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CultureCIVIC
Culture and Art Days

 All events are free unless stated otherwise.

İSTANBUL

15 November Friday

17.00

Solastalgia; Cadaster of Deterioration
Büşra Kuruçay
Exhibition tour with the artist and the curator Derya Yücel
Kasa Galeri, Bereketzade, Bankalar Cd. No:2, Beyoğlu/İstanbul

16 November Saturday

10.00–18.00

metr.cube: 2nd Cube: Do You want a Receipt?
Begüm Çelik ve Ayşegül Yapar
Exhibition / Museum Gift Shop
Osmanağa, Yoğurtçu Parkı Cd. No:24/1, 34714 Kadıköy/İstanbul, in front of Brekkie Moda

20 November Wednesday

20.30

Sevgi Soysal Insists on Living / Boğaziçi Performing Arts Ensemble
Our Love Memory with Sevgi

Kenan Özcan
Theatre, Turkish
Boğaziçi University South Campus Demir Demirgil Theater Hall, Bebek/İstanbul

This event is ticketed.
For ticket reservations, you can contact +90 531 952 40 35.

21 November Thursday

14.00 

User Manual
Özge Akdeniz
Studio visit
Tokatlıyan Han Hüseyinağa, İstiklal Cd. No:76, 34435 Beyoğlu/İstanbul

15.30

Hive
Beyza Durhan ve Aslıhan Mumcu
Studio visit
Daire Sanat Akarsu cd. Şimşirci sk, Santral apt No 11/1, Cihangir, Beyoğlu/İstanbul

20.00

Grand Zarifi Apartments
İlyas Özçakır (İstos Sahne) 
Theatre, Turkish
İstos Sahne, Pembe Çıkmazı Sok. No:4 Daire:6 Beyoğlu / İstanbul

This event is ticketed.
The play will have 12 performances between 21 November and 2 December.
For more information,  schedule and to purchase tickets https://tiyatrolar.com.tr/tiyatro/buyuk-zarifi-apartmani

22 November Friday

13.30

metr.cube
Begüm Çelik ve Ayşegül Yapar
Panel: Search for Alternative Space in Art Ecology: metr.cube as a Model (participants will be announced)
Zoom (link will be announced)

18.00

"Kısır" Night
Özkan Işık
Exhibition opening
(Talk with the artist and Ezgi Bakçay on "Kısır Gecesi", Friday, 29 November 17.30)
Yüzonbir, Atatürk Blv, İMÇ 5. Blok, No: 5566 Fatih/İstanbul

23 November Saturday

17.00

Galata’s Everyday Acoustic Palimpsests
Sena Karahan
Sound walk, 60’
(Start: Karaköy City Lines Pier - Finish: Postane)

19.00

Craft Tapes
Ertuğrul Berhan Yıldız
Sound Performance
Eksibir, Dibek Sokak No:3 Karaköy/İstanbul

21.30

Hear My Voice
Asena Akan
Concert
Gizli Bahçe Nevizade Sk. No:15, Beyoğlu/İstanbul 

24 November Sunday

20.00

Çînur
Nazmi Karaman
Theatre, Kurdish, with Turkish surtitles
Feyman Kültür Merkezi-Feyk Sahne Söğütlüçeşme Caddesi, Bulvar Çarşısı Kadıköy/İstanbul

25 November Monday

Film Screenings at

 

Postane Camekan Sokak No:9 Galata, Beyoğlu/İstanbul

14.30

Viticulture from Tenedos to Bozcaada: “Vineyard”, Mustafa Dermanlı, 66’, Turkish; with English subtitles

16.00

Living Positive: "WE", Ebubekir Çetinkaya, 56’, Turkish; with English subtitles

19.30

The Banishment, Yılmaz Özdil, 20’, Kurdish; with Turkish subtitles 

That Little Rock Over There is Waiting to be Found: “Small Finds”, Sevgi Ortaç, 21’, Turkish; with English subtitles (With the participation of the director)*

Almost Certainly False, Cansu Baydar, 20’, Turkish, Arabic; with Turksish, English subtitles (With the participation of the director)*

Chicken Broth Soup, Deniz Büyükkırlı, 20’, Turkish; with English subtitles  (With the participation of the director)*

*There will be a Q&A after the screening.

