From April 25 to May 30, Pera Film hosts a film program: Tracing the Memory. The nine-movie program brings to the spectators the stories of the characters who pursue, through memories, the past’s ghosts, unearthed truths, and the traces of collective memory.
The program offerings include Martina Kudlacek’s In the Mirror of Maya Deren, an enchanting portrait of a groundbreaking artist as well as a sublime introduction to her astonishingly beautiful and poetic artworks; Reconstruction, 2003 Camera d’Or winner at the Cannes Film Festival, a magical love story that captivates the audience with constantly changing narrative forms and shapes throughout the movie; Dancing Alone, an open-ended experiment that comes across, at first glance, as a true story; Krisha, a dark humor on alcoholism through the daring perspective of Trey Edward Shults, the director’s debut film starring his own family members; Matangi / Maya / M.I.A., personal footage of the musician M.I.A. and her close friends chronicling her journey, spanning 22 years, from a young immigrant in London to an international pop star, and finally, Belonging and Companionship by Aykan Safoğlu, a collection of the works brought to life between 2013-2015, where the artist, as an immigrant himself, traces loss, death, belonging, and relationships.
Screening tickets are 10 TL (reduced museum admission). Tickets are available at Biletix. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.
April 25
20:00 Reconstruction
April 27
14:00 Belonging and Companionship
16:00 In the Mirror of Maya Deren
April 30
19:00 Dancing Alone
May 3
19:00 Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
May 4
14:00 In the Mirror of Maya Deren
May 8
19:00 Krisha
May 10
19:00 Belonging and Companionship
May 11
14:00 Dancing Alone
May 17
21:00 Reconstruction
May 21
19:00 Krisha
May 30
19:00 Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
April 25
20:00 Reconstruction
April 27
14:00 Belonging and Companionship
16:00 In the Mirror of Maya Deren
April 30
19:00 Dancing Alone
May 3
19:00 Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
May 4
14:00 In the Mirror of Maya Deren
May 8
19:00 Krisha
May 10
19:00 Belonging and Companionship
May 11
14:00 Dancing Alone
May 17
21:00 Reconstruction
May 21
19:00 Krisha
May 30
19:00 Matangi / Maya / M.I.A.
Program Trailer
Belonging and Companionship presents a selection of Aykan Safoğlu’s video and films that he produced between 2013 – 2015. An immigrant himself, Safoğlu traces loss, death, belonging and relationships in his art practice.
Pera Museum presented a talk on Nicola Lorini’s video installation For All the Time, for All the Sad Stones, bringing together the artists Nicola Lorini, Gülşah Mursaloğlu and Ambiguous Standards Institute to focus on concepts like measuring, calculation, standardisation, time and change.
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.
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’.
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)
