Namık Kabil’s Heart of Wood documentary is about a man who makes the heart of wood and then he plays it. Ćamil Metiljević uses his two hands for hard manual labor, but also to make a magical music instrument and play it. Director Kabil was born in Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina, where he studied medicine before the war broke out 1992. In 1993 Namik left the country and moved to Los Angeles where he studied film and become a member of the theatre group The Grace Players, where he worked as a director, writer and actor. He wrote a novel, Alone, and several award-winning screenplays: “Days and Hours”, “The Ruin”, and “The Last Day”. In 2007 his documentary “Interrogation” won “The Heart of Sarajevo” for Best Documentary at the Sarajevo Film Festival. His feature Nightguards had a world premiere in 2008 at the Venice Film Festival.
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Martín Zapater y Clavería, born in Zaragoza on November 12th 1747, came from a family of modest merchants and was taken in to live with a well-to-do aunt, Juana Faguás, and her daughter, Joaquina de Alduy. He studied with Goya in the Escuelas Pías school in Zaragoza from 1752 to 1757 and a friendship arose between them which was to last until the death of Zapater in 1803.
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.
Although traditionally used as a medium for functional or decorative objects, ceramic has become a medium that is increasingly used by contemporary. Here is the work of some important contemporary ceramic artists from around the world!
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)
