Istanbul Gelisim University Faculty of Applied Sciences: Monthly e-Bulletin (June 2023)

The Event “On the Mimaroğlu Film: Experimental Documentary and Working with Found Image” Was Held! On Thursday, May 25, on the film “Mimaroğlu: The Robinson of Manhattan Island”, about the important name of electronic avant-garde music İlhan Mimaroğlu, with Director Serdar Kökçeoğlu, as part of the “Social Memory and Documentary” lecture given by Asst. Prof. Dr. İpek Gürkan, from the Department of Television Journalism and Programming. A production that is different from traditional musician documentaries and pushes the boundaries of documentary cinema, “Mimaroğlu” focuses on the life of the musician by bringing together archive and actual images with the artist's own music and sound recordings. The event, which lasted approximately two and a half hours and continued with the comments and questions of the students, discussed current issues in film studies, from the issue of found footage and ethics to experimental tendencies in documentary filmmaking.