Pera Museum is hosting the 16th Istanbul Biennial between September 14 - November 10, 2019. As part of the Suddenly A Stranger Appears program inspired by the Biennial’s The Seventh Continent theme, Pera Film brings cinematic masterpieces that combine the memory of nature and society and encourage us to question our level of alienation to the world in which we live and the extent of our contribution to this alienation.
The program which includes screenings between September 20 - November 10, features seventeen films focusing on global transformation, the ages-long phenomenon of transformation experienced by civilizations and humanity’s cosmic footprint including; Nanook of the North, which depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region and is regarded as the first full-length, anthropological documentary in cinematographic history, The Sounds of Science, a selection of short films by French filmmaker and scientist Jean Painlevé which has a special place in surrealist cinema, Sakawa, a documentary film that lays bare the entire Ghanaian scamming industry targeting the online dating sites, through the eyes of the perpetrators, Planet of the Apes, which is about a group of astronauts crash-landing on another planet where a completely different species thrives.
This program’s screenings 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.
September 20
19:00 The Sounds of Science
21:00 Beuys
September 21
15:00 Princess Mononoke
September 22
15:00 Planet of the Apes
September 25
19:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
September 28
15:00 Frozen River
October 2
19:00 One Man Dies A Million Times
October 4
19:00 Sakawa
October 6
13:00 The Sounds of Science
October 9
19:00 Princess Mononoke
October 11
19:00 Nanook of the North
October 12
15:00 Beuys
October 13
13:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
October 16
19:00 Frozen River
October 18
19:00 Yuva
October 23
19:00 One Man Dies A Million Times
October 30
19:00 Planet of the Apes
November 3
15:00 Sakawa
November 6
19:00 Yuva
November 10
18:00 Nanook of the North
September 20
19:00 The Sounds of Science
21:00 Beuys
September 21
15:00 Princess Mononoke
September 22
15:00 Planet of the Apes
September 25
19:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
September 28
15:00 Frozen River
October 2
19:00 One Man Dies A Million Times
October 4
19:00 Sakawa
October 6
13:00 The Sounds of Science
October 9
19:00 Princess Mononoke
October 11
19:00 Nanook of the North
October 12
15:00 Beuys
October 13
13:00 O Brother, Where Art Thou?
October 16
19:00 Frozen River
October 18
19:00 Yuva
October 23
19:00 One Man Dies A Million Times
October 30
19:00 Planet of the Apes
November 3
15:00 Sakawa
November 6
19:00 Yuva
November 10
18:00 Nanook of the North
Program Trailer
Inspired by the Biennial’s The Seventh Continent theme, Pera Film brings cinematic masterpieces that combine the memory of nature and society and encourage us to question our level of alienation to the world in which we live and the extent of our contribution to this alienation.
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!. This time we are sharing about Janine Antoni , exhibited under the section “The Conventions of Identitiy”!
He had imagined the court room as a big place. It wasn’t. It was about the size of his living room, with an elevation at one end, with a dais on it. The judges and the attorneys sat there. Below it was an old wooden rail, worn out in some places. That was his place. There was another seat for his lawyer. At the back, about 20 or 30 chairs were stowed out for the non-existent crowd.
Organized in collaboration with the Giacometti Foundation, Paris, the exhibition explores Giacometti’s prolific life, most of which the artist led in his studio in Montparnasse, through the works of his early period as well his late work, including one unfinished piece. Devoted to Giacometti’s early works, the first part of the exhibition demonstrates the influence of Giovanni Giacometti, the father of the artist and a Swiss Post-Impressionist painter himself, on Giacometti’s output during these years and his role in his son’s development.
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)
