In Pursuit of Lost Time

February 2 - 24, 2024

Chasing moments suspended in time, confronting memories that only resurface when nothing else remains... People not only remember; they reshape their memories, just as history is rewritten. Each memory is revived in our minds, leaving us with reinterpreted stories of the past and sometimes the future. 

Presented by Pera Film parallel to the exhibition, Souvenirs of the Future, In Pursuit of Lost Time follows the stories of characters tracing the memories they have lived or believed to have experienced. These memories sometimes appear in a museum's corridors overflowing with remnants of passionate love or at unexpected stops on long journeys. 

From February 2-24 at the Pera Museum Auditorium, the film program includes acclaimed director Wim Wenders' eagerly anticipated new film Perfect Days, Chris Marker's masterpiece Sans Soleil, the cult science fiction film Dark City, Innocence of Memories inspired by Orhan Pamuk's renowned novel, and Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell, winner of the Golden Camera Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

Film screenings within this program are accessible with a discounted museum entrance ticket. Tickets can be purchased from Biletix or the reception of Pera Museum. Per legal regulations, all screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age unless stated otherwise.

February 2

19:00 Innocence of Memories

February 3

16:00 Dark City

February 7

19:00 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

February 9

19:00 Sans Soleil

February 10

16:00 Perfect Days

February 14

19:00 Innocence of Memories

February 16

18:30 Dark City

February 18

15:00 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

February 21

19:00 Perfect Days

February 24

16:00 Sans Soleil

Innocence of Memories

Innocence of Memories

Dark City

Dark City

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell

Sans Soleil

Sans Soleil

Perfect Days

Perfect Days

Souvenirs of the Future

The exhibition focuses on the memories recalled through objects whilst exploring the connections between memory and future imaginings through a contemporary lens. The cultural and symbolic value and significance of objects taken as souvenirs, those that remind us of a certain place and time, or those that are collected, weave together personal journeys and the memory of the region. Instead of a nostalgic attachment to the past, it proposes contemplating how the future will be remembered and focuses on memory's future-oriented functions.

Souvenirs of the Future

Rational Medicine in Byzantium

Rational Medicine in Byzantium

Byzantine medical art was grounded in the Greco-Roman medicine transmitted by Hippocrates and Galen and new concepts introduced by such physicians as Oribasios of Pergamon, Aetius of Amida, Alexander of Tralles and Paul of Aegina. 

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico

Giorgio de Chirico was born on July 10, 1888, in Volos, Greece, to an Italian family. His mother, Gemma Cervetto, was from a family of Genoa origin, but most likely she was born in Izmir. His father, Evaristo, was born on June 21, 1841 in the Büyükdere district of Istanbul.

The Battle of Varna

The Battle of Varna

Over the years of 1864 through 1876, Stanisław Chlebowski served Sultan Abdülaziz in Istanbul as his court painter. As it was, Abdülaziz disposed of considerable artistic talents of his own, and he actively involved himself in Chlebowski’s creative process, suggesting ideas for compositions –such as ballistic pieces praising the victories of Turkish arms.