Yekpare

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Yekpare is one of the first outdoor projection mappings in the world, dated 2010.

Nohlab took care of all the visuals and art direction for the project, which narrates the complete 8500-year story of Istanbul. The story embraces symbols from Pagans to Roman Empire, from Byzantine Empire to Latin Empire, and finally from Ottoman Empire to Istanbul at the present day.

Also as literally Turkey’s first public projection mapping event, YEKPARE 's whole story was projected upon Haydarpaşa Train Station with its brilliant architectural forms. The event continued for two weeks, and every night the entire show could be witnessed from the Kadıköy coast.

The connection between middle east to west has been provided by Istanbul and Haydarpaşa since 1906. In the 50’s it served as a door for millions of internal emigrants who have triggered the chaos in Istanbul's dialectical daily life scenes.

The first day of the performance also marks the 47th death anniversary of Nazım Hikmet Ran, the famous Turkish poet whose quote from his epic novel, "Human Landscapes from My Country" was an inspiration: “At Haydarpaşa Train Station, in the spring of 1941, it is three o’clock. Sun, exhaustion and rush lay on the stairs...”

Art Direction & Visuals
Deniz Kader & Candaş Şişman (Nohlab)

Sound Design & Music
Görkem Şen

Production & Project Management
Nerdworking

Technical Support
Alican Aktürk - Refik Anadol

Modelling
Gökhan Uzun - Can Dinlenmiş

Thanks to
Efor Production, Visio Vox, Sinevizyon, Alican Aktürk, Refik Anadol, Yakup Çetinkaya, Gökhan Kurtuluş, Lokman Doğmuş, Baran Güleşen, Ümit Özdemir, Tolga Dizmen, Yunus Dölen, Murat Durusoy, Ahmet Türkoğlu, Mustafa Nurdoğdu, Burhan Ersan