Mehmet Ali’s Wunderkammer
Yesterday, our host Willemijn introduced us to Mehmet Ali – a local artist and antique trader. He has the most wonderful collection of old maps, bric a brac, kilims and furniture. I find his… Continue reading
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First steps for Cultural Strangers
Today we started to set up a studio space in a cave next to the Babayan Culture House. This is where we will construct an installation piece that we can move from location… Continue reading
Ibrahimpaşa – the village off the Google Map
We arrived at Ibrahimpaşa last night, the place where we will be doing our residency for the next month at the Babayan Culture House. One of the things that I think is… Continue reading
Rumi and Sufism
In an earlier post we explored briefly the Mawlawi Order and Women and Sufism. We were very pleased that our humble posts have been listed as references on another blog (Earth Pages) by… Continue reading
Istanbul – a hybrid city of contrasts
To state that Istanbul is an impressive city would be somewhat of an understatement. It is an overwhelming place, with over 14 million inhabitants and crossing two continents. Istanbul is total sensory overload,… Continue reading
Sefer Yetzirah – 15th Century Armenian Manuscript
On a recent trip to the south coast, we found a wonderful book in a secondhand book shop titled “Mapping the World” by Caroline and Martine Laffon. One map in particular caught our… Continue reading
Women and Sufism
In the recent post about the Mawlawi Order, a video was posted from YouTube featuring the Sema (the musical ceremony or dance). What was interesting about this video was the number of women… Continue reading
The Mawlawi Order
Better known as many as the Whirling Dervishes, the Mawlawi Order are a Sufi order founded in Konya (in present-day Turkey) by the followers of Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi, a 13th century Persian… Continue reading