Asia in the Palm of your Hand

(An Asian Glove Puppet Exhibition)

Izmir Art and Sculpture Museum

March 11th – 21st, 2010

  

     This exhibition coming from Lin Liu-Hsin Puppet Theatre Museum, one of the most prestigious puppet museums of the world, in Taipei, Taiwan is a golden opportunity for all art lovers.  The exhibition, realized with the support of Konak Municipality, consists of traditional glove puppets, puppet costumes and accessories of Asian countries.  In the exhibition, there are puppets especially designed for play in order to help children get to know puppets better.

      In the exhibition venue, this magnificent activity will welcome the spectators with traditional glove puppet shows of Turkey, Taiwan, United Kingdom and Italy performed by the puppeteers of these countries. An opportunity to watch a puppet play will be offered to those who attend these scheduled performances and the exhibition.

 

Puppet through the Eyes of a Photographer

(Serdar Sonmemis Photograph Exhibition)

French Cultural Centre Exhibition Hall

March 11th – 21st, 2010

 

       Each year, photographs from various instants of the festival catching the objective of the photographer will meet the spectators in an exhibition in the next year’s festival and all these photographs will become the most precious documents forming the memory of the festival through the years.   In the first exhibition prepared with this idea as a starting point, reflections from the objective of Serdar Sonmemis reminisces 3rd Izmir puppet Days.  Sonmemis, who proves to be a photo artist in addition to his acting, has been awarded many times in this field.

 

GraphyPuppet

(Exhibition of the Poster Designs for the Puppet Festival)

Sabancı Kültür Sarayı

March 11th – 21st, 2010

    

        From this year on, the poster of our festival will be designed by the students of Graphics Department, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylul University.  The exhibition comprising invaluable works produced in this venture which is one of the most authentic examples of the cooperation between art and educational institutions in the name of improving cultural and artistic life of the city gives an impression of the ‘puppet’ through the eyes of future graphic artists.

 

Puppet in the Projection of the City

(Exhibition of Clay Puppets and Photographs of the City)

Seref Akdik Exhibition Hall, Izmir Art and Sculpture Museum

March 11th – 21st, 2010

 

        This time, puppet comes to life with soil and spreads about the city.  The exhibition, of which Prof. Halil Yoleri is the curator, comprises clay puppets prepared by the graduate students from the Department of Ceramic and Glass Design, Faculty of Fine Arts, Dokuz Eylul University, and photographs of the instants where the hands of the city and these puppets meet, by Ass. Prof. Gökhan Binici, from the Department of Photography.

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