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BURAK ARIKAN
MOVING IMAGE ART FAIR
Burak Arikan
Büro (screeshot)
Interactive Software, Digital Prints, Installation.
3 archival pigment print, mounted on aluminum dibond 52×94 cm
42 inch multitouch screen driven by a computer. 16:9 format.
2007 - 2012
BURAK ARIKAN WITH ANALIX FOREVER IN LONDON & PARIS
Burak Arikan, born in Turkey in 1976, is one of the most astonishing creators of
numeric images. Indeed, and in contrast to numerous pioneers of new media art,
who use computers and internet as a source of inspiration, a technique or and
exhibition space, Burak Arikan, who was trained at MIT and a student of John
Maeda, creates programs. The artist then uses these programs to explore the world,
social relationships, political and economical realities and the links between them
and within them, as well as to create images, images altogether fascinating, vertiginous, esthetic and poetic. The representations of social, artistic, institutional,
conceptual networks become mysterious constellations; the « Network Map of
Artists and Political Inclinations » (Berlin, 2012) seems to include, besides the
multiples constellations, beyond the moon, the Milky Way…
Invited by curator Kathleen Forde, Burak Arikan will present Büro at the Moving
Image Art-Fair in London, in October 2012. With this title that seems evocative of
administrative work and tidiness (büro meaning “office” in several languages), but
in reality this title was chosen according to one of the many musical collaborations
that Burak Arikan is fond of, the artist shows us a novel representation of Chaos.
All the elements form the environment appear to float towards a « black whole »
that irreparably draws them like a moving magnet. While expecting to see his own
« büro » snatched by the forces of chaos and swallowed up by itself, the visual result, while hypnotic, is also sensual and carnal and evokes the female body. These
impressions of Burak Arikan’s dynamic chaos then become « Instances » of grace.
Technically speaking, in the visual software, two light circles (invisible for the
viewer though essential for the program) draw and attract to their center all surrounding elements and while moving these circles randomly, the animation develops, evolves and changes endlessly.
Burak Arikan obtained a Master in of Arts and Sciences at the MIT Media Laboratory and is henceforth a Faculty Member at the Tisch School of Arts, New York University, where he contributes to the teaching of Interactive telecommunications.
Burak Arikan has been invited in Paris by Gaité Lyrique en 2011, at the Berlin
Biennial in 2012, and is one of the seven international artists nominated for Nam
June Pike Award 2012.
BURAK ARIKAN WITH ANALIX FOREVER IN LONDON & PARIS
Burak Arikan, né en Turquie en 1976, est l’un des plus étonnants créateurs d’images
numériques. En effet, contrairement à de nombreux prédécesseurs pionniers de
l’art « new media », qui utilisent les ordinateurs et internet comme une source
d’inspiration, une technique ou un lieu d’exposition, Burak Arika, formé au MIT,
élève de John Maeda, crée des programmes. Ces programmes lui servent aussi bien
à explorer le monde, les relations sociales, les réalités politiques et économiques,
les liens entre ces différents systèmes et à l’intérieur d’eux-mêmes, qu’à créer
des images, fascinantes, vertigineuses, mouvantes, esthétiques et poétiques. Les
représentations des réseaux sociaux, artistiques, institutionnels, conceptuels, deviennent de mystérieuses constellations ; le « Network Map of Artists and Political
Inclinations » (Berlin, 2012) semble même inclure, outre ses multiples constellations, l’au-delà de la lune, la voie lactée…
A l’invitation de la curatrice Kathleen Forde, Burak Arikan présentera, à la Moving Art-Fair à Londres, en octobre 2012, Büro. Sous un titre qui semble évoquer
l’ordre et le travail administratif, mais qui est en réalité lié à l’une de ces collaborations musicales que Burak Arikan affectionne, l’artiste nous propose une nouvelle représentation du Chaos. Tous les éléments de l’environnement semblent se
diriger irrémédiablement vers un « trou noir » qui les attire tel un aimant mouvant.
On s’attend constamment à voir son propre bureau happé par les forces du chaos
et englouti en lui-même mais le résultat visuel, s’il est hypnotique, est aussi sensuel et charnel et évoque le corps féminin en des « Instances » de grâce que sont
les impressions du chaos dynamique de Burak Arikan.
Techniquement parlant, deux cercles de lumières (invisibles pour le spectateur
mais indispensables au programme) attirent et absorbent en leur centre tout les
éléments environnants et en bougeant ces cercles aléatoirement, l’animation évolue et change sans fin.
