Urban Renewal This project is a series of events - workshops, discussions, researches and reflections - about urban transformations and changes, such as local/Foreigner; Connected/Disconnected; Where do we stand?/Where do we go? Over a period of 10 months these are developed and presented to wider audience in the framework of the contemporary art festival Survival kit 3 (Latvia) in September 2012 and as an exhibition in Mersin, Turkey. We are interested in linking social and political themes with art and to discuss and work with them in those frameworks; based on the topic of urban changes. Tandem Turkey 2011-12 Urban development Mersin Riga Architecture Contemporary arts Public Space Exhibition Zane DATAVA Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art Riga, Latvia Ahmet KARABULAK Mersin Sanat İnisiyatifi Mersin, Turkey The connection "Urban Renewal": a connection between Riga (Latvia) & Mersin (Turkey)