In accordance with the BURAK exhibition at Maçka Sanat Galerisi, I will do a talk and a workshop in two consecutive days.
Artist Talk: Burak Arıkan
Nov 29th, 18:30
Maçka Sanat Galerisi, Eytam Cad. 31/A Maçka
Talk on the new work “Collector Artist Network: Phase II” and my general practice.
Keywords: network vs. image, iconoclasm vs. hacking, soft-institution, super-institution, graph as immaterial property
Creative Networking Workshop @ Resim-Halı Atölyesi
Nov 30th, 10:30-16:00
Workshop location and requirements will be emailed to you.
One day workshop focusing on the design of large scale networks as a creative activity and expanding the individual’s thinking about the network as a creative medium. Starting from hand drawn simple graph models, participants gradually build complex network diagrams. Emphasis on network mapping, modeling, analysis, relational thinking, centrality, clustering analysis, and information design. Participants learn the most through observing and extracting networks from their area of interests, collaborative mapping, sketching, and discussing diagrams. We use Graph Commons at the workshops for visualization, group collaboration, and further sharing.
http://graphcommons.com
Keywords: network modeling, network analysis, graph commons
Due to limited seats for the workshop, please RSVP graphcommons@gmail.com.
Creative Networking Workshop, Performa 11
Saturday, November 12, 1:00 pm — 4:00 pm
http://11.performa-arts.org/event/burak-arikan-creative-networking
One day workshop focusing on the design of large scale networks as a creative activity and expanding the individual’s thinking about the network as a creative medium. Starting from hand drawn simple graph models, participants gradually build complex network compositions. Emphasis on network mapping, modeling, analysis, relational thinking, centrality, clustering analysis, and information design. Participants learn the most through collaborative mapping, observing and extracting networks from their area of interests, sketching, and discussing diagrams.
We use Graph Commons at the workshops for visualization, group collaboration, and further sharing.
http://graphcommons.com
View the work from the past workshops:
http://teaching.burak-arikan.com/creative-networking/
* Image from Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop at Open Academy, 2011, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
BURAK
Maçka Sanat Galerisi
November 01 – December 13, 2011
Curator: Nazlı Gürlek
Collector Artist Network: Phase II (2011) is the second phase of an ongoing data collecting and mapping research project on the “nature” of the society of art. In the process of generating the data, each collector in the map was asked to convey a list of artists in their art collection. these lists of shared artists connect the collectors on the diagram, which organizes itself by running as a software simulation. The names naturally find their position on the screen through connecting forces, revealing the central actors, indirect links, and tight clusters.
Collector Artist Network: Phase II aims to reveal and question one of the fundamental dynamics of the society of art, the relations of artists and collectors. Arıkan investigates the art world which depends on status, privilege and secrecy via contemporary technological systems that rely on principles of free access, open sharing and participation. The first phase of this long-term project is in the permanent collection of the Borusan Contemporary Museum in the Perili Köşk. In the second phase of the project, the collectors and artists affiliated with Maçka Art Gallery are added to the network. While the static map of the network is displayed in antechamber that face the street, in a second area inward to the gallery, there is an interactive section where viewers can further navigate the network on a computer and find the cross-sections of the research process.
Artist Talk
Tuesday, November 29, 6.30 pm
Network Mapping Workshop
Wednesday, November 30, 10:30 – 16.00
Right after his workshop that he will carry out as an invited guest of the Performa Biennial in New York, Burak Arıkan will hold a full-day workshop in Istanbul where complex networks will be modelled with mapping and visual analysis. The networks will be developed step by step from basic forms to more complex ones. Participation is limited. Those who would like to join should e-mail graphcommons@gmail.com by November 24th and attend the workshops with their laptops present. The information regarding the location will be announced to the participants through e-mail.
Founded in 1976 by Rabia Çapa & Varlık Sadıkoğlu and ever since with its courageous and avant-garde perspective acted as a significant contributor to the development of contemporary art, Maçka Art Gallery, celebrates its 35th anniversary. In the honour of this anniversary, the gallery is organizing a series of solo shows between September 2011 and June 2012, titled BENGU BURAK VOLKAN ALP ELMAS IZ curated by Nazlı Gürlek. Each show introduces recent works of the most talented young artists from Turkey, Burak Arıkan, Volkan Aslan, Alp Klanten, Elmas Deniz, İz Öztat commissioned by the gallery. Named after the first names the artists, the series of six solo shows underlines the different areas of interest, themes and methods of the artists as well as pondering on the ‘myth of the artist’ that the international art apparatus consistently nurtures.
Collector Artist Network: Phase I is the first phase of an ongoing data collecting and mapping research project on the “nature” of the society of art. Each collector in the map was asked to contribute a list of artists in their art collection; these lists of shared artists connect the collectors on the diagram, which organizes itself by running as a software simulation. The names of the artists and collectors naturally find their position on the screen through connecting forces, revealing the central actors, indirect links, and tight clusters. As more data is collected, the piece will continue to evolve, showing in greater depth the relationships held between artists and collectors as well as between artists and collectors respectively.
