Push

February 6, 2020

Screening of the documentary PUSH from the official selection of Sustainable Living Film Festival 2019 with the director of the film, Fredrik Gertten in attendance and a panel discussion will take place at the Pera Museum’s Auditorium.

The film screening and panel program is part of EQUAL SPACES project and is organized in collaboration with Pera Museum, Susainable Living Film Festival, The Swedish Institute and The Consulate General of Sweden in Istanbul. The event will take place at 7 pm on February 6  at the Pera Museum’s Auditorium.

This film’s screening and event are free of admissions. Drop in, no reservations. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.

Push

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Serpent Head

Serpent Head

The Greek god Apollo and his son Asklepios presided over the realm of medicine and healing. Apollo was also the god of light and sun, whose solar symbolism and association with medicine would become linked to Christ the Physician, and the resurrected.

Postcard Nudes

Postcard Nudes

The various states of viewing nudity entered the Ottoman world on postcards before paintings. These postcards appeared in the 1890s, and became widespread in the 1910s, following the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Monarchy, traveling from hand to hand, city to city. 

Bosphorus at the Orientalist Paintings

Bosphorus at the Orientalist Paintings

The Bosphorus, which divides the city from north to south, separates two continents, renders Istanbul distinct for western painters, offers the most picturesque spectacles for western artists.