“One of the most vital ways we sustain ourselves is by building communities of resistance, places where we know we are not alone.” – bell hooks
Pera Film celebrates Pride Week with its film program entitled Companionship As a Site of Resistance.
In the program that brought together four films from different geographies, which met with the audience at important festivals in the past years, the theme of clinging to life together comes to the fore. All the queer characters in the films resist pressure and being stuck with the people they make friends with while trying to open up breathing spaces for themselves in the country, society and families they live in.
In the program that will take place between 24 June – 8 July; Young and Wild, who turned the unbridled and unbounded nature of adolescent sexuality into a destructive force; How the Room Felt, a documentary about a Georgian women's football club, consisting of a group of women and non-binaries who meet frequently to spend time together, to discuss existential issues; while revealing a story of self-discovery and emancipation, Swing Ride, which conveys an extraordinary friendship, and Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter, which tells a queer era where memories are only shared collectively.
This program’s screenings are free admissions. Drop in, no reservations. As per legal regulations, all our screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age, unless stated otherwise.
June 24
20:00 Young and Wild
June 25
15:00 How the Room Felt
June 29
19:00 Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
July 1
19:00 Swing Ride
21:00 Young and Wild
July 6
19:00 How the Room Felt
July 8
19:00 Swing Ride
21:00 Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
June 24
20:00 Young and Wild
June 25
15:00 How the Room Felt
June 29
19:00 Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
July 1
19:00 Swing Ride
21:00 Young and Wild
July 6
19:00 How the Room Felt
July 8
19:00 Swing Ride
21:00 Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter
Each memory tells an intimate story; each collection presents us with the reality of containing an intimate story as well. The collection is akin to a whole in which many memories and stories of the artist, the viewer, and the collector are brought together. At the heart of a collection is memory, nurtured from the past and projecting into the future.
John Frederick Lewis is considered one of the most important British Orientalist artists of the Victorian era. Pera Museum exhibited several of Lewis’ paintings as part of the Lure of the East exhibition in 2008 organized in collaboration with Tate Britain.
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.
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: 200 TL
Discounted: 100 TL
Groups: 150 TL (minimum 10 people)
