Virtual tour of the 3rd International Yeditepe Biennial started streaming. Exhibitions at venues such as Yedikule Fortress, Nuruosmaniye Mosque Cellar and Sirkeci Train Station Warehouses, become permanent in digital environment, presenting a discovery to art lovers independent of time and space.

Organized under the auspices of Presidency of the Republic of Türkiye, in cooperation of Fatih Municipality and Classical Turkish Arts Foundation, the 3rd International Yeditepe Biennial broadens digital access opportunities and continues to carry art to more people. The biennial exhibitions, which were brought to life in three important venues integrated with Istanbul’s historical heritage—Sirkeci Train Station Warehouses, Nuruosmaniye Mosque Cellar and Yedikule Fortress—are now accessible to everyone via a virtual tour. Art lovers can tour the rich content and historical atmosphere of the biennial in 360 degrees via this link.

Yeditepe Biennial is positioned as a platform where works are exhibited in addition to being a multifaceted cultural area that makes the intellectual background of art visible. The Biennial combines the aesthetic tradition of classical Turkish arts with contemporary interpretations of today, offering a physical and digital showcase to young artists who produce in different disciplines. The systematic thought behind the works, their sources of inspiration and traces of their production processes become more visible with this virtual tour.

This digital opening comes forward as an important step towards protection of cultural heritage and increasing access to public art. The virtual tour application developed in line with cultural policies of Fatih Municipality creates a participation space unlimited with venue, enabling viewers that are not physically in Istanbul can experience the biennial atmosphere one-on-one. At the same time, it addresses a broad audience from students to researchers, academics to art followers.

The works positioned between the mystical atmosphere of the Nuruosmaniye Mosque Cellar, the stone structures of the Sirkeci Train Station Warehouses that are engraved in memory, and the magnificent walls of Yedikule Fortress bring together the memory of the place and the spirit of the works. This integrity creates an experience that can be felt not only physically but also in the digital environment. Art is not only seen in these exhibitions; it is also heard, thought about, and questioned.

This experience, enriched with virtual tour technology, also has the quality of a cultural heritage left to the future. The exhibitions can now be archived and revisited unlimited to the duration of the biennial. This permanence allows cultural production to gain a form that is resistant to time.

The art tour of Yeditepe Biennial forms a digital connection particularly with young viewers while deepening eloquence of art through new media. This new access style ensures the biennial continues as not just an activity but also a transforming and growing cultural structure.

This biennial experience that was carried to the digital world thanks to the vision of Fatih Municipality and Classical Turkish Arts Foundation transforms form of contact with art and present a new interaction model with the viewer. Yeditepe Biennial reflects cultural depth of a city to digital screens to remove boundaries, expand time, and carry access to art into the future.