Ahmet Polat
#Photographe
- Festival
Europalia Arts Festival Turkey
Imagine Istanbul est un portrait de la ville légendaire qui inspire artistes turcs et étrangers depuis le 19ème siècle. Aux côtés des photographies d’Ara Güler – l’emblématique ‘Œil d’Istanbul’ - , figurent celles des photographes turcs contemporains Ahmet Polat et Ali Taptik, de photographes étrangers dont Henri Cartier-Bresson et Bieke Depoorter. Conçu comme un voyage photographique, le parcours est aussi étoffé de musique de Débruit (avec un nouveau cd), d’interviews (notamment Orhan Pamuk), de cinéma et des installations d’ AyŞe Erkmen, Sophie Calle, Atelier Bow-Wow et Kasper Bosmans.
Résidences dans le cadre de l’exposition :
En août 2015, Biek... - Exposition
Ahmet Polat - Kemal's Dream
In his new project, Kemal’s Dream, photographer Ahmet Polat (NL,1978) focuses on young people in present-day Turkey. The life of the most recent generation of Turks in this still-young democracy is determined to a large degree by the clash between tradition and modernity, and between religion and secularism. Many Turkish families still lead traditional lives; yet, a more individualistic and Western lifestyle also has appeal. For many young people, this produces an inner conflict that typifies the entire Republic of Turkey. Since the establishment of the republic by Kemal Atatürk in 1923, Turkey has been marked by a dualism that is often reduced to a struggle between East and West. The complex political debate surrounding Turkey’s EU membership intensifies this internal struggle and makes the search for i...
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Imagine Istanbul est un portrait de la ville légendaire qui inspire artistes turcs et étrangers depuis le 19ème siècle. Aux côtés des photographies d’Ara Güler – l’emblématique ‘Œil d’Istanbul’ - , figurent celles des photographes turcs contemporains Ahmet Polat et Ali Taptik, de photographes étrangers dont Henri Cartier-Bresson et Bieke Depoorter. Conçu comme un voyage photographique, le parcours est aussi étoffé de musique de Débruit (avec un nouveau cd), d’interviews (notamment Orhan Pamuk), de cinéma et des installations d’ AyŞe Erkmen, Sophie Calle, Atelier Bow-Wow et Kasper Bosmans.
Résidences dans le cadre de l’exposition :
En août 2015, Biek...
In his new project, Kemal’s Dream, photographer Ahmet Polat (NL,1978) focuses on young people in present-day Turkey. The life of the most recent generation of Turks in this still-young democracy is determined to a large degree by the clash between tradition and modernity, and between religion and secularism. Many Turkish families still lead traditional lives; yet, a more individualistic and Western lifestyle also has appeal. For many young people, this produces an inner conflict that typifies the entire Republic of Turkey. Since the establishment of the republic by Kemal Atatürk in 1923, Turkey has been marked by a dualism that is often reduced to a struggle between East and West. The complex political debate surrounding Turkey’s EU membership intensifies this internal struggle and makes the search for i...