Screening, Talk, and Workshop Program:
This Porous Earth
Salt Beyoğlu
July 4 – July 15, 2026
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Still from What the Water Said, Nos. 1-3 (1997)
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This Porous Earth explores the relationships between cinema and the natural world through the material properties of film itself. Bringing together three thematic selections and a feature film, the program presents experimental works that employ direct animation, hand processing, photochemical techniques, and cameraless practices to examine how moving images are shaped by environmental forces and organic matter.
The selection “Under the Ground” features short films in which seawater, soil, insects, heat, and radiation directly intervene in the production of images. “Faces of the Earth” focuses on works where plants, fruits, and minerals become inseparable from the film surface, while “Symbiosis” presents works in which microorganisms, seeds, fungi, and handmade emulsions transform the material structure of film. The feature film Blue Monet investigates the expressive possibilities of color, light, and the moving image through alchemical film techniques.
The screenings are accompanied by talks featuring artists Edd Carr, Karel Doing, Emmanuel Lefrant, and Müge Yıldız, alongside researchers Burçin Çıngay, Mesut Kırmacı, and Alptekin Karagöz. The program also includes a workshop led by biologist and designer Meral Cidan, focusing on the production of natural dyes using plants and organic waste.
Developed in collaboration with filmmaker Yavuz Gözeller, founding director of Istanbul Experimental, and biologist Burçin Çıngay from the Flora Research Association, This Porous Earth is programmed by Alâ Taleb from Salt. The free-admission program is open to everyone.
PROGRAM
Screening: Shorts — “Under the Ground”
Saturday, July 4, 15.00
Talk: Emmanuel Lefrant, “Revisiting the Materiality of Film”
Saturday, July 4, 16.00
Screening: Blue Monet, Carl Brown, 2006, 54’
Wednesday, July 8, 19.00
Screening: Shorts — “Faces of the Earth”
Saturday, July 11, 15.00
Talk: Burçin Çıngay, “Life Beneath the Ground”
Saturday, July 11, 16.00
Talk: Mesut Kırmacı, “Mosses and the Hidden Life of Forests”
Saturday, July 11, 17.00
Talk: Karel Doing, “Plants as Signifiers”
Saturday, July 11, 18.00
Workshop: Meral Cidan, “Memory of Roots: Making Natural Dyes”
Sunday, July 12, 15.00
Screening: Shorts — “Symbiosis”
Wednesday, July 15, 15.00
Talk: Alptekin Karagöz, “The Future of Seeds in a Changing Climate”
Wednesday, July 15, 16.00
Talk: Edd Carr, “Alternative Images for Uncertain Futures”
Wednesday, July 15, 17.00
Talk: Müge Yıldız, “Living Beings, Moving Images”
Wednesday, July 15, 18.00
This Porous Earth is organized as part of L’Internationale’s Museum of the Commons project.
The selection “Under the Ground” features short films in which seawater, soil, insects, heat, and radiation directly intervene in the production of images. “Faces of the Earth” focuses on works where plants, fruits, and minerals become inseparable from the film surface, while “Symbiosis” presents works in which microorganisms, seeds, fungi, and handmade emulsions transform the material structure of film. The feature film Blue Monet investigates the expressive possibilities of color, light, and the moving image through alchemical film techniques.
The screenings are accompanied by talks featuring artists Edd Carr, Karel Doing, Emmanuel Lefrant, and Müge Yıldız, alongside researchers Burçin Çıngay, Mesut Kırmacı, and Alptekin Karagöz. The program also includes a workshop led by biologist and designer Meral Cidan, focusing on the production of natural dyes using plants and organic waste.
Developed in collaboration with filmmaker Yavuz Gözeller, founding director of Istanbul Experimental, and biologist Burçin Çıngay from the Flora Research Association, This Porous Earth is programmed by Alâ Taleb from Salt. The free-admission program is open to everyone.
PROGRAM
Screening: Shorts — “Under the Ground”
Saturday, July 4, 15.00
Talk: Emmanuel Lefrant, “Revisiting the Materiality of Film”
Saturday, July 4, 16.00
Screening: Blue Monet, Carl Brown, 2006, 54’
Wednesday, July 8, 19.00
Screening: Shorts — “Faces of the Earth”
Saturday, July 11, 15.00
Talk: Burçin Çıngay, “Life Beneath the Ground”
Saturday, July 11, 16.00
Talk: Mesut Kırmacı, “Mosses and the Hidden Life of Forests”
Saturday, July 11, 17.00
Talk: Karel Doing, “Plants as Signifiers”
Saturday, July 11, 18.00
Workshop: Meral Cidan, “Memory of Roots: Making Natural Dyes”
Sunday, July 12, 15.00
Screening: Shorts — “Symbiosis”
Wednesday, July 15, 15.00
Talk: Alptekin Karagöz, “The Future of Seeds in a Changing Climate”
Wednesday, July 15, 16.00
Talk: Edd Carr, “Alternative Images for Uncertain Futures”
Wednesday, July 15, 17.00
Talk: Müge Yıldız, “Living Beings, Moving Images”
Wednesday, July 15, 18.00
This Porous Earth is organized as part of L’Internationale’s Museum of the Commons project.
