Concert
November 28, 2014 / 20:00
Pera Film hosts Polish duo SzaZa for a special concert, held in paralel to the film program Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired.
From all Roman Polanski’s works, his short films have probably the least exposure. Between 1958-1962, as a student of the National Film School in Łódź, Polanski created a series of short films, from playful technique exercises like “Murder” (1957) and “A Toothful Smile”, through metaphorical “Break Up the Dance” (1957) and “Mammals” (1962) to “Two Men and a Wardrobe” (1958), which brought Polanski international acclaim. These etudes display the glimpses of surreal, often dark style Polanski would explore in his later works, as well as his narrative genius and relentless search for the truth about human nature, regardless of the cruelty and viciousness he may uncover. SzaZa - Szamburski / Zakrocki has created a very dynamic soundtrack conversing with these images, showing how important music and sound can be in a film. By referencing Krzysztof Komeda compositions and the original music that was used in these shorts SzaZa creates a new and unique narrative field.
SzaZa's (Paweł Szamburski / Patryk Zakrocki duo) music is a unique blending of seemingly opposite extremes - of noise and silence, pop and contemporary chamber, beauty and ugliness, of sophisticated wisdom and pure, naive thoughtlessness. Szamburski and Zakrocki create music for theatre, film, silent movies and contemporary dance.They are multi-instrumentalists, improvisers and promoters of culture who have been active on the Warsaw improvised music and independent art scene since 1999.
Murder, 1957, 1’30’’
A Toothful Smile, 1957, 1’27’’
Break Up the Dance, 1957, 7’38’’
Two Men and a Wardrobe, 1958, 15’
When Angels Fall, 1959, 22’
The Lamp, 1959, 7’50’’
Admission is with reduced museum entrance ticket (8 TL). The concert is free of admissions for Friends of Pera Museum. Space is limited, drop in.
Concerts are presented on the occasion of the 600th anniversary of Poland-Turkey diplomatic relations.
Temporary Exhibition
The exhibition highlighted the orientalist trend in Polish painting, as well as drawings and graphic arts. The works in the exhibition covered a wide period from the 17th to the early 19th centuries.
Click for more information about the exhibition.
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. Today, the collection can be considered one of the most important and outstanding examples among the rare, consciously created, and long-lasting ones of its kind in Turkey.
The second part of exhibition illustrates Alberto Giacometti’s relations with Post-Cubist artists and the Surrealist movement between 1922 and 1935, one of the important sculptures series he created during his first years in Paris, and the critical role he played in the art scene of the period.
It was a quiet night in the dessert. Even the mice weren’t around. A few LEDs blinked in the dark, and the sound of a fan filled the infinite void. The conversation cutting the silence seemed to go nowhere.
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: 200 TL
Discounted: 100 TL
Groups: 150 TL (minimum 10 people)
