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November 22 - December 22, 2024

Pera Film presents its latest film program digital, curated with the exhibition Calculations and Coincidences.

The exhibition highlights the works of pioneers in algorithmic art —Vera Molnár, Dóra Maurer, and Gizella Rákóczy— with a special focus on Molnár's pioneering contributions to computer art. Molnár began incorporating computers into her creative process in 1968, using them as tools to generate images that pushed the boundaries of science and art.

That same year, cinema released 2001: A Space Odyssey, a seminal work of the science fiction genre. Directed by visionary filmmaker Stanley Kubrick, the film examined the profound implications of technology on humanity and the future, revolutionizing cinematic language and expanding the limits of storytelling.

By 1973, director Rainer Werner Fassbinder brought his vision of the future to German television with the two-part mini-series World on a Wire. Offering a surreal, satirical take on virtual reality and the human condition, it presented a striking contrast to traditional depictions of futuristic worlds. Later, in the 1980s, Ridley Scott's Blade Runner redefined science fiction cinema with its innovative use of technology and complex exploration of identity, laying the groundwork for decades of cinematic influence.

These three science fiction classics, which reflect the growing influence of technology in cinema when Molnár began her computer-based art, will be screened from November 22 to December 22 at the Pera Museum Auditorium. The program also features the documentary Vera Molnár, plaisir de géométrie, offering an in-depth look at Molnár's artistic process, and the short documentary Gizella Rákóczy: Exploring the Depth, focused on Rákóczy's explorations in art. 

Film screenings within this program are accessible with a discounted museum entrance ticket. Tickets can be purchased from Biletix or the reception of Pera Museum. Per legal regulations, all screenings are restricted to persons over 18 years of age unless stated otherwise.

November 22

19:00 Vera Molnár, plaisir de géométrie

Gizella Rákóczy: Exploring the Depth

November 23

15:00 World on a Wire

November 27

19:00 2001: A Space Odyssey

December 1

15:00 Vera Molnár, plaisir de géométrie

Gizella Rákóczy: Exploring the Depth

December 11

19:00 Blade Runner

December 13

18:30 World on a Wire

December 21

15:00 2001: A Space Odyssey

December 22

15:00 Blade Runner

Vera Molnár, plaisir de géométrie

Vera Molnár, plaisir de géométrie

Gizella Rákóczy: Exploring the Depth

Gizella Rákóczy: Exploring the Depth

World on a Wire

World on a Wire

2001: A Space Odyssey

2001: A Space Odyssey

Blade Runner

Blade Runner

Calculations and Coincidences

Calculations and Coincidences brings together three pioneers of algorithmic art; Vera Molnár, Dóra Maurer and Gizella Rákóczy through their works from the Central Bank of Hungary Collection. The exhibition focuses primarily on the profound influence of Molnar, who was unquestionably among the most significant names in computer art, while tracing how the artistic explorations of Maurer and Rákóczy have expanded the boundaries of abstraction through the integration of algorithms and mathematics.

Calculations and Coincidences

Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa

Kozbekçi Mustafa Ağa

When Karl XII of Sweden was defeated by Tsar Peter the Great of Russia in 1709, he fled to the Ottoman Empire and settled in Bender with his entourage for five years.

Bruce Nauman Look At Me!

Bruce Nauman Look At Me!

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!.

A Photographer’s Biography Ali Sami Aközer

A Photographer’s Biography Ali Sami Aközer

Ali Sami is born in Rusçuk in 1866, and moves to İstanbul. Because his family is registered in the Beylerbeyi quarter of Üsküdar, Ali Sami is also called Üsküdarlı Ali Sami. He graduates from the Mühendishane-i Berri-i Hümayun in 1866 and becomes a teacher of painting and photography at the school.