Se trailerYasar Kemal (born 1923) is one of Turkey’s most respected authors, both nationally and internationally. He is his country’s most prominent epic poet, who achieved his breakthrough in 1955 with Memed,... Read more
Yasar Kemal (born 1923) is one of Turkey’s most respected authors, both nationally and internationally. He is his country’s most prominent epic poet, who achieved his breakthrough in 1955 with Memed, My Hawk, a bestseller even in Sweden (1970, Gidlunds Förlag). His stories and ideas, together with his more than 50 years struggle for freedom of the press and human rights in Turkey, have been extremely important for the development of democracy in the country, and have made a significant contribution to Turkey’s contemporary history.
The documentary photographer and filmmaker Günes Karabuda’s images of Yasar Kemal’s life and activities will be shown in a retrospective exhibition at CFF – Centre for Photography, in collaboration with the Anatolian Arts and Cultural Centre (AKKC) and Tempo Documentary Festival.
Günes Karabuda is based in Paris, Stockholm and Istanbul and works as a photojournalist, documentary filmmaker, producer and writer. He has, over the last half a century, documented people, countries and cultures, as he has travelled, together with his wife Barbro, from state coups, insurrections, wars and revolutions around the world.
The extensive photographic material presented will also be supported by texts, film and a festival programme. In this way, Tempo intends, from different perspectives, to illuminate Kemal’s magnificent authorship.
OPENING THURSDAY 4TH MARCH, 17.00 – 20.00
CFF – Centrum for Photography, Tjärhovsgatan 44 in Stockholm.
The exhibition continues until Sunday 28th March.
Opening Hours: Wednesday – Friday, 12 – 18, Saturday – Sunday, 12 – 16.
FESTIVAL PROGRAMME 13TH MARCH
14.00
A welcome from Gülseren Engström, journalist and chairman of Anatolian Arts and Cultural Centre, and Gunilla Muhr, curator for CFF – Centre for Photography.
14.15
Photographer Günes Karabuda will give a personal presentation of the exhibition – a more than fifty years chronicle of the writer Yasar Kemal, but also an account of a long-standing collaboration and friendship.
15.00
Actor Sven Wollter reads excerpts from Kemal’s work and discusses the making of the film Violbukten (1991) in Turkey.
15.45
Gertrud and Krister Gidlund offer an account of their time as Kemal’s publisher for nearly twenty years.
Wine and buffet will be served! Free Entry!
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