Chasing moments suspended in time, confronting memories that only resurface when nothing else remains... People not only remember; they reshape their memories, just as history is rewritten. Each memory is revived in our minds, leaving us with reinterpreted stories of the past and sometimes the future.
Presented by Pera Film parallel to the exhibition, Souvenirs of the Future, In Pursuit of Lost Time follows the stories of characters tracing the memories they have lived or believed to have experienced. These memories sometimes appear in a museum's corridors overflowing with remnants of passionate love or at unexpected stops on long journeys.
From February 2-24 at the Pera Museum Auditorium, the film program includes acclaimed director Wim Wenders' eagerly anticipated new film Perfect Days, Chris Marker's masterpiece Sans Soleil, the cult science fiction film Dark City, Innocence of Memories inspired by Orhan Pamuk's renowned novel, and Inside The Yellow Cocoon Shell, winner of the Golden Camera Award at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
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.
February 2
19:00 Innocence of Memories
February 3
16:00 Dark City
February 7
19:00 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
February 9
19:00 Sans Soleil
February 10
16:00 Perfect Days
February 14
19:00 Innocence of Memories
February 16
18:30 Dark City
February 18
15:00 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
February 21
19:00 Perfect Days
February 24
16:00 Sans Soleil
February 2
19:00 Innocence of Memories
February 3
16:00 Dark City
February 7
19:00 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
February 9
19:00 Sans Soleil
February 10
16:00 Perfect Days
February 14
19:00 Innocence of Memories
February 16
18:30 Dark City
February 18
15:00 Inside the Yellow Cocoon Shell
February 21
19:00 Perfect Days
February 24
16:00 Sans Soleil
The exhibition focuses on the memories recalled through objects whilst exploring the connections between memory and future imaginings through a contemporary lens. The cultural and symbolic value and significance of objects taken as souvenirs, those that remind us of a certain place and time, or those that are collected, weave together personal journeys and the memory of the region. Instead of a nostalgic attachment to the past, it proposes contemplating how the future will be remembered and focuses on memory's future-oriented functions.
As artisanship became a part of artistic practices with the blurring of art and craft, the use of traditional motifs has also flourished. In this context, how are these motifs currently structured or designed beyond their traditional connotations?
Among the most interesting themes in the oeuvre of Prassinos are cypresses, trees, and Turkish landscapes. The cypress woods in Üsküdar he saw every time he stepped out on the terrace of their house in İstanbul or the trees in Petits Champs must have been strong images of childhood for Prassinos.
Louis Isadore Kahn was born in 1901 to a Jewish family in Pärnu, Russia (today Estonia), far from Philadelphia where he spent his whole life, worked, fell in love, and breathed his last. Kahn family emigrated to America when he was five years old.
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: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
