A Long Night at Pera Museum

Party

September 23, 2016 / 18:30

Pera Museum’s “Long Night” event on Friday 23rd September between 18:30 – 23:00 will welcome DJ performances by Coşkun Akmeriç, Ladies on Records and Grup Ses Beats.

Katherine Behar and Encounters exhibitions and the Museum’s collection exhibitions can be visited free of admissions between 18:00 – 23:00.

A Long Night at Pera Museum

18:30 – 20:00              Coşkun Akmeriç
20:00 – 21:30      
       Ladies on Records
21:30 – 23:00      
       Grup Ses Beats      

Coşkun Akmeriç

Coşkun, part of Reduced family, one half of Gecko Chamber, founder of music and art collective Simplastique, is an Istanbul based producer and DJ. His unique blend of dubby and atmospheric sounds started to get him international attention in late 2013. Since then he travels around Europe with his music, meeting new people and making a number of good friends!

https://soundcloud.com/coskunakmeric

Ladies on Records - Kornelia Binicewicz

Record collector and explorer of female music from 60s and 70s. Founder of Ladies on Records project about women music from various cultures and worlds caught in dusty records and blurred memories. As a first destination Kornelia chose Turkey and Turkish female music of the period. In her dj sets she focuses on music from golden era of good taste - 1963 -1977, bringing forgotten records from around the world. Her favourite genres are go-go, big beat, ye-ye, freak-beat, Middle-Eastern and Meditteranean psychedelic grooves combined with Eastern-European sounds of 60s and 70s.

https://www.mixcloud.com/korneliabinicewicz/

Grup Ses Beats

Grup Ses Beats is mostly known for his ability to mix obscure Turkish music with contemporary electro or hip hop sounds. Grup Ses Beats supported, De La Soul, The Gaslamp Killer, Dj Premier, Gonjasufi, Tricky and Turquoise Wisdom during their performances in Istanbul. Also performed in various festivals such as Distortion (Denmark), Le Guess Who 2012/2014 (Netherlands), Milhões de Festa (Portugal) and Off istanbul (Belgium)

soundcloud.com/grupsesbeats 
soundcloud.com/grupses

Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa

Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa

When Karl XII of Sweden was defeated by Tsar Peter the Great of Russia in 1709, he fled to the Ottoman Empire and settled in Bender with his entourage for five years.

Face to Face

Face to Face

A firm believer in the idea that a collection needs to be upheld at least by four generations and comparing this continuity to a relay race, Nahit Kabakcı began creating the Huma Kabakcı Collection from the 1980s onwards. 

A Photographer’s Biography Ali Sami Aközer

A Photographer’s Biography Ali Sami Aközer

Ali Sami is born in Rusçuk in 1866, and moves to İstanbul. Because his family is registered in the Beylerbeyi quarter of Üsküdar, Ali Sami is also called Üsküdarlı Ali Sami. He graduates from the Mühendishane-i Berri-i Hümayun in 1866 and becomes a teacher of painting and photography at the school.