YEKPARE
Role
Art Direction, Visuals
Type
Architectural 3D Video Mapping
Date
2010
Commissioned By
Istanbul 2010 European Capital of Culture Agency
Yekpare is a storyteller which narrates the 8500 year story of Istanbul. The story embraces symbols from Pagans to Roman Empire, from Byzantine Empire to Latin Empire, and finally from Ottoman Empire to Istanbul at the present day.
Turkey’s first public projection mapping event took place in Haydarpaşa Train Station, with its brilliant architectural forms, is the building on which the story is projected. The event continued for two weeks, and every night the entire show could be watched from the Kadıköy coast. The connection between middle east to west has been provided by Istanbul and Haydarpaşa since 1906. In the 50’s it served as a door for millions of internal emigrants who have triggered the chaos in Istanbul's dialectical daily life scenes.
The first day of the performance also marks the 47th death anniversary of Nazım Hikmet Ran, the famous Turkish poet whose quote from his epic novel, "Human Landscapes from My Country" was an inspiration: “At Haydarpaşa Train Station, in the spring of 1941, it is three o’clock. Sun, exhaustion and rush lay on the stairs...”
Location
Haydarpaşa Train Station, Istanbul
Duration
15'
Art Direction & Visuals
Nohlab
Sound Design & Music
Görkem Şen
Production & Project Management
Nerdworking
Technical Support
Alican Aktürk - Refik Anadol
Modelling
Gökhan Uzun & Can Dinlenmiş
Thanks to
Efor Production, Visio Vox, Sinevizyon, Alican Aktürk, Refik Anadol, Yakup Çetinkaya, Gökhan Kurtuluş, Lokman Doğmuş, Baran Güleşen, Ümit Özdemir, Tolga Dizmen, Yunus Dölen, Murat Durusoy, Ahmet Türkoğlu, Mustafa Nurdoğdu, Burhan Ersan