Nomad
About NOMAD, Turkey
NOMAD was founded in 2002 as an independent formation and registered
as "association" in 2006. It targets to produce and experiment new
patterns in the digital art sphere by using various lenses of other
disciplines. The core of the formation consists of designers,
engineers, architects, curators and writers. The infrastructure is
based on technical and theoretical levels to provide collaborations
with affiliations of artists. For further information, please visit:
http://www.nomad-tv.net
About Erhan Muratoglu
Erhan Muratoglu is an interactive designer and digital artist. He has
a Bachelor of Industrial Design Degree and MFA in Graphic Design. He
has worked and exhibited in Turkey, Europe, the UK and the US with
his computer generated projects, and has received awards in many
festivals for his experimental videos. He works as a lecturer in the
Dept. of Communication Design, Kadir Has University (Istanbul) and is
a member of NOMAD. He is one of the organizers of "ctrl_alt_del"
sound art festival. For further information and portfolio, please visit:
http://www.kuzudesign.com
Contact: erhan@nomad-tv.net
Video programme that will be presented on the festival:
"Fast-Iman" (2003), Bengisu Bayrak, 15''
Bengisu Bayrak’s video installation "Fast-Iman" (2003) questions the
relevance of religious messages for contemporary life. On another
level, it also documents the consequences of neo-liberal economy on
our way of life. The video documents a strategy developed by a mosque
in Istanbul by running lines from the Quaran on a digital display
screen above the entrance of the mosque. Bayrak chooses an
alternative way to give info about the work; instead of using a
descriptive text, she uses a documentary video, which is displayed
via a small monitor.
"Hairdresser" (2004), Basak Kaptan, 2''26'
Basak Kaptan's video draws the viewer in a realm where a story is
told through a set of still photographs, yet accompanied with a
soundtrack in which the time flows in some strangeway, while giving
the sense of being there. Have we been there, really?
"Information Overbloated" (2005), Erhan Muratoglu, 3''
“I/O Information Overbloated” exposes the bottleneck condition in
which new digital data try to flow through the television screen. The
struggle between the narrated news and visual data feed creates
bizarre conditions and undefined zones for the viewer/data receiver.
The conventional TV screen is encapsulated by the new data forcing to
find a way to flow.
"Stay/Put" (2004), Erhan Muratoglu, 1''
Rahat/Dur (Stay/Put) aims to pull the viewer into an illusory moment,
where sudden switching to interactive computer interface interrupts
the passive activity of watching video. Two stylized human
silhouettes fight with each other in kung fu, wherein a dynamic
electronic beat builds up audible flow. The representation of a
choreographed fight runs in accordance with the soundtrack until
interference occurs: a mouse cursor enters the scene without warning,
breaking the flow both in video and audio...
“Nigar” (2006), Erhan Muratoglu, 15''
This video work contains a casual talk with 94 years old woman, who
had migrated from Bulgaria to Turkey when she was young. Her personal
collection of photographs inhabits disparate hints of her life while
she is sharing her fragmented personal memories. “Nigar” refrains
from any immersive storytelling as Muratoglu perceptibly had no
intention to build any intimacy with the subject. Yet, the sincere
memories build fascinating links to unofficial and untold history of
the 20th century.
Erhan Muratoglu
interactive designer
http://www.kuzudesign.com/
http://www.nomad-tv.net/
erhan@nomad-tv.net
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