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"The Trace on the Stone" Film at the Ottoman Bank Museum
 The Ottoman Bank Museum Theater will be screening the Turkish documentary film, Taştaki İz ("The Trace on the Stone"), under the theme, "Natural-Urban Environment/ Architectural Texture," on Thursday, January 26, at 7:00 p.m. A discussion led by Oktay Ekinci, journalist-writer and director general of the Association of Architects, on "The Revolutionary Role of History in Urban Culture" will follow the screening.
Set in the mid 1930s, the film tells the story of a large outdoor monument installed in the capital of the new Turkish Republic, Ankara. The sculpture, the work of the Australian sculptor Anton Hanak, was set up in Güvenpark, a park inYenişehir, one of the new districts of the rapidly growing capital. For 70 years, the monument conveyed the same message to three generations of Ankara residents but time finally started to erode the bond linking the "Security" Monument (Güvenlik Anıtı) to the city and the "trace" carved into Ankara stone began to fade.
The Museum's film program is prepared in collaboration with the Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) and offers films, complemented by discussions, on a different theme every month. Screenings are held at the Museum's movie theater on Thursdays at 7.00 p.m. and are free of charge.
The Trace on the Stone
Director: Can Ertuna, Turkey
Released in: 2004
Running time: 33 min.
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Oktay Ekinci was born in 1952 in Balıkesir. After graduating from the Department of Architecture in the State Academy of Fine Arts, he specialized in urban planning and environmental and historic preservation planning. After obtaining his degree in architecture in 1977, he served as community development director in the Muğla municipality, from 1978 to 1981, and became involved in the environmental and historic preservation planning of the region. In subsequent years he held various executive positions in the Association of Architects, and from 1993 on, has sat on the cultural and environmental heritage preservation boards of Erzurum, Antalya, and Istanbul. Since 1994, he has been a member of the faculty in the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts and from the1980s to the present day, he has contributed a column for the daily Cumhuriyet and has published articles in a number of magazines. In addition, he is a consultant to and actively engaged in the expansion and activities of the Tarihi Kentler Birliği (Historic Cities Association), founded in 2000. Oktay Ekinci also produces and presents the program Kente Bakış (A Look at the City) for the private television station Kanal-Türk.
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Documentary Filmmakers Association (BSB) started out as a civil platform and began its structuring process following the National Conference held in March 1997. Today it continues its activities as an association with professional status, certified by the Ministry of Culture. Starting with Istanbul, Ankara, Eskisehir and Izmir, BSB is in contact with documentary filmmakers throughout Turkey. Convinced that civil culture is crucial in designing better social futures and filling the blanks of collective social memory, the Documentary Filmmakers Association considers these functions complementary to the creative aspect of documentary filmmaking. BSB creates and promotes screening spaces other than television, organizes and participates in film festivals all over Turkey and offers film screenings with discussions, especially in universities. |
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