Vasif Kortun is the curator and the director of Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, in Istanbul. His texts have appeared in many different books, magazines and exhibition catalogs.Jahresring 51: Szene Turkei: Abseits aber Tor, a book on Turkey co-authored with Erden Kosova was published in 2004. The co-curator of the 9^th Istanbul Biennial in 2005, Kortun received the 9^th annual Award for Curatorial Excellence given by the Center for Curatorial Studies in 2006. He is was the co-curator of the Taipei Biennial 2008.