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    CULTURAL AGENDA

    Today's Zaman
    04 October 2009, Sunday

    EXHIBITIONS

    Today is the last day to see "Octet," a selection of 110 works of
    art by 66 students, lecturers and alumni of the New York School of
    Visual Arts, at the Pera Museum in Istanbul's Beyoglu district.

    Works by Turkish conceptual artist Serkan Ozkaya and Romanian artists
    Dumitru Gorzo and Mircea Suciu are being shown at "Without Hintersinn,"
    a group exhibition on view until Oct. 12 at the Bilsar Building in
    Istanbul's Beyoglu district.

    Istanbul's Sabancı University art gallery hosts an installation
    titled "Yapıların Ayak İzleri -- Istanbul" (Building Footprints --
    Istanbul) by Osvaldo Romberg until Oct. 24.

    A selection of portraits from "One Shot Ä°stanbul" by photo artist
    Alexander Berg is on view at the Taksim metro station until Oct. 25.

    İstanbul's Sakıp Sabancı Museum in İstanbul's Emirgan neighborhood
    is home to an exhibition titled "Joseph Beuys and His Students: Works
    from the Deutsche Bank Collection" until Nov. 1. The museum is closed
    on Mondays.

    The 11th International Ä°stanbul Biennial runs through Nov. 8,
    offering works of art by around 70 artists at the old customs
    warehouse, Antrepo No. 3, in Karaköy, the old tobacco warehouse in
    Tophane and the Feriköy Greek School in Å~^iÅ~_li. Tickets can be
    purchased at www.biletix.com.

    US-based Romanian artist Serge Spitzer's "Molecular Ä°stanbul"
    installation is on view at the Mayor Synagogue in İstanbul's Hasköy
    district on the Golden Horn through Nov. 11.

    "Site," an exhibition of installations by Turkish-born Armenian
    conceptual artist Sarkis Zabunyan, runs through Jan. 10, 2010 at
    Ä°stanbul Modern. The museum's movie theater also offers a selection
    of films that influenced the artist's career.

    Paris-based Turkish artist Yuksel Arslan's retrospective is on view
    at SantralÄ°stanbul contemporary art center until March, offering
    more than 500 works by the artist.

    FILM SCREENINGS

    Bogazici University's Mithat Alam Film Center (MAFM) w ward-winning
    films by young-generation Turkish filmmakers in a program that runs
    from Monday to Friday. For more information, visit the MAFM Web site
    at www.mafm.boun.edu.tr.

    A selection of 22 films by German directors is offered in a weekly
    film program that runs through December at the Goethe Institute in
    Ä°stanbul. Admission is free of charge. Showings take place each
    Friday at 7 p.m.

    The Ankara Cinematheque Society screens arthouse and classic films
    in admission-free showings every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. as part of
    its weekly program that runs throughout the year at the society's
    headquarters, located on Buklum Sokak, No: 16 in the Kavaklıdere
    quarter.

    FESTIVALS

    Austri an pianist Alfred Brendel will open this autumn's weekly
    classical concert series at Ä°stanbul's Bogazici University with
    a conference-recital on Oct. 7 at 7:30 p.m. at the Albert Long
    Hall. Ticket price: TL 25, TL 20

    The five-day Balkans Folk Dance Festival runs through Oct. 7 on
    various squares of Ä°zmir, featuring shows by folkdance companies
    from 10 countries.

    The fifth edition of Visibility Project, a contemporary art and
    performance art event held annually in the Galata neighborhood of
    Ä°stanbul, will take place Oct. 10, featuring performances on the
    streets, four alternative stages and the Okcu Musa Primary School in
    Galata. For more information: www.galataperform.com

    Turkish rockers Ozge FıÅ~_kın, Friendly Fire, TNK and Kurban will
    perform at the TanıÅ~_arock 2009 Festival, scheduled for Oct. 11 at
    the Macka Kucukciftlik Park. Ticket price: TL 34 (Biletix)
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