Memorial for the Lost Pages

February 21 - March 7, 2022

Pera Film presents Memorial for the Lost Pages, an online film program parallel to the exhibition, Notes for Tomorrow opened in November at Pera Museum.

In the Memorial for the Lost Pages, there are 9 different experimental films that examine the ways of making sense of the world in times of uncertainty, and draw a path from solution to knot, from documentation to creativity by taking the collective memory as a starting point.

The program that will take place between 21 February - 7 March presents; Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers, a collection of works by Bill Viola that address the desire to transcend the perceptual and cognitive structures of experience; Ephraim Asili's five-film series Diaspora Suite, which traces a common geographical and historical origin, and her short documentary. The House Is Black, the only film by Iranian poet Forough Farrokhzad, and one of the first of its genre, will also be featured with its restored copy for the first time in Turkey.

The program will be streamed at film.peramuzesi.org.tr between February 21 and March 7, and only be accessible to online audiences in Turkey. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.

The House Is Black

The House Is Black

Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers

Memory Surfaces and Mental Prayers

The Diaspora Suite - Forged Ways

The Diaspora Suite - Forged Ways

The Diaspora Suite - American Hunger

The Diaspora Suite - American Hunger

The Diaspora Suite - Many Thousands Gone

The Diaspora Suite - Many Thousands Gone

The Diaspora Suite - Kindah

The Diaspora Suite - Kindah

The Diaspora Suite - Fluid Frontiers

The Diaspora Suite - Fluid Frontiers

Program Trailer

Memorial for the Lost Pages

In the Memorial for the Lost Pages, there are 9 different experimental films that examine the ways of making sense of the world in times of uncertainty, and draw a path from solution to knot, from documentation to creativity by taking the collective memory as a starting point.

Notes for Tomorrow

Notes for Tomorrow features artworks from around the world, brought together to reflect on a new global reality ushered in by the Covid-19 pandemic. With the ever-present backdrop of the crisis, Independent Curators International (ICI) turned to 30 curators from 25 countries to question and reassess values and relevance in contemporary culture, and to share an artwork they believe is vital to be seen today. 

Notes for Tomorrow

Portrait of a Bullfighter (1797)

Portrait of a Bullfighter (1797)

The man is depicted in three-quarters view, turning straight to the viewers with a penetrating glance. The background is grey, while the clothes, the hair, and cap are black. 

The First Nudes

The First Nudes

Men were the first nudes in Turkish painting. The majority of these paintings were academic studies executed in oil paint; they were part of the education of artists that had finally attained the opportunity to work from the live model. The gender of the models constituted an obstacle in the way of characterizing these paintings as ‘nudes’. 

Cindy Sherman Look At Me!

Cindy Sherman Look At Me!

The exhibition Look at Me! Portraits and Other Fictions from the ”la Caixa” Contemporary Art Collection examines portraiture, one of the oldest artistic genres, through a significant number of works of our times. Through the exhibition we will be sharing about the artists and sections in Look At Me!.