You can say the light the giver of all presences, is the maker of a material, and the material was made to cast a shadow, and the shadow belongs to the light.
Louis Kahn
The program Silence and Light is an homage to Louis Kahn’s work and legacy as well as architecture on film. Presented as part of the exhibition Re/Framing Louis Kahn, the program highlights documentaries and fictions embracing Kahn’s work as well as the art of architecture. The first documentary film examining the work of Louis Kahn, Silence and Light, examines his most significant completed works, My Architect: A Son’s Journey, takes on a personal journey to consider the contradictions of this complicated genius, Peter Greenaway’s The Belly of an Architect drama is about life, death and architecture and the film was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival. The fiction Sidewalls explored the disconnection and missed opportunities of modern city life. Paying unique homage to the city of Buenos Aires, writer and director Gustavo Taretto reflects on how urban chaos, as well as new technologies, can alternately unite and alienate people. The documentary The Human Scale, questions our assumptions about modernity, exploring what happens when we put people into the center of our equations. “If buildings could talk, what would they say about us?” Cathedrals of Culture offers six startling responses. The six acclaimed filmmakers bring their own visual style and artistic approach to the project showing how each of these landmark reflect our culture and guard our collective memory. Conceived as a personal video diary, the documentary The Infinite Happiness explores the ideal housing, offering a hopeful, inspired picture of communal living by design.
This program’s screenings are free of admissions. Drop in, no reservations.
February 2
21:00 Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
February 3
18:00 Cathedrals of Culture - Part 1
February 4
18:00 Cathedrals of Culture - Part 2
February 9
21:00 The Belly of an Architect
February 10
16:00 Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
18:00 Cathedrals of Culture - Part 1
February 11
18:00 Cathedrals of Culture - Part 1
Cathedrals of Culture - Part 2
February 14
19:00 Sidewalls
February 15
19:00 The Human Scale
February 17
14:00 The Infinite Happiness
February 18
14:00 The Human Scale
16:00 The Belly of an Architect
February 24
18:00 The Infinite Happiness
March 2
21:00 My Architect: A Son’s Journey
March 4
14:00 Sidewalls
18:00 My Architect: A Son’s Journey
February 2
21:00 Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
February 3
18:00 Cathedrals of Culture - Part 1
February 4
18:00 Cathedrals of Culture - Part 2
February 9
21:00 The Belly of an Architect
February 10
16:00 Louis Kahn: Silence and Light
18:00 Cathedrals of Culture - Part 1
February 11
18:00 Cathedrals of Culture - Part 2
February 14
19:00 Sidewalls
February 15
19:00 The Human Scale
February 17
14:00 The Infinite Happiness
February 18
14:00 The Human Scale
16:00 The Belly of an Architect
February 24
18:00 The Infinite Happiness
March 2
21:00 My Architect: A Son’s Journey
March 4
14:00 Sidewalls
18:00 My Architect: A Son’s Journey
Program Trailer
The exhibition Re/Framing Louis Kahn: Photographs by Cemal Emden – Drawings and Paintings focused on the architectural and artistic works of Louis I. Kahn – architect, thinker, artist, and an “architectural guru” who is considered among the leading figures of 20th century architecture.
A firm believer in the idea that a collection needs to be upheld at least by four generations and comparing this continuity to a relay race, Nahit Kabakcı began creating the Huma Kabakcı Collection from the 1980s onwards. Today, the collection can be considered one of the most important and outstanding examples among the rare, consciously created, and long-lasting ones of its kind in Turkey.
Celebrating its 10th anniversary this year, Pera Museum invites artist Benoît Hamet to reinterpret key pieces from its collections, casting a humourous eye over ‘historical’ events, both imagined and factual.
He had imagined the court room as a big place. It wasn’t. It was about the size of his living room, with an elevation at one end, with a dais on it. The judges and the attorneys sat there. Below it was an old wooden rail, worn out in some places. That was his place. There was another seat for his lawyer. At the back, about 20 or 30 chairs were stowed out for the non-existent crowd.
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)
