The workshop is led by Ahmet Sel, whose body of work titled At Ours is exhibited at Istanbuls Today, which was produced specially for the exhibition and which deals with the concept of migration. Together with the artist, participants have the opportunity to examine the series, in which immigrants who have settled in Istanbul for various reasons are photographed in their private living or workspaces. In the workshop, the participants learn about the artist's approach to portrait photography and the intricacies of taking a portrait photograph with a story.
Note: It is recommended that the participants send their portrait photography productions to ogrenme@peramuzesi.org.tr or bring them with them to be interpreted in the workshop.
Capacity: 15 people
Duration: 120 minutes
Fee per workshop: 250 TL
The event will take place at the Pera Museum (face-to-face).
For more information: ogrenme@peramuzesi.org.tr
About Ahmet Sel
Working in the fields of documentary photography and portrait photography, the artist studied communication at Paris-X (Université Paris Nanterre) and television journalism at INA (Institut National de l’Audiovisuel, Paris). Between 1980 and 2010, he lived in Paris and Moscow, working as a reporter and manager in various television channels and photography agencies. The artist, who continues his works by focusing on the stories of individuals in times of social change and crisis, has books published in France and Turkey. He won the "Fujifilm Press Photo Awards France" in the portrait category in 2003, the "National Magazine Awards Foundation" grand prize in photography and text in Canada in 2004, and the 1st prize in the portrait category at the Sarajevo Photography Festival in 2022.
Inspired by its Anatolian Weights and Measures Collection, Pera Museum presents a contemporary video installation titled For All the Time, for All the Sad Stones at the gallery that hosts the Collection. The installation by the artist Nicola Lorini takes its starting point from recent events, in particular the calculation of the hypothetical mass of the Internet and the weight lost by the model of the kilogram and its consequent redefinition, and traces a non-linear voyage through the Collection.
In a bid to review the International System of Units (SI), the International Bureau of Weights and Measures gathered at the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures on November 16, 2018. Sixty member states have voted for changing four out of seven basic units of measurement. The kilogram is among the modified. Before describing the key points, let us have a closer look into the kilogram and its history.
Pera Museum presented a talk on Nicola Lorini’s video installation For All the Time, for All the Sad Stones, bringing together the artists Nicola Lorini, Gülşah Mursaloğlu and Ambiguous Standards Institute to focus on concepts like measuring, calculation, standardisation, time and change.
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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: 100 TL
Discounted: 50 TL
Groups: 80 TL (minimum 10 people)
