An Alternative View on Art and Children
November 3–6, 2025
Online Platform - Zoom
Where Do You Draw the Line? Talks and Workshop Program
November 1 – December 13, 2025
Kadir Has University
Contemporary Art and Ecological Experiments
January – November 2025
Online Platform – Zoom
Conversation Where Do Art Department Stand on the Line?
8 November 2025 - In this talk, we will discuss to what extent the labor of art department workers — who are responsible for the entire visual world represented on screen — is acknowledged within this broader space of representation in cinema.
Conversation Where Do Directing Teams Stand on the Line?
15 November 2025 - In this talk, we will be joined by Beril Ateşoğlu and Gamze Öğüt to discuss how a film set is collectively constructed, the role of the directing team within the production process, and the responsibilities, collaborations, and forms of solidarity among the different professions that make up this team.
Conversation Where Do Sound/Foley Stand on the Line?
22 November 2025 - In this talk, featuring Zeynep Çelen and Bukle Naz Acar as speakers, we will discuss the creative processes of sound in cinema and the working conditions in this field, inspired by their own professional journeys.
Conversation Where Do Production Department Stand on the Line
29 November 2025 - In this talk, we will explore whether production itself has a gender, discussing power dynamics on set as well as the past and future of hierarchical structures. Together with our speakers, Ilgım Coşar and Alara Hamamcıoğlu, we will also touch on practices of team building and management within the film industry.
Conversation Where Do Camera Departments Stand on the Line?
6 December 2025 - In this discussion, where we will focus on the power of a camera regardless of gender to explore the new discoveries, stories, relationships, and interactions that arise when the “seeing and showing” dynamic is approached from a female perspective.
Panel Where Do You Draw the Line: Suggestions for Transformation
13 December 2025 - How can women of all ages and backgrounds — whether experienced or new to the field, from different professions or communities — who have contributed to cinema or wish to work and continue working in the industry, see, recognize, learn from, and create with one another?
Conversation Where Does Editing Stand on the Line?
1 November 2025 - We talk with Ayris Alptekin, who has worked as an editor for many years, about the dynamics of this creative process, her experiences within production workflows, and the changing conditions of the profession.
Conversation Literature and Jazz
As part of the 35th Akbank Jazz Festival, the “Literature and Jazz” talk will take place on October 11 at Arter, the conversation will explore the intersections of writing, language, and sound.
Conversation fugamundi x Hakan Bıçakçı Jazz Listening Club: Jazz and Suspense in Cinema
Organized by fugamundi as part of the Akbank Jazz Festival, this special session invites writer Hakan Bıçakcı for an exploration of how jazz functions as a tool for creating cinematic tension.
Conversation Turning Points in Jazz History
This panel, taking place on October 5 at Bağlarbaşı Cultural Center as part of the 35th Akbank Jazz Festival, will briefly revisit such revolutionary shifts in jazz history and highlight the musicians who drove these transformative periods.
Conversation Jazz Network Panel: Can the Media in Turkey Keep Up with the Rhythm of Jazz?
Aiming to offer a multifaceted perspective shaped by voices from both the media and music scenes, the panel will take place on October 4 at Salon İKSV as part of the 35th Akbank Jazz Festival.
Conversation Beni Bu Şarkılar Mahvetti: 35th Akbank Jazz Festival Special Edition
Beni Bu Şarkılar Mahvetti (The Songs That Destroyed Me) has been a recurring event series curated by Bant Mag., since 2018. For this special edition the guests include: Ayben, 3pillie and Deniz Taşar, three of the artists performing in the festival’s Jazz Meets Rap and Sista Sound Presents concerts.
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Workshop Video-Essay Workshop: Women in Cinema
20:00
Learning Program An Alternative View on Art and Children
18:00
Seminar A Story of Modern and Contemporary Art - I
12:00
Children Workshop Following Migratory Birds: Birdhouse Design Workshop(Ages 6-10)
Sakıp Sabancı Museum
14:00
Children Workshop Symbols and Dreams Workshop (Ages 10-12)
Seminar The Story of Curating - I
Children's Theatre Akbank Children’s Theatre "What Am I Going To Be?"
Halis Kurtça Cultural Center
Seminar The Story of Curating - II
13:30
Children Workshop Exploring Distance: What’s Out There? (Ages 7-11)
Nilüfer Pancar Deposu, BURSA
Children Workshop Bursa Landscapes Inspired by Hale Asaf (Ages 6-9)
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