Left Over Work in Istanbul / Tarlabaşı − Beyoğlu
This video from the Left Over series by Artıkişler Kolektifi was created only with unused footage from the documentary Exiles of Metropol (Metropol Sürgünleri). As a method, and not as a solution, Artıkişler Kolektifi decided to work with found footage about the past of the Tarlabaşı district instead of producing new images. The filmmaker treats […]
RANTISTANBUL – TAKSIM MEYDAN II
Taksim square just one month before the Gezi Park uprising 2013 in Istanbul video created by mythones music: devrim ck (mythones), nilüfer ormanlı shootings and editing 28.02.2013 camera: jvc everio hdd (720×576) edit: fcpx
Left Over Work in Istanbul / Dolapdere − Beyoğlu
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 […]
Left Over Work in Istanbul / Taksim Meydanı − Beyoğlu
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 […]
Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galata − Beyoğlu
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 […]
Left Over Work in Istanbul / Galatasaray Square − Beyoğlu
“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 […]
One morning when Gregor Samsa wakes up …
“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 […]
Left Over Work in Istanbul / Çukurcuma – Beyoğlu
“We are heading towards the heart of the “quality” waste collection of İstanbul. Paper trash collectors and scrap dealers are on either side. Once a picker told me that he had learnt, about three or four years ago, that the “Black & White photos also sell.” Sometimes, his friend would find Black & White photos […]
Left Over Work in Istanbul / Istiklal Caddesi − Beyoğlu
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 […]
Left Over Work in Istanbul / From Beyoğlu to Ümraniye
Starting from Beyoğlu the journey leads us to the Anatolian district Ümraniye. Artık İşler, by ferry crosses the Bosphorus to Üsküdar so as to take a bus to Ümraniye. Beyoğlu’ndan Ümraniye’ye gidebilmek için en pratik yollardan biri öncelikle Üsküdar’a ulaşmak. Üsküdar Ümraniye’yi denizden ve Boğaz’dan saklıyor. Bu ilçe yaklaşık 30 yıl önce kentleşmenin ve endüstrinin İstanbul […]