Creative Networking Workshop Friday May 3rd 10AM – 4:30PM New Museum, New York To RSVP, send an email to artistworkshop@ideas-city.org with the workshop title. One day workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis. Starting from hand drawn simple graph diagrams, participants gradually build complex network models. Emphasis on network … Continued
Artist Collector Network: Phase III is the third phase of an ongoing data collecting and mapping work that will be exhibited in the Datascape exhibition at Borusan Contemporary in Istanbul, 26 April – 1 September 2013. It is an exploratory network map of collectors and artists based on the relationship of being in an art … Continued
I will be giving a lecture at Architectural Association Istanbul Visiting School on my recent work in the context of creative and critical use of mapping and analysis. Network as a Creative and Critical Medium Monday 8 April 2013 ITU Taskisla 109 17:30 http://ai.aaschool.ac.uk/ Image from Monovacation.
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop March 23rd from 11AM – 3PM Learning Place, Former West Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin One day workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis. Starting from hand drawn simple graph diagrams, participants gradually build complex network models. Emphasis on network mapping, … Continued
I will be talking today (21 March, 19:00) at Former West conference with Füsun Türetken at the Infrastructure session brought together by Irit Rogoff. The talk will focus on how funding and partnership relationships form institutional networks and constitute super-institutions, which has larger yet invisible power. More info and abstract below. Watch live http://www.formerwest.org/Front Full … Continued
Creative Networking Workshop March 17th from 11AM – 6PM Sharjah Art Museum, 1st Floor, Wing B Sharjah Biennial One day workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis. Starting from hand drawn simple graph diagrams, participants gradually build complex network models. Emphasis on network mapping, modeling, analysis, relational … Continued
I will be giving a talk at the March Meeting, 11th Sharjah Biennial. Data, Networks And Art: Connectivity and Crisis in the Context of 21st Century Technology Saturday March 16, 2013 3:30pm Full March Meeting program http://www.sharjahart.org/march-meeting/march-meeting-2013/welcome
Neoliberalism(s) is a software-questionnaire-mapping work exhibited in 11th Sharjah Biennial, 13 March – 13 May 2013. It aims to grasp the diverse perceptions of expatriates living in UAE about the fierce nature of the neoliberalism. Neoliberalism(s) 2013, Custom software, touchscreen (42” LCD screen), digital print (180×120 cm) “Almost everybody who lives in Dubai also lives somewhere … Continued
Monovacation is in 11th Sharjah Biennial, 13 March – 13 May 2013. Monovacation 2013, custom software, projection (300×120 cm), digital print (180×120 cm), video (42 inch LCD screen) Monovacation cordially invites you to “the vacation” of vacations… The official tourism commercials of countries in competition with each other have been selected and each film has … Continued
“Please do not disturb” VitrA Contemporary Architecture Series Presents Istanbul Modern, February 7th – April 7th 2013 Curator: Ertuğ Uçar Coordinator: Pelin Derviş Artists: Burak Arikan, Kerem Ozan Bayraktar, Nermin Er, Meriç Kara, Metehan Özcan Mono-vacation Mono-vacation cordially invites you to “the vacation” of vacations… The official tourism commercials of countries in competition with each … Continued
Hacktivizm, İnternet, Teknoloji ve Sanat Özgür Uçkan, Burak Arıkan, Ali Miharbi 26 Ocak Ctesi 14:30 Empire Project http://www.facebook.com/events/121112174729636/ The Empire Project’te Dr. Özgür Uçkan’la Sanat Felsefesi Konuşmaları serisinin sonuncusu 26 Ocak Cumartesi günü galeri oditoryumunda gerçekleşecek. Burak Arıkan ve Ali Miharbi’nin de konuk konuşmacı olacağı yedinci ve son bölüm, “Hacktivizm, İnternet, Teknoloji ve Sanat: Hack … Continued
I will be participating in a panel discussion on art institutions and societal networks at Westfälischer Kunstverein in Münster. The focus will be on decentralized institutionalization and funding systems for art. SELLING SNAILS IN THE MUSLIM NEIGHBORHOOD Marwa Arsanios, Dilek Winchester Westfaelischer Kunstverein Münster Thursday, January 10, 2-5 pm STAMMTISCH 1: INSTITUTION & STRUKTUR Welcome: … Continued
I will be participating in the Nam June Paik Award exhibition along with Cevdet Erek, Florian Hecker, Thomas Köner, Gisela Motta and Leandro Lima, Nomeda & Gediminas Urbonas, and Carlos Fadon Vicente. The exhibition will take place at Kunstmuseum Bochum between Nov 1st, 2012 and January 13th, 2013.
