Director: Menelaos Karamaghiolis
Narrators: Ilektra Alexandropoulou, Yorgos Konstas, Menelaos Karamaghiolis, Marika Tziralidou
Greece, 1989, 76', DCP, color
Greek with Turkish, English subtitles
The film, considered a milestone in Greek documentary film history, observes the evolution and lives of the Roma in Europe through the perspectives of four different individuals. The teacher delves deeply into their roots; the photographer documents the current reality of a community that lacks a written tradition or an official history through photographs. The elderly woman Tamara revives a collective memory through the stories and ancient tales she narrates; while the young Aima offers another perspective from the viewpoint of the new generation, exploring the future and the quest for identity. The film, a daring attempt in its theme and style, caused significant astonishment at the time and was prohibited from being broadcast on state television.
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!.
Following the opening of his studio, “El Chark Societe Photographic,” on Beyoğlu’s Postacılar Caddesi in 1857, the Levantine-descent Pascal Sébah moves to yet another studio next to the Russian Embassy in 1860 with a Frenchman named A. Laroche, who, apart from having worked in Paris previously, is also quite familiar with photographic techniques.
Pera Museum, in collaboration with Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is one of the main venues for this year’s 15th Istanbul Biennial from 16 September to 12 November 2017.
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)
