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Bircan
ÜNVER
Photo
by:
Rohan De Silva (December 2006)
Experience
Web
Producer
- Since August 1999, The Light Millennium
<http://www.lightmillennium.org>
- The first 9 Issue of the Isik Binyili
<http://www.isikbinyili.org>
-
Turkish & Greek Synergy <http://www.turkishgreeksynergy.net>.
Independent
Video Producer, Director and Editor
- Since 1992, Queens Public Television,
NY
More than 50 original television programs
both in English and Turkish.
For
Videography> http://www.lightmillennium.org/bu_videography.html
Freelance Correspondent
- 1999-Present; Light Millennium, Isik
Binyili, Turkish Times, SanatHaber.Net,
dPaper, Euroturks.com, Portreler...
- 1990-1993; NY Hurriyet Newspaper and
Hurriyet-Gosteri Art Magazine
Freelance Correspondent/Art Journalist
- 1984-1990, For various publications
in Istanbul, Turkey. Including; Nokta,
Sanat Olayi, Soz, Kadin, Sanat Cevresi,
Hurriyet-Gosteri magazines and Cumhuriyet
Newspaper.
Bureau Chief Assistant
- 1976-1983, Former Istanbul Bank, at
the headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey
Education
MA
in Media Studies
- 1999, New School University, New York
City, New York.
Thesis project: "All Ideas: Freedom
of Expression in Turkey.", a video documentary.
BA in Fine Arts
- 1988, Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul,
Turkey
Publications
"En
Kutsali Yaratmak" (To create is
most sacred),
By Bircan Unver, Say Publishing
Company, Istanbul, Turkey. Interviews
with artists, commentary on art exhibitions,
and essays, in Turkish.
Accomplishments
The Light Millennium, Inc.
Created,
designed and introduced The Light
Millennium e-magazine in August 1999,
and incorporated under The Light Millennium,
Inc.; as an
"alternative multi-media global
platform" and "public interest/charitable"
organization with the status# 501
(c) (3), effective on July 17, 2001
based in New York. So
far, e-published 20th issue in English
with global participations as The
Light Millennium global e-platform
and organized several EVENTS
since 2000.
Turkish
& Greek Synergy
www.turkishgreeksynergy.net
(English & Turkish) As a contribution
for the Global Peace Movement.
Launched since October 2000. Published
2 issue in English and Turkish.
Isik
Binyili
Launched since August 1999 within the
Light Millennium web site as its Introductory
issue. The First issue was published
in January 2000. So far, e-published
14 issue in Turkish (first 9 issues
were under the Light Millennium's web
site), and since October 2005, under
the isikbinyili.org.
The
Light Millennium TV Series
Launched since January 2000, monthly,
in English. Each program highlights
an independent issue such as art, artist
profiles, UNNGO profiles, culture, freedom
of speech and peace (videography).
The Light Millennium has associated
with the Department of Public Information
of the United Nations effective
as of December 12, 2005.
Member of the UN/DPI-NGO
Annual 59th & 60th Conference Planning
Committees, and member of the Multi-Generational(2006),
Media,and Events & Fundraising subcommittes
in 2006 & 2007.
Awards
Distingueshed
Woman Award in New York
November 10,
2004
Awarded by: Daughters of Atatürk
Organization, CA
First Place in "Ethnic"
Category
Awarded by: CAPA Video Festival,
November 2004, Flushing, New York
"Crescent
& Star"
First
Place in "Visual Arts"
Awarded
by: CAPA Video Festival,
November 2004, Flushing, New York
Matisse
& Picasso at the MoMA
Golden
Web Award,
2001-2002
- "Excellence achieved in
Web Design, Content and Creativity."
"The
Light Millennium Internet Magazine"
First
Place in "Arts"
- 1998 NorthEast Video Festival
Special Juri Award
- 1999 Hometown Video Festival
"The
Walls of the World"
Produced, directed, written
and edited.
Based on Turkish artist Burhan DOGANÇAY's
photographic archive from walls of the
World, in English.
Finalist
- 1997 Hometown Video Festival - Erol
AKYAVAS: The Mark of the East
"Erol
AKYAVAS"
Produced, directed, written,
and edited.
"Erol Akyavas", a narrative documentary,
which profiles Turkish artist Erol Akyavas's
arts and his Easthern philosophy, in
Turkish.
