March 8, 2020: A Memoir

March 4 - 11, 2024

Pera Film celebrates International Women's Day with the online screening of the award-winning film March 8, 2020: A Memoir.

Produced by Fırat Yücel and Aylin Kuryel, March 8, 2020: A Memoir explores what the "Touristic Cameras" overlooking Taksim Square left in the dark during the Feminist Night March in 2020. Through screenshots, the film travels in time to record the memory of the last mass action in Istanbul before the pandemic. Within the scope of the program, an online discussion held with the moderation of writer and academician Begüm Özden Fırat, featuring Fırat Yücel and Aylin Kuryel will also be available to access.

The film, which won the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2023 Istanbul Film Festival and the online discussion can be accessed via the Pera Museum's website from March 4 to March 11.

Special Screening <br> March 8, 2020: A Memoir

Special Screening
March 8, 2020: A Memoir

Talk <br> March 8, 2020: A Memoir

Talk
March 8, 2020: A Memoir

Memory Building Memories / Memory Room / Memento Mori

Memory Building Memories / Memory Room / Memento Mori

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.

Nam June Paik Video Art’s Pioneer

Nam June Paik Video Art’s Pioneer

Nam June Paik was video art’s pioneer (1932 –2006). It is interesting that while Warhol and Nameth were experimenting with psychedelic happenings that combined rock, film and performance, the video art pioneers Nam June Paik, Stephen Beck, Eric Siegel and Steina Vasulka were researching in a similar direction.

Horror Vacui <br> Alejandro Almanza Pereda

Horror Vacui
Alejandro Almanza Pereda

Pera Museum, in collaboration with Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), is one of the main venues for this year’s 15th Istanbul Biennial from 16 September to 12 November 2017.