Keşanlı Ali's Epic

Director: Atıf Yılmaz
Cast: Fikret Hakan, Fatma Girik, Danyal Topatan, Aydemir Akbaş, Mualla Sürer, Hayati Hamzaoğlu
Turkey, 1964, 90’,  b&w, Turkish with English subtitles
 

Cumhuriyet dönemi Türkiye edebiyatının en parlak ve en üretken isimlerinden biri olan Haldun Taner’in aynı adlı tiyatro oyunundan sinemaya uyarlanan Keşanlı Ali Destanı’nda Haldun Taner, sinemanın efsane isimlerinden Atıf Yılmaz ve yapımcılığı üstlenen Memduh Ün’ün yolları kesişiyor. 1964’te, Türkiye sinemasının nicelik açısından “patlama” yaşadığı bir dönemde gösterime giren epik film, Sineklidağ adında bir gecekondu semtinde geçiyor. Kuştepe ve Hoca Hüsrev semtlerinde çekilen Keşanlı Ali Destanı, hapisten döndüğünde ezilmemek için güçlü ve zalim olmayı seçen, Fikret Hakan’ın canlandırdığı Ali’nin “efsane”sini anlatıyor. Keşanlı Ali Destanı, Fikret Hakan anısına gösteriliyor.

The Lake

The Lake

Driver Nebahat

Driver Nebahat

Black Car

Black Car

Keşanlı Ali's Epic

Keşanlı Ali's Epic

I Copy Therefore I Am

I Copy Therefore I Am

Suggesting alternative models for new social and economic systems, SUPERFLEX works appear before us as energy systems, beverages, sculptures, copies, hypnosis sessions, infrastructure, paintings, plant nurseries, contracts, or specifically designed public spaces.

Good News from the Skies

Good News from the Skies

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. 

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

The Ottoman Way of Serving Coffee

Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.