ONCE MORE FROM THE BEGINNING
A new website signs another beginning for something new. There have been several websites, blogs and projects in my past that have underpinned research and aesthetic developments. Each website was focused on one particular aspect: artworks, writings, academic endeavors... This new website is conceived as
ISEA2011 Istanbul
This is a brief visual history of the 17th International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA2011 Istanbul). The visual design that was part of the conference contributed to make of ISEA2011 Istanbul a very special event. My thanks go to Deniz Cem Onduygu,
A WEB OF PIXELATED TEXTURES
A WEB OF PIXELATED TEXTURES AND INTRICATE BEHAVIORS ABSTRACT In order to define and understand contemporary digital media and the relationship between virtual and real, there have been traditional approaches in the definition of the virtual as equivalent to illusory and of the pixel’s aesthetic
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SIGNS
THE DISAPPEARANCE OF SIGNS IN A LANDSCAPE OF DECEPTIONS ABSTRACT The artwork A Dream Came Through started as an idea in 2006 and was developed in 2008 before the current capitalistic crisis and temporary rebirth of a social conscience in the Western World. 2006 was
THE WAR SHAPED IDENTITIES
THE WAR SHAPED IDENTITIES: DESTRUCTION AS CULTURAL INHERITANCE ABSTRACT The essay will discuss the issues related to a cultural conceptualization defined by the author as ‘sedimented memory construction’ made of visible and invisible loci. The memories of buildings, land, sculptures, war destruction and social collapses
ETERNALLY PRESENT & ETERNALLY ABSENT
ETERNALLY PRESENT & ETERNALLY ABSENT: THE CULTURAL POLITICS OF A THANATOPHOBIC INTERNET AND ITS VISUAL REPRESENTATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL EXISTENCES ABSTRACT Perhaps nothing is more representative of a thanatophobic society than the process of accumulating and storing virtual data in online environments. This process of accumulation