26 November Tuesday

Film Screenings at

 

Postane Camekan Sokak No:9 Galata, Beyoğlu/İstanbul 

13.00

Harvest of Light, Esin Özalp Öztürk, 52’, Turkish; with English subtitles

14.30

From Below, Selection of Altyazı Fasikül videos, 56’, Turkish; with English subtitles

16.00

Travelling Cinema Dialogues: Kurdish Women's Images: "GotûbêJin", Nimet Gatar, 46’, Turkish, Kurdish; with English subtitles

Third Absence from Home, Mediha Güzelgün, 41’, Turkish; with English subtitles (With the participation of the director)* 

19.30

Dargeçit, Berke Baş, 82’, Turkish, Kurdish; with Turkish, English subtitles (With the participation of the director and the producer)*

 

* There will be a Q&A after the screening.

27 November Wednesday

All Screenings and performance at 

 

Postane Camekan Sokak No:9 Galata, Beyoğlu/İstanbul

 

There is No Other World
Documentarist Travelling Ecological Documentary Screenings Özel Gösterim

13.00

Plastic People, Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong, 83’, English; with Turkish subtitles

Canada, 2024, 83'
By Ben Addelman, Ziya Tong
English; with Turkish subtitles

From skyscrapers and grocery stores to furniture and elements of the clothes we wear, we are surrounded by plastic. But what is the impact of a material that never decomposes? In this fascinating and fast-paced investigative documentary, author and science journalist Ziya Tong seeks to understand what microplastics are and how, from our brain tissue to our food, they have seeped into the fabric of our lives and every strata of our complex ecology. Plastic People explores the impact of this non-biodegradable material and its vast – and still relatively unknown – health consequences, to reveal just how deeply it is ingrained in our lives. Featuring reflections from a global community of researchers, this is a powerful call to action.

14.30

Plastic Recycling Myth, Tom Costello, Benedict Wermter, 52’, English, Turkish; with Turkish, English subtitles

Germany, Bulgaria, Türkiye, 2021, 52'
By Tom Costello, Benedict Wermter
English, Turkish; with Turkish, English subtitles

Can plastic be recycled? Do you know what happens to your plastic waste? In the last few years the plastic pollution crisis has become enormous. Pictures of poisoned animals, littered rivers, and polluted oceans have shocked the world. The plastic packaging industry has declared it knows how to solve the problem: recycling. Increasingly, bottles, boxes and sachets are proudly stamped with the words ‘100% recyclable’ as brands compete to reassure consumers that their packaging purchases are guilt-free. But if recycling is really the solution, why is the world pumping out more virgin plastic than ever before? Could recycling really be the ultimate greenwash? We follow the money into an industry that’s designed to hide the problem rather than solve it. We track the black-market brokers who hunt for countries to dump our plastic, waste moguls getting rich by burning trash, and the organized criminals for whom waste smuggling is now as lucrative as the drugs trade. We show how some of the biggest consumer-goods brands on earth spin the recycling fairytale as a way to allow them to continue polluting without consequence. As we all pick up the bill for a world drowning in plastic, the film asks: who is getting rich?

 

15.30

Panel: Growing Threat Garbage and Microplastics
Moderator: Asu Aksoy (marmarakulturleragi.com)
Panelists: Kenan Kahya (Yırca Hanımeli), Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Ceyhun Akarsu (İstanbul Üniversity-Cerrahpaşa Faculty of Engineering, Department of Environmental Engineering), Nihan Temiz Ataş (Greenpeace-Plastic Campaign Consultant)

 

Ayvalık International Film Festival Özel Gösterim 

17.00

The Grand Siege, Sinan Kesova, 97’, Tukish, Uzbek, French; with English subtitles (With the participation of the director and the co-writer)*

* There will be a Q&A after the screening.

