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Spazio Thetis - "Borders as bridges: Jerusalem at the Arsenale" exhibition
Meeting, mixing, comparing, innovating, future can all come from a border. This is what the impressive exhibition entitled "Sacred and Imperial Cities of the Ottoman Empire: Fresh Discoveries" aims to illustrate. Promoted by the Department of Eurasian Studies at Ca' Foscari University in collaboration with Thetis S.p.A., it has been sponsored by both Venice Town Council and the Turkish Consulate.
The exhibition will show rare mid-nineteenth century photographs of Istanbul, Jerusalem and Palestine. The photos of this latter city were commissioned by the Ottoman governor of Jerusalem Mustapha Surraya Pasha. Engineer Ermete Pierotti from Turin and Jewish photographer John Diness carried out the work. Official, unprecedented permission was given on this occasion, granting access to areas of the city of Jerusalem considered prohibited for religious reasons. The images are now reproduced by the platinum prints of John Barnier, who discovered the original negatives on glass in 1989 only.
The collection is the fruit of over 15 years’ study and investigation by the American group “Archives for Historical Documentation”, founded in the seventies, which has played a significant role in recovering and preserving the first photographic documents of the Middle East.
The Arsenale, a place of borders and contacts par excellence, is the seat of the exhibition, to be inaugurated on 1st October at Spazio Thetis.
The occasion is the international conference dealing with the topic "La Sublime Porta e l'egemonia del Mediterraneo tra Stati e Imperi" (The Sublime door and the supremacy of Mediterranean States and Empires) organised by the International Association for Ottoman Social and Economic History, together with the Department of Eurasian Studies at Cà Dolfin and the S. Margherita Auditorium.
The exhibition will be open from 3rd - 7th October from 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.
The exhibition will show rare mid-nineteenth century photographs of Istanbul, Jerusalem and Palestine. The photos of this latter city were commissioned by the Ottoman governor of Jerusalem Mustapha Surraya Pasha. Engineer Ermete Pierotti from Turin and Jewish photographer John Diness carried out the work. Official, unprecedented permission was given on this occasion, granting access to areas of the city of Jerusalem considered prohibited for religious reasons. The images are now reproduced by the platinum prints of John Barnier, who discovered the original negatives on glass in 1989 only.
The collection is the fruit of over 15 years’ study and investigation by the American group “Archives for Historical Documentation”, founded in the seventies, which has played a significant role in recovering and preserving the first photographic documents of the Middle East.
The Arsenale, a place of borders and contacts par excellence, is the seat of the exhibition, to be inaugurated on 1st October at Spazio Thetis.
The occasion is the international conference dealing with the topic "La Sublime Porta e l'egemonia del Mediterraneo tra Stati e Imperi" (The Sublime door and the supremacy of Mediterranean States and Empires) organised by the International Association for Ottoman Social and Economic History, together with the Department of Eurasian Studies at Cà Dolfin and the S. Margherita Auditorium.
The exhibition will be open from 3rd - 7th October from 10.00 a.m. to 5.30 p.m.