Director: Bülent Boral
Turkey, 2025, 43’, DCP, color
Turkish with English subtitles
From Mardiros Until Now is a documentary film based on the emotional journey of a United States resident, OsepTokat, to his homeland, Bingöl, Turkey. When he arrives in the Zermek village of Kiğı in Bingöl province, OsepTokat’s first stop is the fountain built by his grandfather Mardiros Sarkisyan in the village square 1889. Then he walks around the village, searching for the house where he was born.Without success, but with the help of a couple of villagers, he locates the church in ruins. He starts following the traces of the past and his grandfather’s masterpieces. Mardiros Sarkisyan had been a famous master builder in the region. He had built a windmill in Zermek, bridges, fountains, threshers, and household tools. As the Sarkisyan family joined the exodus starting in 1915, they stayed under the refuge of Hasan Agha of the Çarsancak seigneurs and managed to return to Zermek after various stops elsewhere.
From Mardiros Until Now is a documentary film about migration, suffering, those left behind, and yearning for homeland.
The crew will attend.
Inspired by the exhibition And Now the Good News, which focusing on the relationship between mass media and art, we prepared horoscope readings based on the chapters of the exhibition. Using the popular astrological language inspired by the effects of the movements of celestial bodies on people, these readings with references to the works in the exhibition make fictional future predictions inspired by the horoscope columns that we read in the newspapers with the desire to receive good news about our day.
Published as part of Pera Learning programs, “The Little Yellow Circle (Küçük Sarı Daire)” is a children’s book written by Tania Bahar and illustrated by Marina Rico, offering children and adults to a novel learning experience where they can share and discover together.
Giorgio de Chirico was born on July 10, 1888, in Volos, Greece, to an Italian family. His mother, Gemma Cervetto, was from a family of Genoa origin, but most likely she was born in Izmir. His father, Evaristo, was born on June 21, 1841 in the Büyükdere district of Istanbul.
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