Hat & Pera - New Year Lighting In Istiklal Street Print

Installation: Oil, Photo on Other. Hat & Pera: Installation, 35 hats, mixed technique on hats. Taksim is an old and big neighborhood of Istanbul in Turkey. The people of Istanbul prefers Taksim especially for traveling, having fun, eating, shopping and participating in artistic and cultural activities. ''Pera '' is the old name of Taksim. Pera has changed dramatically in the last 80 years. Because of their kindness, people living in Istanbul used to wear their hats on their way to Pera in old times. They would go there in their most elegant clothes. For this reason, she thinks the hat is a symbol of "kindness and respect" for the people of old Istanbul.Hats hang from the ceilining .This hat's views still make you feel you're walking in that area with the old Istanbuliteses. Even if Istanbul residents disappear one by one, with their artworks, lives and the values left by their, courtesy and cultural wealth they slowly took off their hats to us and greeted us. expresses , in the district of Taksim square and the Christmas decoration to be taken by the municipality is as an motivation indicator of the socio-economic situation in Turkey and the decorations ratio refers to the vital hope's norm in society. Göknil Gümüş Sungurtekin started this installation in 1998. Her installation, which was exhibited in many venues, rebuilt it in 2007 for Turgut Yasalar 's "Fog and Night" film adapted from Ahmet Ümit's book.She later organized and exhibited it with Fatih Sungurtekin as a joint installation with Strategies No: Spaces and Form Exhibition, Curator Marcus Graf (2004), Siemens Art Gallery / Istanbul. It Exhibited at Artshop Istanbul (2003-2004) The hat named ''eternal art'' was which Hakan Özoğuz used as a costume when the famous Turkish music group Athena performed the song '' For Real '' in 49 international Eurovision song contests in Turkey.

Print:Giclee on Fine Art Paper

Size:10 W x 10 H x 0.1 D in

Size with Frame:15.25 W x 15.25 H x 1.2 D in

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