Director: Ali Samadi Ahadi
Cast: Mohsen Kadivar, Mitra Khalatbari,
Shadi Sadr
Germany, 80’, 2011, color
English, German and
Persian with Turkish subtitles
Green is the color of hope. Green
is the color of Islam. And green was the symbol of recognition among the
supporters of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, who became the
symbolic figure of the Green Revolution. The presidential elections on June
12th, 2009 were supposed to bring about a change, but contrary to all
expectations the ultra-conservative populist Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was confirmed
in office. As clear as was the result, as loud and justified were the
accusations of vote-rigging. The on-going “Where is my vote?” protest
demonstrations were again and again worn down and broken up with brutal attacks
by government militia. Images taken from private persons with their cell phones
or cameras bear witness to this excessive violence: people were beaten, stabbed,
shot dead, arrested, kidnapped, some of them disappearing without trace. What
remains is the countless number of dead or injured people and victims of
torture, and another deep wound in the hearts of the Iranians.
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In 1962 Philip Corner, one of the most prominent members of the Fluxus movement, caused a great commotion in serious music circles when during a performance entitled Piano Activities he climbed up onto a grand piano and began to kick it while other members of the group attacked it with saws, hammers and all kinds of other implements.
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.
In the works of western painters, we encounter mosques as the primary architectural elements that reflect the identity of the city of Istanbul. Often we can recognize the depicted landscape as Istanbul simply from the mosques.
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