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A Breath of Dede Korkut
Dates: 14 May 2020 ~ 14 May 2021
Location: Online Theatre

If you hear with the language of the heart, all the living beings,
plains, trees, rocks, and birds all speak. The smallest detail becomes
visible. Dawns and nights tell stories, if you hear.
Understanding the language of air, earth, sea, mountains, rocks,
human, is hearing the heart.

Dede Korkut is the book of most ancient narratives which conveys
the consciousness of the life from past to today.

Past, future and today become one; human, a part of it…
We have conveyed the feeling of existence from those days to today
with a breath of Dede Korkut. Note: Recommended for the audience older than 7 years old.

Explore “Lütfi Özkök: Portraits” Exhibition via graphs, the virtual tour also features a documentary, texts and
Virtual Tour voice recordings, documents and visuals on Lütfi Özkök’s life.
The virtual tour also features voice recordings performed by the
curator Demet Yıldız. The voice recordings include pieces from
Dates: 28 July 2020 ~ 28 July 2021 two books: “Portraits: A Periodic Survey of Turkish Literature”,
İstanbul Modern has added new content to its digital platforms which was edited by Nilgün Uzun Uluocak, and “The Way of the
which are continuously updated during these days as we stay at Winds”, which focuses on the life and work of Lütfi Özkök and
home and limit social interactions. The museum now offers an op- was written by Osman İkiz. Directed by Özkök’s granddaughter
portunity to see “Lütfi Özkök: Portraits” exhibition via virtual Anna Juhlin in 2010, the documentary titled Poeten i Elefanthuset
tour. İstanbul Modern continues to host its guests on digital plat- (Poet of the Elephant House) which was the winner of New doc-
forms so that they can experience art without leaving their homes. prize at the Stockholm Tempo documentary festival, also meets
In addition to virtual tours, digital archives, and collections, İs- with the audience as a part of the virtual tour. The documentary
tanbul Modern also shares several other types of content with the features Lütfi Özkök’s life.
audience via its YouTube channel, social media accounts and web-
site. The museum now opens “Lütfi Özkök: Portraits” exhibition wanders between stills from past and present, filmed meetings
for access via virtual tour. both in Stockholm and Istanbul, voices and tones. Winner of the
New doc-prize at the Stockholm Tempo documentary festival in
The exhibition features the internationally renowned photographer 2011, the documentary pieces together the director’s own and her
Lütfi Özkök’s (1923-2017) photographs of 80 leading figures in grandfather’s thoughts about poetry, photography and nostalgia.
art and literature starting from the 1950s. “Lütfi Özkök: Por-
traits” invites viewers to witness a period while contemplating the Poet photographer, photographer poet
various meanings of portrait photography. Along with the photo-
A poet as well as a photographer, Özkök closely followed the worlds
of art and literature and often communicated with his subjects be-
fore taking their portraits. Lifelong relationships with figures in
the exhibition – such as Nâzım Hikmet, Samuel Beckett and René
Char – enabled him to take their photos at different times and
record the changes in their faces as they journeyed through life.

He shot the famous Nâzım portrait in 1959

Nâzım Hikmet’s famous portraits which he shot in 1959 in Stock-
holm and left mark on people were the works of those years. In
1960, Özkök began attending International Writers’ Conference in
Copenhagen and begins to enrich his portrait archive. Özkök meets
with Nâzım Hikmet in 1962 at the International Writers’ Meeting
in Florence once again, and takes more portraits.