 

2024 | DCP | Colour | 97’ | Turkish; English sub. | Türkiye
DIRECTOR: Sinan Kesova
CAST: Alp Öyken, Dolunay Soysert, Yiğit Sertdemir, Asiye Dinçsoy, Samal Yeslyamova, Tarık Papuççuoğlu, Eraslan Sağlam
SCRİPT: Arda Ekşigil, Sinan Kesova
DOP: Emre Kabaşabanoğlu
EDITING: Lisa Aksel Ayhan
PRODUCERS: Alara Hamamcıoğlu Bayraktar, Ilgım Coşar
PRODUCTION: Glasgow1980, Vigo Film
WORLD RIGHTS: Glasgow1980

The film follows Macit, an octogenarian and an ‘old-timer’ who has the luxury of swimming in the sea in front of his home. He still mourns the loss of his respected academician wife, properly cherishing her memory. He feels under a ‘great siege’ due to the changing world and thinks he has every right to feel that way. Should he really? Indeed, his children and those around him perceive him slightly differently—perhaps as stubborn, imposing, or even a despot. Presenting a nuanced view of how and who the grand siege is directed at, this debut film humorously explores generational myths of ‘righteousness’ and ‘merit’ in Türkiye.

İstanbul 2024 Seyfi Teoman Best Debut Film Prize
Ayvalık 2024 Lisa Aksel Ayhan - Mey|Diageo Rising Star Prize

19.30

Recent LGBTI+ Activism  in Diyarbakır Diyarbakır.Turizm.Romantizm.Aktivizm, Nadir Sönmez, Performative Presentation, Turkish, with English synopsis and partial subtitles

İZMİR, DÜZCE, ÇANAKKALE, DENİZLİ, ERZURUM, MUĞLA

15 November Friday

13.00

Vranowitz Archive
Betül Aksu
Exhibition opening
sezon
İzmir
(The exhibition can be visited by appointment between
15 - 17 November between 13.00 - 20.00.
For appointment:  https://www.instagram.com/sezon_artspace?igsh=ODJuMHljZXFweTJw )

16 November Saturday

16.00

Lorî, Lorî
İlhak Altıparmak
Project presentation and coversation with the artist
Saltuklu Mah. Adnan Menderes Cad. Aziziye/Erzurum
Erzurum

17 November Sunday

16.00

Less Healing Plants
İpek Kay and Hatiye Garip
Exhibition opening
Myndos Art House, Gümüşlük, Bodrum
Muğla
(The exhibition can be visited until 24 November.)

18 November Monday

15.00

Concrete, Weed and Others
Zehra Seda Boztunalı
Exhibition talk
Düzce University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Müfide Kadri Art Gallery
Düzce
(The exhibition can be visited until 30 November.)

16.00

Close to the View, In the Distance:Bahçe Günü" (Garden Day)
Seniha Ünay
Exhibition tour with the artist
Düzce University Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Mihri Müşfik Art Gallery
Düzce
(The exhibition can be visited until 30 November.)

23 November Saturday

18.00

Lives of Others
Tuğçe Yakar and Rıdvan Oral
Opening
Arkhe, Şirince
İzmir
(Permanent artwork)

20.00

Sevgi Soysal Insists on Living / Boğaziçi Performing Arts Ensemble
Our Love Memory with Sevgi

Kenan Özcan
Theatre, Turkish

Sinop Kültür Merkezi, Gelincik, Fatih Cd. No:24, 57000 Sinop 

This event is ticketed.
For tickets please visit https://vidipass.com/a/2024-816

25 November Monday

15:00

Missing Bricks
Onur Tatar and Levent Genç
Exhibition opening
Museum of Troy, Tevfikiye Mevkii, Truva 6 sokak No:12
Çanakkale

28 November Thursday

16:00

Stories Whose Sun is Hidden
Ceren Tekin Karagöz
Exhibition opening
Pamukkale University Faculty of Education Exhibition Hall
Denizli
(The exhibition can be visited until 6 December.)

This page is published on 12 November 2024.
Last update: 15 November 2024