Intellectualism and Creativity in Acting
Metin Balay, Arda Öztürk, Levent Üzümcü, Fakiye Özsoysal

Online Talk

October 10, 2021 / 20:00

Pera Museum continues to collaborate with national and international education institutions to introduce young artists’ and designers’ works to audiences. As part of the Confrontation exhibit held on the 25th anniversary of Yeditepe University, events bring panelists from different disciplines together.

The talk on “Intellectualism and Creativity in Acting” will focus on the questions of “How can we render the art of acting to be more than simply imitation?” and “What is the relationship between creativity, intellectualism and critical thinking?” in discussing the actor’s approach and responsibility in the world they live in today.

This meeting will be held on Zoom in Turkish. Reservations are required.

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Temporary Exhibition

Confrontation

Pera Museum continued to collaborate with national and international education institutions to introduce young artists’ and designers’ works to audiences. Curated by Marcus Graf, Confrontation featured art production by the students and graduates of Yeditepe University Faculty’s Fine Arts on the 25th year anniversary of the university. 

Confrontation

Moscow Conceptualists

Moscow Conceptualists

Our institutions have been stuck on linear Neo-Platonic tracks for 24 centuries. These antiquated processes of deduction have lost their authority. Just like art it has fallen off its pedestal. Legal, educational and constitutional systems rigidly subscribe to these; they are 100% text based.

Postcard Nudes

Postcard Nudes

The various states of viewing nudity entered the Ottoman world on postcards before paintings. These postcards appeared in the 1890s, and became widespread in the 1910s, following the proclamation of the Second Constitutional Monarchy, traveling from hand to hand, city to city. 

Serpent Head

Serpent Head

The Greek god Apollo and his son Asklepios presided over the realm of medicine and healing. Apollo was also the god of light and sun, whose solar symbolism and association with medicine would become linked to Christ the Physician, and the resurrected.