Beyond the Station
Beyond the Station by Bassil Halabi and Mohammad Fares is a reflection of the life of an immigrant. The two authors selected a suitcase as a symbolism for migration: there is someone who is putting himself in a suitcase as they did when they left Syria and as they came to Turkey.
To a Friend
To a Friend is a short video by Moawia Shannan taken in one singel shot. The actor of the movie is Moawia himself as well as the narrator of the Arabic poem. The movie is about nostalgia and memory. When Moawia was walking at this alley in Istanbul for the first time he was remembering […]
On the Run
The current crisis in Iraq and Syria is not caused by religious differences, but it has its roots in the policies implemented in the past three decades. Nevertheless, it is an example of criminal misuse and manipulation of religious identities. The documentary aims to capture the disastrous consequences of this crisis, which affects all groups […]
Lost Memories
Paris, 2020. A beautiful couple, a city over-saturated by holograms and digital stream. A polaroid camera. Tomorrow will never be the same. Written, Directed and post-produced by Francois Ferracci. With Luka Kellou and Magali Heu Music by Alexandre Fortuit
Smoked Fish
Anne Knödler spent six month in Istanbul with a residency from Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle. She developed the performance “Fümeli balık”, “Smoked fish” an ongoing social interventional art project. On different spots in Istanbul the artist started smoking local fish in a selfmade oven. The interaction with fisherman and different people joining the performance generated […]
Second Life in Ayvansaray
If you are thinking where to move next in Istanbul, have a look at Ayvansaray. It is going to be one of the new fancy places, populated by Avatarians designed by the muncipiality of Fatih. You feel like in the virtual world of Second Life, unreal looking houses with wooden looking plastic surfaces, stereotyped people […]
Electrical Walks
An introduction video to Christina Kubisch's Electrical Walks series of works. Electromagnetic radiations can be directly translated into the acoustic domain with the help of Christina Kubisch's custom made special headphones.
An alternative Cityguiding through Istanbul
The map of Istanbul for tourists, which includes the Sultanahmed-Region and Beyoğlu, covers only about one or two percent of the real Istanbul map. In order to go beyond these two percent you can join an „alternative citiyguiding“ (or an architectural field trip as Orhan Esen calls it). Orhan Esen is active as a researcher, writer […]
Tophane
The short movie documents a scenery in Tophane / Istanbul at July 17th, 2013.
Metro Saturday June 8, 2013 at midnight
This video is taken by Ufuk Aziz in the metro where people just left the Gezi Park and sang: “This is only the beginning, we will continue our fight!”