Directors: Özgür Cihan Uçar, Yasin Serindere
Turkey, 2021, 35’
Turkish with English subtitles
A region in Guvercintepe (Bayramtepe) Neighborhood of Basaksehir, Istanbul was named as Palestine by the people. Guvercintepe Neighborhood which was formed in the 90s with the migrations from Anatolia has been wanted to be demolished many times after being formed. The last destruction which was wanted to take place in 2009 was prevented by the local people’s resistance. A few years later, deeds were given to the majority of the neighborhood people. Palestine Neighborhood, which got its name from the resistances against destructions, was left out of this process and destruction agenda in Palestine has continued after 2009.
In 2012, expropriation lawsuits were brought for a road project of Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality. And in the last quarter of 2020, as a part of “Road Project No.3” of Basaksehir Municipality, notifications were sent to 5 houses in the lower part of Palestine Neighborhood. In the notifications sent, it was demanded that they vacate their houses in 7 days…
Coffee was served with much splendor at the harems of the Ottoman palace and mansions. First, sweets (usually jam) was served on silverware, followed by coffee serving. The coffee jug would be placed in a sitil (brazier), which had three chains on its sides for carrying, had cinders in the middle, and was made of tombac, silver or brass. The sitil had a satin or silk cover embroidered with silver thread, tinsel, sequin or even pearls and diamonds.
Selected from the Suna and İnan Kıraç Foundation Photography Collection, we present the landscapes and places in Istanbul photographs, dating from the 1850s to the 1980s, together with their present-day views!
Inspired by the exhibition And Now the Good News, which focusing on the relationship between mass media and art, we prepared horoscope readings based on the chapters of the exhibition. Using the popular astrological language inspired by the effects of the movements of celestial bodies on people, these readings with references to the works in the exhibition make fictional future predictions inspired by the horoscope columns that we read in the newspapers with the desire to receive good news about our day.
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