Pera film in collaboration with Dogwoof, the UK’s leading documentary distributor, is kicking off 2014’s first program of the year with Reality Bites. The selection of six recent documentaries from the past three years brings powerful stories together. In defining the documentary film, Bill Nichols, an internationally recognized authority on documentary and ethnographic film, explains: “Given the vitality of expression, range of voices, and dramatic popularity of documentary film, we might well wonder what, if anything all these films have in common. Have they broadened the appeal of documentary by becoming more like feature fiction films in their use of compelling music, reenactments and staged encounters, sequences or entire films based on animation, portrayals of fascinating characters and the creation of compelling stories? Or do they remain a fiction like any other? That is, do they tell stories that, although similar to feature fiction, remain distinct from it?” This program aims to delve into the fascinating and shocking stories while celebrating and exploring the exceptional documentary form.
January 11
14:00 The House I Live In
16:00 Girl Model
January 12
14:00 Town of Runners
16:00 Sound it Out
January 15
19:00 Tabloid
January 17
19:00 Town of Runners
January 18
14:00 InRealLife
16:00 Girl Model
18:00 Sound it Out
January 19
14:00 Tabloid
16:00 The House I Live In
January 22
19:00 InRealLife
January 11
14:00 The House I Live In
16:00 Girl Model
January 12
14:00 Town of Runners
16:00 Sound it Out
January 15
19:00 Tabloid
January 17
19:00 Town of Runners
January 18
14:00 InRealLife
16:00 Girl Model
18:00 Sound it Out
January 19
14:00 Tabloid
16:00 The House I Live In
January 22
19:00 InRealLife
Program Trailer
Inspired by its Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection, Pera Museum presents a contemporary video installation titled For All the Time, for All the Sad Stones at the gallery that hosts the Collection. The installation by the artist Nicola Lorini takes its starting point from recent events, in particular the calculation of the hypothetical mass of the Internet and the weight lost by the model of the kilogram and its consequent redefinition, and traces a non-linear voyage through the Collection.
John Frederick Lewis is considered one of the most important British Orientalist artists of the Victorian era. Pera Museum exhibited several of Lewis’ paintings as part of the Lure of the East exhibition in 2008 organized in collaboration with Tate Britain.
Berggren acquires the techniques of photography in Berlin and holds different jobs in various European cities before arriving in İstanbul. Initially en route to Marseille, he disembarks from his ship in 1866 and settles in İstanbul, where he is to spend the rest of his life.
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