BRUNEI GALLERY HOSTS MY DEAR BROTHER: ARMENIANS IN TURKEY 100 YEARS AGO EXHIBITION
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 19, 2010 – 21:10 AMT 16:10 GMT
An unusual exhibition opening at the Brunei Gallery, SOAS, My Dear
Brother: Armenians in Turkey 100 Years Ago, provides fascinating
insights into the life of the Armenians living in the borders of
modern Turkey at the beginning of the 20th century through a large
collection of postcards of daily life and scenery from across the
region. The exhibition of both enlarged images and original postcards
was conceived and put together by Osman Koker, based on his book by
the same name (Istanbul: Birzamanlar, 2005).
>>From scenes of urban Constantinople to small villages in the east,
the images show how widespread and integrated Armenian communities were
across the Ottoman territory and demonstrate their roles in society.
The exhibition also serves the purpose of showing ways in which
Armenians, Turks and other peoples of the Ottoman Empire lived and
worked together.
Added to the London showing of the exhibition will be maps, texts and
an oral history-based community exhibit, displaying objects from the
same era still found today in Armenians’ London homes.
The postcards are from the collection of Orlando Carlo Calumeno
and have been exhibited in Istanbul, Yerevan, Geneva, Paris,
Munich, Cologne and Frankfurt. The Armenian Institute, London, has
organized the exhibition and accompanying events programme which
are bothsponsored by the St Sarkis Charity Trust and Diana and Panos
Katsouris.