CerModern presents Turkey’s underwater richness

A new exhibition at CerModern, featuring photographs revealing the underwater richness of Turkey, will take visitors to the magical world of underwater with its light, sound effects and video presentations.

The opening of the exhibition was organized on Nov. 16 with the attendance of Culture and Tourism Minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, Deputy Foreign Minister Yavuz Selim Kıran and ambassadors of some countries.

The exhibition, titled "Blue Heritage," which features photographs taken by underwater archaeologist Harun Özdaş and underwater photographer Çağatay Erciyes during their work on the "Turkey Shipwreck Inventory Project," presents visitors Turkey's blue heritage covering a time span of approximately 4,000 years, from the Bronze Age to the Ottoman era.

Curated by CerModern, the exhibition aims to take visitors on a journey to the depths of the blue world with 58 photographs, light, sound effects, video presentations and ancient amphorae brought from the Bodrum Museum.

Özdaş and Erciyes attributed the exhibition to Turkish sponge divers who guided the discovery of many shipwrecks in Turkey.

The exhibition, which is a first in its concept, also includes a photograph of the first artwork found in underwater shipwrecks in the Mediterranean.

Speaking to the state-run Anadolu Agency, Özdaş said that they aim to make the underwater cultural heritage visible.

Emphasizing that Turkey has an important cultural richness in the sea as well as on land, Özdaş said: "There are hundreds of ships that sank in a wide period of time, from the 18th century B.C. to 1915, that is a period of about 4,000 years. The general theme of the exhibition is the photographs of the ships identified in this process."

Özdaş stated that they...