The Amentü Ship: From Creed to Calligram to Cinema
Step into the İstanbul Cinema Museum (Atlas Sineması) on İstiklal Caddesi and you’ll find a luminous section devoted to Tonguç Yaşar and Sezer Tansuğ’s short animation Amentü Gemisi Nasıl Yürüdü? (1969). The display includes materials tied to the film’s making, often described by the museum and press as original drawings/illustrations from the production, presented alongside broader Yeşilçam-era artifacts. The museum positions the piece as both a milestone of Turkish animation and a bridge between devotional calligraphy and moving image.
Echoes of the Deep: Tracing the UAE’s Pearl Diving Heritage Across Emirates
Step into the heart of Dubai Mall. If you pause for a moment among the designer shopfronts and neon cafés, you’ll notice something that feels slightly out of place in a world of glass and steel. Suspended under soft light is a sculpture that shimmers like a school of fish caught mid-dance. Its pearl-like curves and flowing forms recall the rhythm of waves, a subtle reminder of a time before oil and skyscrapers, when the Emirates lived by the rise and fall of the sea.