Pera Museum is one of the main venues for the 15th Istanbul Biennale “a good neighbour”. Pera Film’s program, A Place Called Home, formed within the curators Elmgreen and Dragset’s notion of home: “deals with multiple notions of home and neighbourhoods, exploring how living modes in our private spheres have changed throughout the past decades. Home is approached as an indicator of diverse identities and a vehicle for self-expression, and neighbourhood as a micro-universe exemplifying some of the challenges we face in terms of co-existence today.” A Place Called Home brings together films depicting the intricate relationships and stories that people have with their homes. Independent of whether they are from America, Europe or Turkey, people share very similar fates. Urban gentrifications and economic crises are most often what force them to confront dramatic ordeals. Some live under the threat of their neighbours, some experience hardships with the people they live under the same roof, and ultimately these stories, as the biennale, invite one to think about what a “good neighbour” could really mean.
Not only does the necessity for shelter strike us, but also the humane need for belonging and the fear of losing one’s home… these form the common ground for Pera Film’s A Place Called Home program.
This program’s screenings are free of admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
October 6
21:00 Home
October 7
17:00 Leviathan
October 8
14:00 La Soledad
16:00 99 Homes
October 11
19:00 Straw Dogs
October 13
19:00 Leviathan
October 14
14:00 The Queen of Versailles
16:00 La Soledad
18:00 Home
October 15
13:00 Eastern Boys
16:00 Particle
18:00 The Queen of Versailles
November 2
19:00 Eastern Boys
November 10
19:00 Grey Gardens
21:00 99 Homes
November 11
14:00 Particle
November 12
14:00 Straw Dogs
16:00 Grey Gardens
October 6
21:00 Home
October 7
17:00 Leviathan
October 8
14:00 La Soledad
16:00 99 Homes
October 11
19:00 Straw Dogs
October 13
19:00 Leviathan
October 14
14:00 The Queen of Versailles
16:00 La Soledad
18:00 Home
October 15
13:00 Eastern Boys
16:00 Particle
18:00 The Queen of Versailles
November 2
19:00 Eastern Boys
November 10
19:00 Grey Gardens
21:00 99 Homes
November 11
14:00 Particle
November 12
14:00 Straw Dogs
16:00 Grey Gardens
Program Trailer
Pera Museum hosted the 15th Istanbul Biennial, organized by Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) and sponsored by Koç Holding. The 15th Istanbul Biennial brought together artworks by 55 artists from 32 countries, all addressing different notions of home, belonging and neighbourhood.
This life-size portrait of a girl is a fine example of the British art of portrait painting in the early 18th century. The child is shown posing on a terrace, which is enclosed at the right foreground by the plinth of a pillar; the background is mainly filled with trees and shrubs.
Published as part of Pera Learning programs, “The Little Yellow Circle (Küçük Sarı Daire)” is a children’s book written by Tania Bahar and illustrated by Marina Rico, offering children and adults to a novel learning experience where they can share and discover together.
Following the opening of his studio, “El Chark Societe Photographic,” on Beyoğlu’s Postacılar Caddesi in 1857, the Levantine-descent Pascal Sébah moves to yet another studio next to the Russian Embassy in 1860 with a Frenchman named A. Laroche, who, apart from having worked in Paris previously, is also quite familiar with photographic techniques.
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)
