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Burak Arıkan was born in Istanbul in 1976. After graduating from the Civil Engineering Department at Yıldız Technical University in 2001, he completed his Master′s degree in Visual Communication Design at Istanbul Bilgi University in 2004. He then went to the US and completed his master’s degree at MIT Media Laboratory in the Physical Language Workshop (PLW) led by John Maeda. While at MIT, he pursued research exploring networked systems that address the transition from connectivity to collectivity in the context of creative expression.
Arıkan takes social, economic, and political issues as input and runs through abstract machinery, which generates network maps and algorithmic interfaces. This results in performances, and renders inherent power relationships visible, and thus discussable. His software, prints, installations, and performances have been featured in numerous exhibitions at museums and galleries internationally. Arıkan is the founder of Graph Commons platform, to provide “network intelligence” for everyone.
Arıkan has presented his work internationally at institutions including Museum of Modern Art New York, Venice Architecture Biennale, Berlin Biennale, Ars Electronica, Sonar, DEMF, Neuberger Museum of Art, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Borusan Contemporary, DEPO, ARTER, SALT; and at independent venues such as Art Interactive Cambridge, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Hafriyat, Turbulence (online). He has lectured and done workshops at institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rhode Island School of Design, New York University Interactive Telecommunications Program, Istanbul Technical University, Bogazici University, Sabanci University, and Istanbul Bilgi University. Arıkan currently lives and works in Istanbul and New York.
Selected exhibitions, screenings, and performances:
2014, Datascape, LABoral, Gijon
2014, 5th Marrakech Biennial, Morocco
2014, Critical Machines, AUB, Beirut
2014, We Are Living on a Star, Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter, Oslo
2013, Bunny Smash, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo
2013, “Please Do Not Disturb,” TSMD, Ankara
2013, 13th Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
2013, 30th Ljubljana Biennial of Graphic Arts, Ljubljana
2013, Home Works 6, Ashkal Alwan, Beirut
2013, 11th Sharjah Biennial, Sharjah
2013, Datascape. Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
2013, “Please Do Not Disturb,” Istanbul Modern, Istanbul
2012, 7th Berlin Biennial
2012, Nam June Paik Award Exhibition, Bochum
2012, Istanbul Design Biennial
2012, Truth is Concrete, Graz
2011, Soft Borders, Upgrade! International, Sao Paulo
2011, Pixxelpoint, Nova Gorica, Gorizia
2011, Burak, Maçka Sanat Gallery, Istanbul
2011, Becoming Istanbul, SALT, Istanbul
2011, Meta-Control Performance, Gaîté Lyrique, Paris
2011, Seven New Work, Borusan Contemporary, Istanbul
2011, Where Fire Has Struck, DEPO, Istanbul
2010, Second Exhibition, ARTER, Istanbul
2010, 2nd Antakya Biennial, Antakya
2010, When Ideas Become Crime. DEPO, Istanbul
2010, Meta-Control, IKSV, Istanbul
2009, Istanbul Off-spaces, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2009, “New Media: Why,” Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, NY
2009, Ergenekon.tc, Delüks, Istanbul
2009, Meta-Control, Time Warp Festival, Mannheim
2009, MediaSpace, Film Winter, Stuttgart
Reference: burak-arikan.com, goethe.de |