Burak Arikan, après avoir obtenu un Master en Arts et Sciences au MIT Media
Laboratory, est désormais membre de la Faculté de la Tisch School of Arts, New
York University, où il participe à l’enseignement des Télécommunications interactives. Burak Arikan a été invité à Paris à la Gaité Lyrique en 2011, à la Biennale de
Berlin en 2012, et est l’un des sept artistes internationaux nominés pour le Nam
June Pike Award 2012.
Burak Arikan
Lives and works between New York and Istanbul
Education
2006Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology (MIT), Cambridge
2004Master of Arts in Visual Communication Design, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul
2001
Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering, Yildiz Technical University,
Istanbul
E x h i b i t i o n s, S c r e e n i n g s, P e r f o r m a n c e s
2011
Soft Borders. Upgrade! International. São Paulo
Pixxelpoint. Nova Gorica / Gorizia
Burak. Maçka Sanat Galerisi. Istanbul
Becoming Istanbul. SALT. Istanbul
Meta-Control Performance. Gaîté Lyrique. Paris
Seven New Work. Borusan Contemporary. Istanbul
Where Fire Has Struck. DEPO. Istanbul
2010
Second Exhibition. ARTER. Istanbul
2nd Antakya Biennial. Antakya
When Ideas Become Crime. DEPO. Istanbul
Meta-Control. IKSV Salon. Istanbul
2009
Istanbul Off-spaces. Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin
“New Media: Why”. Neuberger Museum of Art. Purchase, NY
Ergenekon.tc.
Delüks. Istanbul
Meta-Control. Time Warp Festival. Mannheim
MediaSpace. Film Winter. Stuttgart
2008
Meta-Control. Nocturnal Festival. Los Angeles, CA
Connect the Dots. Hafriyat. Istanbul
BoDIG. Istanbul
After The Net. Observatori.Valencia
MYPOCKET. Turbulence.org. Online
2007
Amber 07. Istanbul
Meta-Control. Metamorphose. Tokyo
Tershane. Istanbul
Meta-Control. Sonar Festival. Barcelona
Meta-Control. Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF). Detroit
Meta-Control. Club Phazon. Tokyo
Meta-Control. Time Warp Festival. Mannheim
2006
A Stock Market in Life. Upgrade! International. Simultaneously in Istanbul,
Munich, Boston, Oklahoma City
Venice Architecture Biennale. Central Pavilion. Venice
Collision Nine. Art Interactive. Cambridge, MA
2005
Collision el Ocho, Art Interactive. Cambridge, MA
Seamless Fashion Show, MIT Media Laboratory. Cambridge, MA
W o r k s h o p s, L e c t u r e s & P r e s e n t a t i o n s
2011
“Who owns the traces we leave in the city?” 90 Depar, SALT. Istanbul
Artist
Talk. Macka Sanat Galerisi
Artist Talk. Contemoprary Istanbul
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Performa, New York
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. General Assembly, New York
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Xanadu Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Xindanwei, Shanghai
Artist Talk.
Xindanwei, Shanghai
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Mimar Sinan, Istanbul
Network
Mapping and Analysis Workshop. ITÜ Mimarlık, Istanbul
Network Mapping
and Analysis Workshop. ARTER, Istanbul
Artist Talk. ARTER, Istanbul
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. ITÜ
Mimarlık, Istanbul
2010
Dügümküme Meetings. Platform Garanti. Istanbul
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Amber’10 Datacity. Istanbul
Digital Networks and the Politics of Urban Governmentality Panel. Istanbul
Network Mapping Workshop, 4th Upgrade!International Conference.
