[ Events and Art Works ]
Opening of the Mahalla Festival – Midas Touch
Location: Büyük Valide Han
Saturday 13.09.2025 – 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
We are pleased to invite you to the opening ceremony of the Midas Touch Festival at the Büyük Valide Han.
Glittering the Sky
Workshop by Katharina Swoboda – AT
Location: Büyük Valide Han
Saturday 13.09.2025 – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
In this workshop by Katharine Swoboda, the Midas Touch is reimagined. Instead of turning objects into gold, touch is staged through the scattering of blue glitter.
Journalism in Exile
Location: postane
Friday 12.09.2025 – 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Panel about the innovative strength of exile media. Fighting for Freedom of Expression and Recognition.
Blending Timeless Tradition
Shoe Shine Box by Thomas Büsch – DE / TR
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
What Has Man Made of Man?
Artwork and Performance by Tbel Abuseridze – GE
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Golden Man
Artwork by Emir Erkaya – TR
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
In the Land
Video and Object by Romuald Jandolo – FR
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Traces Registered in the Unconscious
Newspaper Memory by Talin Gülen Schenk – TR / DE
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Learning in the Ruins
Photography by Lida Hamid – AF
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Disrupted Time
Multimedia Artwork by Ieva Kotryna Ski – LT / FR
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
How Should I Put It?
Animation by İlhami Tunç Gençer | Music by Şevket Akıncı – TR
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Trace | İzi
Interactive Textile Works by Nora Byrne – US / TR
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Hug Me Harder, Choke Me Tender
Sculpture & Performance by Gözde Mimiko Türkkan – TR
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Weaving Magical Whispers Against Silence
Poetry of Resilience
Location: postane
Friday 26.09.2025 – 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Come and listen to powerful voices and discover why literature has always held such a profound place in Afghan culture.
VEDUTA/E – Exploring LIMINAL SPACE_S
BETWEEN AIR & WATER series – Up in the Air #2
Quilted and Embroidered Comforter by Mathilde Melek An – TR / FR
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
The Woman in the Burqa Opens Herself Up
Two Animations by Fatima Wojohat – AF
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Fight like a Girl / Pelea Como una Chica
Screening and Talk with Gözde Mimiko Türkkan – TR
Location: postane
Friday 26.09.2025
3:00 pm – 5:00 pm
The Invisible Me
Digital Black and White Photography by Abdul Naser Sahebzada – AF
Location: Büyük Valide Han
September 14th – 28th
daily – 1:00 pm – 7:00 pm
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