Collector Artist Network: Phase I is presented as an interactive projection on a multitouch wall screen, allowing the viewer to further navigate the network and explore relationships more in depth.
Seven New Works
Sep 17, 2011 – Dec 11, 2011
Curators: Mario Codognato ve Sylvia Kouvali
Bourusan Contemporary
Meta-Control performance with Kalustro at Gaîté Lyrique in Paris. For the first time, Meta-Control will be performed on a U shaped screen setup.
September 16th, 9pm
Gaîté Lyrique Grande Salle
I created a new work as part of the Becoming Istanbul project, opening tomorrow at SALT Beyoğlu in Istanbul. The internal dynamics of Becoming Istanbul’s database as a whole, not visible in individual navigations, is interpreted as an animated network map, a work deciphering the relationships between concepts and time.
Becoming Istanbul explores contemporary Istanbul through an interactive database of over 400 media. An up-to-date collection of artists’ videos, photography series, documentaries, news reports, cartoons and architectural projects, the database is organized according to 80 concepts that instrumentalize typical discourses relating to the city and suggest new points of view. Its media include the visual productions of artists and researchers who have problematized actors and phenomena typically disregarded in urban discourse, as well as the declarations of decision makers involved in Istanbul’s current transformations.
The conceptual framework of Becoming Istanbul was set by Pelin Derviş, Bülent Tanju and Uğur Tanyeli in 2008. The trio also edited the publication Becoming Istanbul, a multi-authored critical dictionary published in Turkish, English and German. Two other books published as part of the project were Tracing Istanbul (from the air), edited by Meriç Öner, which discussed the causes and effects of changes in Istanbul’s urban texture based on the aerial photographs of Oğuz Meriç; and Mapping Istanbul, co-edited by Pelin Derviş and Meriç Öner, a visualization of the city through aerial maps. Designed by Evren Yantaç and developed by Hüseyin Kuşçu, the interactive database is already online and will remain fully accessible as a contemporary urban archive after the exhibition is over.
The graphic and spatial design of these projects, to be presented on SALT Beyoğlu’s second and third floors, is carried out in collaboration with design firms Project Projects and Superpool.
Shots from the Becoming Istanbul Concept Network Movie
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop, General Assembly, New York
Wednesday, August 10th from 6:00 – 8:00 pm
http://www.generalassemb.ly
Network mapping is a popular and highly creative medium. From the popularity of The Tipping Point’s theories about social networks to the widely heralded infographics on nytimes.com, industry leaders are turning their knowledge of trends into engaging visuals. This two hour workshop will help students understand complex networks of information through mapping and visual analysis.
Beginning with simple, hands-on drawing exercises, participants will gradually learn how to build complex compositions on a computer program. The workshop will cover network modeling, relationship types, visual analysis, centralities, clustering, and information design. Students will learn through a combination of observing, sketching, collaborating, and participating in group discussions.
The workshop will consist of two parts: Part I will cover how to map networks, and Part II will teach students how to analyze them. Students will use Graph Commons for visualization and group collaboration exercises. There are no prerequisites.
Register here:
http://networkmapping.eventbrite.com
* Photo from the Ulanbator Workshop, 2011.
One day workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis. Starting from hands on simple drawing exercises participants gradually build complex compositions on the computer. Emphasis on network topology, relationship types, information modeling, visual analysis, centralization, and clustering. Participants learn the most through observing, sketching, collaborating, and participating in the discussions.
Graph Commons will be used for the exercises.
http://graphcommons.com
Lecture/Workshop: Jul 4th, Monday, 11:00-16:00
Venue: Xanadu Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia http://xanaduartgallery.org
Organization: Open Academy, Arthub Asia
View photographs from the workshop.
Time: Talk/Lecture: June 28th, Tuesday, 19:00-21:00
Workshop: June 29th, Wednesday, 19:00-22:00
Venue: Xindanwei, 50 Yongjia Rd., Shanghai
Cost: 30 rmb/person/night, coffee and tea served
Organizer: Xindanwei, Arthub Asia
One day workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis. Starting from hands on simple drawing exercises participants gradually build complex compositions on the computer. Emphasis on network topology, relationship types, information modeling, visual analysis, centralization, and clustering. Participants learn the most through observing, sketching, collaborating, and participating in the discussions.
Graph Commons will be used for the exercises.
http://graphcommons.com
More info
http://xindanwei.com/lang/en/2011/06/network-mapping/
View photographs from the workshop.
Two day workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis. Starting from hands on simple drawing exercises participants gradually build complex compositions in the computer. Emphasis on network topology, relationship types, information modeling, visual analysis, centralization, and clustering. Participants learn the most through observing, sketching, and participating in the discussions.
Graph Commons will be used for the exercises.
http://graphcommons.com
PART I: How to map networks?
Graph theory, relationship types, network topologies, modeling
May 11th, Wed
10:00-16:00
PART II: How to analyze networks?
Centralization, clustering, structural holes
May 12th, Thu
10:00-16:00
Address:
ITU Architecture Dept.
Taşkışla, Istanbul
See more about the network mapping and analysis workshops:
http://teaching.burak-arikan.com/creative-networking