São Paulo
SIDU Network Mapping Workshop, Helsinki Citizens’ Int. Assembly. Istanbul
Real Time Rome. Yapyaşa Lectures, Amber Platform. Istanbul
Network Mapping Workshop, AKD. Ankara
Network Mapping and Analysis
Workshop, Curabodrum. Bodrum
Free Fall Symposium. Apartment Project. Istanbul
2009
Relative Positions and Conclusions. Suriye Pasaji, Istanbul
NGO Network
Mapping Workshop. Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul
NGO Network Mapping Workshop. Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly. Istanbul
Network Mapping Workshop. Kayitdisi, Yildiz Technical University. Istanbul
Artist Talk. Upgrade! Istanbul, Istanbul
Lecture. Bogazici University Complex Systems Research Lab. Istanbul
“On Social Networks”. Upgrade! Istanbul. Istanbul
2008
Artist talk. Neuberger Museum of Art. New York
Artist talk. Yildiz Teknik University Department of Art and Design. Istanbul
MYPOCKET and Meta-Markets. Contemporary Art Talks. Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
Creative Networking Workshop. RISD. Providence, RI
Creative Networking Workshop. MIT / VAP. Cambridge, MA
MYPOCKET. Dorkbot, Location One, New York, NY
Turbulence Mixed Realities Symposium. Emerson College. Boston, MA
2007
Creative Networking Workshop. ITU TBT / Amber Festival. Istanbul
Artist talk. Marmara University Film School. Istanbul
Terms&Conditions.
400Seconds. Istanbul
Generative Arts. Aksanat. Istanbul
Intel / IFTF Sensors & Sensemaking Expert
Workshop. Palo Alto, CA
Re-construction of Informational Space. Upgrade! International. Istanbul
2006
Open I/O. Pecha Kucha. Istanbul
Computational Design Workshop. Istanbul
Bilgi University. Istanbul
Computational Design Workshop. Sabanci University. Istanbul
Computational Design Workshop. ITU Department of Architecture. Istanbul
Real Time Rome. Ars Electronica. Linz
Collective Systems Design. Ars Electronica. Linz
Open I/O. ISEA. San Jose, CA
2005
Flexible Screen Applications. Toshiba Research Center. Tokyo
Recent work from the Physical Language Workshop. AIGA. Boston, MA
2004
Programming Media Workshop. Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul
2003
International Interactive Media Design Symposium. Yeditepe University. Istanbul
Publications
2010
“The Immediated Now: Network Culture and the Poetics of Reality” Kazys
Varnelis. Networked Book About Networked Art. Turbulence Lapses/*4. 53.
Venedik Bienali. Ed. Başak Şenova. İstanbul Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı. İstanbul
2009
“Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics”.
Greg Smith. Information
Science Reference, New York
“Dersimiz Güncel
Sanat”, Ed. Azra Tuzunoglu. Outlet Güncel Sanat Dizisi-1. İstanbul
2008
Design and the Elastic Mind Catalogue, MoMA, New York
Observatori 2008 Exhibition Catalogue, “Observatori 2008 – After The Future”. Valencia
2006
“Real Time Rome”. Arredamento Architecture Magazine. Istanbul
“Collec-
Native Systems for Creative Expression”. M.S. Thesis, MIT Media Laboratory.
2005
Digital Information Design Camp. MIT Media Laboratory. Cambridge
2003
9/11 Photographs. 9/11 New York-Istanbul. Homer Press. Istanbul
P r e s s, R e v i e w s, I n t e r v i e w s
2009
Ergenekont.tc interview in NTV. Istanbul
Ergenekont.tc interview in CNN Turk. Istanbul
Ergenekon.tc interview in HABERTURK TV. Istanbul
Ergenekon.tc interview in Radikal. Istanbul
Ergenekon.tc interview in SABAH. Istanbul
Ergenekon.tc interview in Hurriyet. Istanbul
Susan Hodara. “‘New Media’: Brain Trees, DNA, Receipts … and Bells”,
New York Times
2008
“Burak Arikan Interview“. SerialConsign.com. Online
“Observatori apuesta
por la obra digital más experimental”, ElPais
2007
“Meta-Markets: Speculating on social media“. SerialConsign.com. Online
“Real Time Rome”. The Economist Technology Quarterly. New York
2006
“Openstudio Relationship Network”. Architectural Design (AD). London
“Interview with Burak Arikan”. We Make Money Not Art. Online
“Interview with Burak Arikan”. Trendsetter Magazine. Istanbul
“Tech for art’s
sake”. The Boston Globe. Boston
Advisory Boards
2008
Digital Communities. Prix Ars Electronica. Linz
Amber Festival. Istanbul
2007
Digital Communities. Prix Ars Electronica.Linz
Amber Festival. Istanbul
Academic Appointments
2008
Creative Networking. Adjunct Faculty. ITP, Tisch School of Arts. NYU. New
York
2005
Fundamentals of Computational Media Design (MAS 110). TA for Prof. John
Maeda. MIT. Cambridge, MA
2004
Fundamentals of Computational Media Design (MAS 110). TA for Prof. John
Maeda. MIT. Cambridge, MA
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