Cevdet Erek (born 1974) is a Turkish artist and musician. Cevdet Erek was the recipient of the Nam Jun Paik Award in 2012.

Education

Erek studied architecture at

Mimar Sinan University The Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University ( tr, Mimar Sinan Güzel Sanatlar Üniversitesi, or MSGSÜ) is a Turkish public university dedicated to higher education in the fine arts. It is located in the Fındıklı neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbu ...

of Fine Arts, while working at various architectural practices as well as in the music band Nekropsi. He left the master's program he had started at MSU for

Istanbul Technical University Istanbul Technical University ( tr, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, commonly referred to as ITU or The Technical University) is an international technical university located in Istanbul, Turkey. It is the world's third-oldest technical university ...

's Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), where he studied Sound Engineering and Design and worked as a research assistant from 2002 to 2011. Erek was an artist in residence at

Rijksakademie The Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (State Academy of Fine Arts) was founded in 1870 in Amsterdam. It is a classical academy, a place where philosophers, academics and artists meet to test and exchange ideas and knowledge. The school support ...

in Amsterdam between 2005 and 2006.

Exhibitions

Erek participated in dOCUMENTA (13) ) in 2012 with "Raum der Rhythmen" oom of Rhythms Volumes of the same study were shown as “A Room of Rhythms - Otopark” in the 14th

Istanbul Biennial The Istanbul Biennial is a contemporary art exhibition that has been held biennially in Istanbul, Turkey, since 1987. The Biennial has been organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (IKSV) since its inception. Format Istanbul Bien ...

(2015) and as "Room of Rhythms - Curva" at

MAXXI MAXXI ( it, Museo nazionale delle arti del XXI secolo, italic=no, "national museum of 21st-century arts") is a national museum of contemporary art and architecture in the Flaminio neighborhood of Rome, Italy. The museum is managed by a foundation ...

in Rome as part of the exhibition "Open Museum Open City]” (2014). Implementations of “Courtyard Ornamentation” series were shown in 11th

Sharjah Biennial The Sharjah Biennial is a large-scale contemporary art exhibition that takes place once every two years in the city of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The first Sharjah Biennial took place in 1993, and was organized by the Sharjah Department of Cul ...

(2013), then in Marrakech Bienniale 5 (2014). "Rulers and Rhythm Studies" were presented in the

Stedelijk Museum The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (; Municipal Museum Amsterdam), colloquially known as the Stedelijk, is a museum for modern art, contemporary art, and design located in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

collection in Amsterdam as well as the 12th Istanbul Biennial and 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane. Solo exhibitions of his work were organized by Spike Island in Bristol, UK, in 2014 and at the

Kunsthalle Basel Kunsthalle Basel is a contemporary art gallery in Basel, Switzerland. As Switzerland's oldest and still most active institution for contemporary art, Kunsthalle Basel forms a vital part of Basel's cultural centre and is located next to the city's ...

, Switzerland, in 2012.

Collaborations

Erek was responsible for the sound and music direction for Kaan Müjdeci's feature-length film “Sivas” (71st

Venice Film Festival The Venice Film Festival or Venice International Film Festival ( it, Mostra Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica della Biennale di Venezia, "International Exhibition of Cinematographic Art of the Venice Biennale") is an annual film festival he ...

- Special Jury Prize, 2014), and music and sound co-design (with Cenker Kökten) for Emin Alper's feature-length film “ Abluka /

Frenzy ''Frenzy'' is a 1972 British thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock. It is the penultimate feature film of his extensive career. The screenplay by Anthony Shaffer was based on the 1966 novel ''Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Squar ...

” (

72nd Venice Film Festival The 72nd annual Venice International Film Festival took place from 2 to 12 September 2015. Alfonso Cuarón served as the President of the Jury for the main competition. A restored version of Federico Fellini's film ''Amarcord'' was shown at the ...

- Special Jury Prize, 2015). Erek designed and realised sound installations for Turkish novelist

Orhan Pamuk Ferit Orhan Pamuk (born 7 June 1952) is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, his work has sold over thirteen million books in sixty-three lan ...

's Museum of Innocence which was opened in Çukurcuma neighbourhood of

Beyoğlu Beyoğlu (, ota, بك‌اوغلی, script=Arab) is a district on the European side of İstanbul, Turkey, separated from the old city (historic peninsula of Constantinople) by the Golden Horn. It was known as the region of Pera (Πέρα, meani ...

Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ...

in 2011.

Books

Cevdet Erek - Less Empty Maybe / Az Boş Belki
was edited by

Süreyyya Evren Süreyyya Evren is a Turkish writer and cultural theorist. Publications Novels *''Postmodern Bir Kız Sevdim'' (''I Loved A Postmodern Girl'', 1993) *''Yaşayıp Ölmek Aşk ve Avarelik Üzerine Kısa Bir Roman'' (''A Short Novel on Living a ...

and published b
Revolver
in 2015, . "Cevdet Erek - Room of Rhythms 1", based on a conversation by Cevdet Erek and editor Duygu Demir, was published by Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig in 2012, . The publication surveys the research that led to Room of Rhythms, provides an insight into Cevdet Erek's practice as an artist, summing up the artistic research that led to "Room of Rhythms", an experiential installation presented at dOCUMENTA (13). "SSS - Sahil Sahnesi Sesi / Shore Scene Soundtrack -Themes and Variations for Carpet" written by Cevdet Erek was released as a part o
BENT 004 - Artists' Books
b
BAS
in February 2008.

Teaching

Cevdet Erek co-taught architectural design studio with Arda İnceoğlu at the School of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University between 2011 and 2013,^{/sup> and is still offering sound and music related courses at the Conservatory of the same university, İTÜ TMDK^{/sup>.

References

External links

Official website

Selection of sounds & videos of installations, accompanying the book Az Bos Belki / Less Empty Maybe

Nekropsi website

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