To mark the launch of the e-publication Union of the Imaginary (VOTI) a roundtable discussion with past VOTI participants will take place at SALT Galata on September 14.

March 31, 1998: New York. Carlos Basualdo and Hans Ulrich Obrist found the digital forum Union of the Imaginary (VOTI) in a meeting with Jordan Crandall. Later in the year Susan Hapgood is invited to help run the VOTI platform. Initially established as a permanent forum for the discussion of issues pertaining to curatorial practice, over fifty arts professionals were invited to contribute by participating in themed conversations.

The discussion will comprise VOTI participants who are in Istanbul for the opening of the biennial. They include Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, Dan Cameron, Jordan Crandall, Okwui Enwezor, Charles Esche, Susan Hapgood, Vas?f Kortun, Cornelia Lauf and Hans Ulrich Obrist.

September 14, 3–5pm
SALT Galata
www.saltonline.org