The inauguration of the Migrating University of Mickiewicz
project will take place on 18 October, 2014, at the Museum of Adam Mickiewicz
in Istanbul’s Tarlabaşı district. Numerous presentations by Polish and Turkish
artists and historians aim to shed light on current social transformations in
the area, as well as the Polish presence in the history of old Constantinople.
The Migrating University of Mickiewicz will open on 18
October 2014 with curator Max Cegielski’s introduction to the programme,
starting at 13:00. Lectures and performances will continue throughout the
weekend of 18 and 19 October, and the opening of the final exhibition at the
Adam Mickiewicz Museum in Istanbul will take place on 25 October, at 19:00. The
exhibition will remain on view until 16 November 2014. See below for a detailed
programme.
The project consists of a series of interdisciplinary
lectures and presentations, which on the one hand relate to the presence of
Poles in Istanbul and on the other to the history and spatial conditions of the
Tarlabaşı district. The presentations will be held in Turkish and English.
See an interactive map of Mickiewicz's travels
The Tarlabaşı district in the heart of Istanbul has been
undergoing constant devastation for several years – historical houses are
edemolished, the steep streets distinctive of this part of the city are
vanishing one by one, and people who have lived here for decades are being
thrown onto the street. Just like other neighbourhoods – Sulukule or Fikirtepe
– Tarlabaşı is falling victim to hectic, top-down gentrification. The profound
socio-economical changes are affecting the vicinity of the Adam Mickiewicz
Museum in Istanbul.
With the aim of organizing the extensive émigré community in
Istanbul, the legendary Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz arrived in the city in
September 1855, where he later passed away unexpectedly, probably from cholera.
To this day, Mickiewicz's work has a permanent impact on Polish culture,
influencing collective consciousness, literature and art, as well as serving as
a basis for shaping feelings of patriotism.
His works have been translated into more than twenty
languages, either fully or in part, and in many cases multiple times. In
current discussions about the shape of a united Europe, Mickiewicz is cited as
a pioneer of the vision of a federation of free nations and citizens.
Curator Cegielski notes: Unlike other Romantics, Mickiewicz
did not come to the Bosphorus to relish the exotic tastes of the Orient. He had
little time to be the tourist, visiting harems or dervish fraternities. He was
focused on his political mission: to provide assistance to troops created under
Polish command in the army of the Ottoman Empire… The poet arrived in the “City
of Cities” by sea, driven by a profound belief that the road to independence
may indeed lead across the Orient.
The exhibition and the accompanying lectures at the
Migrating University of Mickiewicz project bring together motifs that are
little known to Poles and Turks alike. The poet’s final artistic and scientific
journey takes Turkish audiences back in time to Constantinople’s multicultural
past, and to the emerging social issues of contemporary Istanbul, and Tarlabaşı
district in particular.
Cegielseki ends: If it is indeed the “City of Cities” which
stands upon the Bosphorus, its heart lies within the Mickiewicz Museum.
Programme
Among the participating artists of the Migrating University
of Mickiewicz project, Slavs and Tatars will meet Turkish audiences at two
preliminary performances on October 10th in Istanbul and October 11th in Ankara
18 October 2014 (Saturday)
13:00 – Max Cegielski, curator
Inauguration of the Migrating Mickiewicz University
Introduction to the Project (ENG)
13:15 – Vahit Tuna, visual artist
Omar Khayyam – film screening and a conversation with the
author (ENG)
14:00 – Paulina Dominik, historian
On the Polish times of the Pera: Polish Political Émigrés in
19th-Century Istanbul – lecture (TR)
15:00 – Özgür Demirci, artist
A Screen Divided – film screening (TR)
15:30 – Bogna Świątkowska, Fundacja Bęc Zmiana
Art Projects in Challenging Urban Spaces as Illustrated by
the Case of Poland and Warsaw – lecture (ENG)
16:30 – Ali Öz, photographer
The City of Shame – Photographs of Tarlabaşı – slide show
(TR)
17:00 – Wojtek Doroszuk
The Pharmacist – film screening and a conversation with the
author (ENG)
18:00 – Display of other artworks exhibited at the
Mickiewicz Museum from 25 October 2014 (Slavs and Tatars, Ania Kuczyńska,
Tomasz Szerszeń) (ENG)
19 October 2014 (Sunday)
13:00 – Orhan Esen, urban planner
Pitch of Babel – lecture (TR)
14:30 – Janek Simon, artist
Adam Janek Mickiewicz Simon – project display and
description and a conversation with the author (ENG)
15:15 – Agnieszka Ayşen Kaim, Turkologist, actress
Adam Mickiewicz, or the Story of a Turkicised Bard – lecture
(TR)
16:15 – Mikołaj Długosz
Tarlabaşı – Adam – neon light display project and
description and a conversation with the author (ENG)
17:00 – Art Project Realisation in “Difficult” Urban
Districts – discussion
Participants: Mikołaj Długosz, Bogna Świątkowska, Urszula
Woźniak (Depo)
Moderator: Max Cegielski (ENG)
25 October 2014 (Saturday)
19:00 – Opening Night, Artistic Interventions at the Adam
Mickiewicz Museum
Artists: Slavs and Tatars, Ania Kuczyńska, Janek Simon,
Özgür Demirci, Vahit Tuna
Wojtek Doroszuk, Tomasz Szerszeń, Mikołaj Długosz, Tunca
Subaşı,
*Exhibition will remain open to the public until 16 November
2014
To learn more about Adam Mickiewicz, check out these
articles:
Mickiewicz Unraveled: The Little-Known Fact about Poland's
Best-Known Bard
Renovating Adam Mickiewicz: Roman Koropeckyj Reveals the
Poet's True Life
The Migrating University of Mickiewicz project is organized
as part of the cultural programme marking the 600th anniversary of
Polish-Turkish diplomatic relations.
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