The workshop is inspired by PƎRⱯ Reverse and the work Masking, urban transformations, which refers to the historical buildings under renovation that are frequently encountered in the city, covered with a masking fabric. In the workshop led by artist Deniz Kulaksızoğlu, the participants rethink Istanbul as a place of constant destruction, transformation and reconstruction, with a focus on global capitalist relations. Then, the participants paint an element (this element can be a building, a space, a memory, a person, a dream, a thought, etc.) that has an important place in their past but is no longer the same or that they wish to change in two layers, first with the existing version and then with the version they imagine. These elements undergoing a kind of “intellectual renovation” are photographed and transferred onto the surface of cardboard coffee cups, which also appear in the exhibition. Thus, the process of transforming artistic, cultural and historical values into commercial objects or souvenirs is imitated.
Instructor: Deniz Kulaksızoğlu
Capacity: 10 people
Duration: 120 minutes
Fee per workshop: 350 TL
The event will take place at the Pera Museum (face-to-face).
For more information: ogrenme@peramuzesi.org.tr
About Deniz Kulaksızoğlu
Deniz Kulaksızoğlu (1996, Istanbul) graduated from St. Georg Austrian High School and completed her architecture degree at Technische Universitat Berlin (TU-Berlin). Focusing on the themes of space and image in her practice, Kulaksızoğlu questions the representational systems of perception through the phenomenon of repetition and focuses on the concepts of meaning and meaninglessness.
In this piece, Żmurko presents an exotic image of a harem chamber, replete with gleaming fabrics and scattered jewels, as a setting for the statuesquely beautiful body of an odalisque murdered “at the order of the padishah”.
Over the years of 1864 through 1876, Stanisław Chlebowski served Sultan Abdülaziz in Istanbul as his court painter. As it was, Abdülaziz disposed of considerable artistic talents of his own, and he actively involved himself in Chlebowski’s creative process, suggesting ideas for compositions –such as ballistic pieces praising the victories of Turkish arms.
Józef Brandt harboured a fascination for the history of 17th century Poland, and his favourite themes included ballistic scenes and genre scenes before and after the battle proper –all and sundry marches, returns, supply trains, billets and encampments, patrols, and similar motifs illustrating the drudgery of warfare outside of its culminating moments.
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: 300 TL
Discounted: 150 TL
Groups: 200 TL (minimum 10 people)
