Markus Schmidt

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Remember the Blanks

May 31, 2014

A short video to the Gezi protests of the day 31st of May 2013. The documentary shows step by step the escalation of the protest. Beginning with a normal and peaceful demonstation it started to get aggressive when the police arrived and began to shoot with their weapons. As a result you have dead and […]

8.3

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Dolapdere − Beyoğlu

October 20, 2014

In this seven-minute documentary, we get to see how lively a flea market in Dolapdere/ Beyoğlu can be. We get the sense of a typical Turkish flea market where people bargain, break into conversations, have discussions on everything from the things we find in this market to musing about life itself. The camera captures all […]

7.3

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Taksim Meydanı − Beyoğlu

October 20, 2014

Since summer 2013, Taksim Meydanı has lost a lot of its usual sights but still many people pass by; businessmen, businesswomen, tourists, students and dustmen. The documentary focusses on dustmen and their daily walk through the Taksim Square and its surroundings. It shows their hard work of lugging around tonnes of garbage stashed in one […]

7.0

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galata − Beyoğlu

October 20, 2014

Through Galata, a street vendor walks with his cart full of brassware. His path does not cross the touristic places. He leads us to the side streets where it is quiet, where people live in apartments and lead lives cut off from the everyday buzz of the bustling tourism in Galata. Comparing the present of […]

9.3

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Istiklal Caddesi − Beyoğlu

October 20, 2014

From an abandoned Turkish wooden house, begins the journey of a man with a big bag slung on his shoulder. Having stepped out of the non-touristic locality, he happens by the Istiklal Caddesi where he suddenly has to deal with a lot of people aimlessly walking around the street. At almost the end of Istiklal […]

9.0

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Tünel − Beyoğlu

October 20, 2014

Artıkişler Kolektifi shoots a documentary around a trash pile in İstiklal Caddesi. A garbage truck bearing the logo of the municipality arrives at the scene. Soon the stack of trash is destroyed by the truck. However, before that, some people come by and pick out some stuff from the pile on the street. A boy, who […]

8.6

One morning when Gregor Samsa wakes up …

October 20, 2014

“Gregor Samsa woke up one morning and found himself, supposedly transformed into a gigantic insect. Can you imagine?” A video about young people who explore an abandoned house and make it come alive by introducing some kind of art into it. Starting with graffiti, action paintings, and climbing up to the house amongst cheers, the […]

6.5

David Harvey interview: Tarlabaşı Istanbul

October 21, 2014

Acclaimed geography academic and Professor of Anthropology at City University of New York provides an interview on urban issues in the district of Tarlabaşı Istanbul, an area in the last throes of evictions for the long-standing residents. Tarlabaşı is in the process of a gentrification programme to create an upscale housing and shopping district in the centre […]

5.6

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Showtime in Ümraniye

October 21, 2014

Cihan, a garbage man of Ümraniye, tries to describe the size of the warehouse. But since he could not, Cihan invited Artıkişler Kolektifi to show the building. The team followed him into a two-storey building. There is something he wants to shoot: the visual of the papers from above, the interior of the warehouse, and […]

7.6

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galatasaray Square − Beyoğlu

October 21, 2014

“My intention was to walk from Galatasaray Square to Omer Khayyam Bridge, passing through Tarlabaşı. I was going to look at the second-hand shops along the street, and talk with tradesmen. The sight of a demolition of a building right next to the square stopped me in my tracks. The site was full of visuals […]

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Remember the Blanks

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Dolapdere − Beyoğlu

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Taksim Meydanı − Beyoğlu

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galata − Beyoğlu

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Istiklal Caddesi − Beyoğlu

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Tünel − Beyoğlu

One morning when Gregor Samsa wakes up …

David Harvey interview: Tarlabaşı Istanbul

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Showtime in Ümraniye

Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galatasaray Square − Beyoğlu

Videos of the Group

Videos of the Group