- 1994 Hometown Video Festival - 20th
Century Latin American Arts, MoMA
(Based on the exhibition)
Selected
Activities
(Organized, co-organized, presented
and participated events and programs)
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For ALL the EVENTS (from 2000 -
2007):
* “Turkish Medieval Humanist
Mystic: Yunus Emre” by
Prof. Talat HALMAN & Defne HALMAN,
Actress; organized, Stevens Institute
of Techonlogy in Hoboken, February
23, 2005
*
"Rumi: Soaring to Ecstasy"
A Presentation by Prof. Talat HALMAN
& Defne HALMAN, Actress, organized;
November 18, 2004, Turkish House,
NYC.
*
ACIK SINIF - Okuma Aksamlari:
Ahmet H. TANPINAR'in BES SEHIR kitabi
(Reading Nights: The Five Cities,
by Ahmet H. TANPINAR, in Turkish),
Türkçe, proje sahibi,
18 Ekim - 13 Aralik 2004; 8 hafta,
Türk Evi, NYC.
* "Journey
in the Music World",
A Presentation by Arif MARDIN,
organized, The Marmara Manhattan,
NY, October 6, 2004.
*
"When Peace Comes"
A poetry project in English and
Turkish created and organized in
partipations with Ataturk Elementary
School, Amity School and Pioneer
Acedemy of Science.
* "The Fourth Emerging Power
in the Middle East: Redefining the
Turkish Media"; A Conference
& Power Point Presentation by
Nuri M. ÇOLAKOGLU; organized,
incorporation with the Stevens Institute
of Technology, in Hoboken, April
2, 2004.
* "Camera or Gun: How to
produce your own television programs?"
with guest speaker Clifford JACOBS,
organized, February 25, 2004, NYC.
* "Crescent & Star"
& "On Peace & Woman";
a special video screening, organized,
December 16, 2003, NYC.
*
"Timeless City Istanbul",
a watercolor exhibition by Omer
MUZ; curator, November 04 to 19,
2003, NYC
* "On Peace &
Woman", poetry
reading event; organized April 24,
2003, Turkish Center, NY.
* 3rd Anniversary
of The Light Millennium; presented
& organized, NYC, April 5, 2003
* “To Many More
Millennia Dear Nazim",
poetry reading event; organized,
May 2 2002, Turkish Center, NY.
* “A Poetry Breeze
Shores of Turkey", poetry
reading event; organized,
May 2, 2001, Turkish Center, NY.
* 2nd Anniversary
of The Light Millennium; presented
& organized, NYC, April 6, 2002
* A Presentation of the Light
Millennium Global Platfrom;
presented, organized by ITSS, NYU,
March 8, 2002
* "The World Women
Days"; panelist, presented
theme, "Alternative Media &
Light Millennium", Turkish
Center, March 7, 2004, NY
* "The World Women Days";
panelist, presented theme,"The
Essence of Internet and Public TV",
Turkish Center, March 3, 2001, NY.
* A Support Campaign For Fugen
GÜLERTEKIN; organized;
panel discussion & signature
campaing, Turkish Center, March
17, 2001
* A Support Campaign For Fugen
GÜLERTEKIN, Committee President
of the Federation of Turkish American
Associations; organized a
video screening and panel discussion,
May 18, 2000, NYC
* A Video Presentation; produced
and organized, May 4, 2000, Turkish
Center, NYC.
* MayFest2000 - NYC; In charge
for public relations committee &
editor
* "On The Twentieth Century";
video documentary special screening;
produced
& organized, Jan. 13, 2000,
Queens Public Television, Flashing,
Queens, New York.
-- Born on May 2, 1959, mother
of two children and lives in Queens,
New York since 1996.
For
Turkish Biography of Bircan Ünver>
_ . _
Videography
of Bircan Ünver
Light
Millennium E-Magazine Convenes A Global
Community
by
Keach HAGEY - Queens Chronicle
Reporter
March
25, 2004
Producer
Profile – Queens Public Television
http://www.qptv.org/qptvorg/producer_profiles1.htm
"Light
Millennium" (LM) Project Celebrates
its 2nd Anniversary
Turkish Times, April 15, 2002
http://www.theturkishtimes.com/archive/02/04_15/culture.html
LIGHT MILLENNIUM.ORG
ISIKBINYILI.ORG
Atom
Karinca Bircan Ünver
(Roportaj)
FORUM Newspaper - Weekly
http://www.forum-newspaper.com/51th.%20Issue%20of%20FORUM%20Newspaper.pdf
Introductory
Issue
of the Light Millennium
1998
NorthEast Video Festival
http://www.igc.org/acm/acmnefest98.htm
E-Mail
Addresses:
contact@lightmillennium.org
bircanunver@lightmillennium.org
-- Last updated in July 2007.
©Bircan Unver, The Light Millennium,
New York, July 1999.
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7th Anniversary - Spring 2007
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#20th Issue
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