ECHOES OF SILENCE

        Do you keep track events in your hometown?Do you want to just relax when you are troubled?Echoes of Silence is the best advice I can give you for this kind of situations.So what is Echoes of Silence?It's a photographic exhibition that consists of forty-four photographs of libraries and opera houses and is displayed in Arkas Art Center.In this exhibition,you can see Europe's most venerable libraries and opera houses that was taken by Ahmet Ertuğ.

 

 

       Maybe you are unfamiliar with this name,yet Ahmet Ertuğ is known worldwide thanks to his magnificent works and exhibitions that were displayed all orund the world.After studying architecture at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London,as a practise for architect he photographed ancient monuments, covered bazaars, indigenous settlements in Iran and urban street life in London.Awarded a Japan Foundation fellowship, he decided to take up photography as a career while traveling.With his successful works, he owned a good reputation and became known by artists.Since 2001, he has started to open exhibitions in many part of the world such as Paris, New York, Vienna.

        As I mentioned before, this exhibition consists of 40 pieces of picture and unfortunately I cannot talk about all of them but can give you an information from both of them.

 

TEATRO COMUNALE DI BOLOGNA 

 

 

 

        This incredible opera house is one of the most important opera venues in Italy and has a different story that distunguish it from others.

        When it was first constructed, one of Giuseppe Verdi's composition was displayed for the opening ceremony.Yet it was not appreciated and was thought to be grotty.Then central committee decided not to show off his works for a long time.Later it come out that this misconception was resulted from the building's acoustic fault not from theVerdi's work.However, this fault caused 19th century Italian romantic composer to get in depression and avoid from the music.

 

 

THE OVAL ROOM,NATIONAL LIBRARY OF FRANCE,PARIS

 

 

 

       The Oval Room is one of the most fundamental library of both France and the world.Initally, it was founded in Louvre in 1368 then moved to new building due to a series of regime changes.In fact, it was intended to be the storage of all that was published in France.Nonetheless,later it turned into national library.It seems an ordinary one but more than a library.It holds the rarest objects including the first example of human writing.What's more,it contains not only France history but also other nations such as 5.000 Greek manuscript.Apart from the impressing oval reading room and many dedicated libraries, it is also a site for seperate art galleries, hosting numerous exhibits throughout the year.In a word,it should be one of your primal stop while exploring France.

 

PS:You can visit this fabulous exhibition until 30th December 2012 or see same pictures via his website "The Photography of Ahmet Ertuğ".However,the website won't give equal pleasure so I insistly recommend to visit it.