Bilkent Center brings together art lovers with the Photography Week event. Photography Week, which will take place at Bilkent Center Art Street, opened its doors to photography lovers with the "From the Archive" exhibition.
Photography Week organized at Bilkent Center, managed by Tepe Emlak Yatırım, one of the leading companies of Bilkent Holding, has started. Expressing the value they attach to culture and art at every opportunity, Bilkent Center Shopping Mall Manager Ayhan Aytekin said; He said that Bilkent Center has become the center of art and culture with the festivals, concerts and various events it has hosted in recent years. Aytekin; "We will continue to position Bilkent Center as a life center. With the importance we attach to art and artists, we will experience every moment of social life here, from festivals to exhibitions, from concerts to theatre." He emphasized that Bilkent Center has become the center of life in Ankara. In the exhibition titled "From the Archive", curated by AFSAD between 8-15 October 2022, in cooperation with Bilkent Center ARS Gallery, the photographs of 42 master photographers who have devoted themselves to AFSAD from past to present will be featured. Bilkent Center will host many interviews, presentations and workshops; Arzu Eke, Aytül Keskin, Beyza Tokgöz, Burcu Vardar, Can Ataç, Can Gazialem, Cemal Can Ateş, Cengiz Akduman, Cengiz Oğuz Gümrükçü, Damla Yedisan, Eda Arısoy, Emrah Akyıldız, Funda Baydar, Gülser Günaydın, Hanife Deveci, Hayati Gün, İbrahim Göğer, İlker Karaman, Özgür Erdi Akbaba, Seda Usubütün will also bring together important photographers such as Şirin Gazialem and Tuncay Bal with art lovers.
“Come Take Your Photo”
As part of Photography Week, a "Take Your Photo and Come" competition will be held for participants who want to have the photos they take in daily life displayed. The most successful photographs will be selected among the visitors who come to Bilkent Art Street and register with their photographs until October 16th, and the first selected author will receive training, and the second and third selected author will each receive a publication set.
Child photographers also meet at Bilkent Center
In the "AFSAD Children Photographers" workshop, a special practical "Camera Obscura" activity will be held for the little ones visiting Bilkent Center and fun activities will be carried out to help them learn how to take photographs. During Photography Week, the "Push-Shoot-Sell" event, where guests will take photos, and the stands where Kontrast Magazine will be promoted and sold will be open to visitors.
