hello!

istanbul, istanbul. so we are here for nearly one week and there are many experiences we´ve made so far. I really like the the city with all its images, smells, sounds..Everything is so different to Austria. I am really glad do be here not only for vacation, but also to have the chance to get to know another culture. As I have learned so far, the field of calligraphy is a very big one and there is much to know about it, besides its appearance.

This is also what we´d like to concentrate on, in our projekt: going deeper into a topic to find out the real interesting things behind it. Getting in touch with these things may then lead to other unexpected experiences and informations. Taking your time to explore different areas is also connected with taking your time for doing calligraphy. Its not only about the result, its also much about the way it is done.

Our concept includes the idea of bringing people together. We would like to show them how fast they are going to make a judgement on something they´ve not even really looked at. By exploring things more deeper they would be more able to understand for exapmle the habits and rules of other cultures and could so live together more peaceful.

One thing that we´ve talked about was : A homeless guy is lying on the street holding a billboard in his hands. On this billboard stands something like: "If you want to work for Amnesty International, I´ll be the person you should talk to."

So the homeless guy considers the information needed by the people wo wants to work for amnesty international. Instead of wanting something from them(f.e.g. money, what most of the people would expect) he gives something to them.

A lot of people would not like to go on a dark street (f.e.g in Istanbul) and they would also avoid to look at the homeless guy lying in a dark edge. But the ones(the target group) who are interested in helping others would maybe look and him and they would be surprised what message he gives to them. It would be something they didn´t expected.

That was just one idea that may lead us to our main idea... :)

So far that was some information from my side, about what we discussed the last days.

Anna