Concert
May 17, 2025 / 20:30
A long night awaits you in celebration of International Museum Day and Pera Museum’s 20th anniversary!
Experimental electronic group Whale Room will kick off the evening with a captivating live performance that blends light, sound, and immersive storytelling.
Later in the night, SoulStamp’s DJ set continues the energy, keeping the rhythm going until midnight.
The event will take place at Pera Café, is free of charge, and does not require a reservation. Pera Museum exhibitions will also be open to the public from 19:00 to 00:00 free of charge on this special night.
Program
20:30 Whale Room
21:40 Break
22:00 SoulStamp DJ Set (Volkan Özdemir)
About Whale Room
Whale Room is a creative collective aiming to offer audiences a unique experience by blending sound, light, and storytelling. Formed in spring 2022 by Aslı Sönmez, Ferdane Talay, and Serkan Tosun—later joined by Buğrahan Eroğlu—the group combines improvised narratives with music, color, and light to invite viewers into dreamlike, magical worlds.
About SoulStamp
SoulStamp, a.k.a. Volkan Özdemir, began his career in 1995 with a collection of vinyls on Ankara’s Radio Vizyon. After joining Radio Night & Day’s local dance music roster, he gained experience playing in various clubs. Placing third in the 2005 Miller Master DJ contest, he went on to join Dinamo FM and performed at iconic venues such as Crystal, 11:11, Bunker, and Mentha. His sets range from Soulful House to Techno, always keeping the dancefloor moving.
Works by a large number of students from the Academy of Fine Arts in Sarajevo deal with current and often painful themes from the socio-political, economic and cultural reality, raising awareness, appealing, warning, opening issues and offering new interpretations.
Selected from the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Collection, we present the landscapes and places in Istanbul photographs, dating from the 1850s to the 1980s, together with their present-day views!
I walk over rocks hot as iron under the September sun. I can make out a few lines in the distance, and a few cracked rocks, but apart from those, not a single tree, not one plant
Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 19:00
Friday 10:00 - 22:00
Sunday 12:00 - 18:00
The museum is closed on Mondays.
On Wednesdays, the students can
visit the museum free of admission.
Full ticket: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
