Historic travel book to be exhibited at Istanbul Modern

ISTANBUL – Anatolian News Agency

The “Seyahatname” exhibition of travel books will be on display at the Istanbul Museum of Modern Art in 2010. “Seyahatname” is a book reflecting the Ottoman Empire’s relations with other states and describing foreign cultures of cities that travelers visited.
 
Curator of the exhibition Sinan Dirlik and art director Eray Makal say they see the exhibition as a lyric to Istanbul — the pearl of the Ottoman Empire, and are making their preparations on the grounds of this perception.

The exhibition will be produced by Ece Seki and the 2Yaka Communication Company, as well as a research team of Ali Ay and Nihal Boztekin.

The exhibition is planned go on display in January 2010 at the Istanbul Modern.

While researchers and designers are preparing the project, contributions of other institutions and amateur researchers are expected to complete the project.