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Vera Molnár, plaisir de géométrie
November 22, 2024 / 19:00

It is not easy to describe Vera Molnár's work. A pioneer of digital art and one of the first to use computers, Molnár employed geometric shapes that she reproduced according to a particular methodology. The documentary by Laszlo Horvath focuses on this free-spirited artist.

Pera Film
2001: A Space Odyssey
November 27, 2024 / 19:00

Inspired by Arthur C. Clarke's short story The Sentinel, the film delves into themes of artificial intelligence, human evolution, consciousness, and technology. Renowned for its groundbreaking visual effects and minimalistic dialogue, it profoundly impacted modern cinema and is still regarded as a visionary work ahead of its time.

Pera Classics: Harmony
Anemos Trio
November 9, 2024 / 19:30

Pera Classics welcomes Anemos Trio, blending the harmony of flute, clarinet, and bassoon with the vibrant colors of music, on November. Comprised of three master musicians who have achieved significant success both in academia and concert halls, the trio stands out with their distinguished repertoire.

Collective Patterns with Print
November 17, 2024 / 14:00

After visiting Calculations and Coincidences, the participants design various patterns inspired by the exhibition and create motifs with them. The participants then prepare textured printing templates of the patterns they have created using different materials such as cardboard, eva, string. Then, the templates are printed in different ways on the papers passed from hand to hand among the participants and collective works are produced as many as the number of participants.

Roll and Paint!
November 2, 2024 / 10:30

Children who visit Calculations and Coincidences with a guided tour chat about the combination of imagination and randomness in artistic works. In the workshop, children roll marbles painted in different colors on cardboard bounded by a wooden frame and create random patterns made of color and movement.

Colorful Shadows with Transparent Pendants
November 12, 2024 / 10:30

During a guided tour of Calculations and Coincidences, children talk about color theory through Gizella Rákóczy's combinations of different layers of paint. In the workshop, children cut acetate papers into various forms and design fun pendants by stacking them on top of each other and decorating them with beads.

İstanbul: Before & After

Selected from the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Collection, we present the landscapes and places in Istanbul photographs, dating from the 1850s to the 1980s, together with their present-day views!

Calculations and Coincidences

The publication accompanying the exhibition features Kinga Rózsa Hamvai's curatorial text and Kerem Ozan Bayraktar's essay, "I Love Order but I Can't Stand It," which takes its title from Vera Molnár's words. Bayraktar's text explores Molnár's practice alongside the historical context of algorithmic art.

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Exercises in Spaces and Texts

The catalogue accompanying the exhibition includes a text by curators Prof. Aslı Serbest, Prof. Mona Mahall and Yelta Köm delving into the comprehensive background of the exhibition along with a text by Begüm Özden Fırat and Çisel Karacebe looking at the relations between the various art spaces in the area of Dolapdere and their neighborhoods.

Souvenirs of the Future

The publication accompanying the exhibition includes a comrepehensive curatorial text by Ulya Soley in addition to a thought-provoking piece by Glenn Adamson titled “Ceramics in Tomorrowland” which explores the role ceramics play in revealing valuable but abstract information regarding their origins.

Pera Film
Vera Molnár, plaisir de géométrie
November 22, 2024 / 19:00

Pera Film
2001: A Space Odyssey
November 27, 2024 / 19:00

Pera Classics: Harmony
Anemos Trio
November 9, 2024 / 19:30