park” quality Panorama was designed to include smaller parts that could be assembled at will. The contrast between the mobile steel construction and architectural elements like the marble casings and marble steps emphasized the main idea of the work. The white circle that hangs there in an “illogical” way presents an attractive element that invites the viewer to the platform. To be left alone with this white circle creates a contradictory state in the backdrop of the beautiful panorama of the Moda coast.
Panorama may not be functional or easily legible but it presents a happy surprise for those who will come across it. The confusion about its functionality enables the visitors or the ones who will accidentally meet with it to establish a complex relationship with the work. Perhaps when the viewer spends enough time he/she becomes part of this installation and realizes that he/she participates in this attitude that approaches the lustful commodification of view in Istanbul in a critical manner.
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A panorama without a view? I would do it differently to get the effect. I would project the visitors shadows on the translucent perimeter, thus inverting the panorama, reversing the focus.
eric chavkin
I found a chance to look for it at Eminonu part of Istanbul. I borned and am still living in Istanbul. Istanbul has lots of residential buildings with heavy concerete mass. If you know where to look, you can catch beautiful historical vistas or bosphorus views through the concrete environment. For my opinion, designer intended to show unique beauties of Istanbul within the chaotic life of metropolice - population, noise, concerete, traffic, etc.
ugur kaya
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