Showing a new work at the Istanbul Design Biennial. Islam, Republic, Neoliberalism comprises of three network maps where mosques, republican monuments/ museums and shopping centers dispersed throughout Istanbul connect to each other within their areas of influence. These maps present a comparative display of network patterns that are formed through associations linking those architectural structures that represent … Continued
IDEAS CITY: Istanbul is a three-day conference featuring a series of workshops organized by the New Museum, in conjunction with the first Istanbul Design Biennial and the Audi Urban Future Initiative. The conference will be a primary resource for identifying key issues around this year’s overarching festival theme of Untapped Capital, while further developing an … Continued
Truth is Concrete 24/7 marathon camp on artistic strategies in politics and political strategies in art organized in Graz, September 21-28, 2012. I am contributing with two network maps below –being exhibited in the hall– and a tactic talk titled “Network as a Medium of Critique and Action” on Sep 25 Tuesday, 8pm at Black … Continued
Participating in the Sommerakademie 2012 at Zentrum Paul Klee in Bern with guest curator Marta Kuzma, fellows, speakers and the extended community. Workshops, lectures, river rafting, cooking, and tasting Swiss goodies.
Arts, Humanities, and Complex Networks — 3rd Leonardo satellite symposium at NetSci2012 Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Northwestern University in Evanston/IL http://artshumanities.netsci2012.net The abstract of my keynote: “The network does not exist, it has to be created” * If the network does not exist and one has to capture this complexity, what happens when we capture … Continued
Everyone For Themselves: Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 12:00-19:00 Witte de With, Rotterdam One day workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis in the context of the art world. Starting from hands on simple drawing exercises participants gradually build complex compositions on the … Continued
Critical Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop Sunday, May 6th, 2012 7th Berlin Biennale, KW Institute for Contemporary Art One day workshop focusing on the design and understanding of complex networks through mapping and visual analysis in the context of art and politics. Starting from hands on simple drawing exercises participants gradually build complex compositions on … Continued
Network Map of Artists and Political Inclinations 320 x 525 cm Custom software, digital print, mounted on the wall Network map of artists and their political inclinations based on artists’ statements in their application to the 7th Berlin Biennale. The map includes 4592 artists and 395 unique political inclinations. Artists without connections on the map are … Continued
Three day workshop & lecture 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 … Continued
I will do a two day Lecture & Workshop on the design of complex networks at The University of Pennsylvania School of Design on March 30th – 31st, 2012. The workshop will focus on the design of large scale networks as a creative activity and expanding the individual’s thinking about the network as a creative … Continued
I will be giving a lecture (Feb 22) and a workshop (Feb 29) consecutively as part of the “Methods of Environmental Analysis in Architecture” course at ITU Faculty of Architecture. The workshop will focus on the design of networks as a creative activity in the context of environmental analysis in architecture, and we will employ … Continued
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 in the computer. Emphasis on network topology, relationship types, information modeling, visual analysis, centralization, and clustering. Participants learn the most through sketching and participating in the … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
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 … Continued
The World Social Forum 2011 took place in Senegal February 6th to 11th. Its slogan “Another world is possible” proved especially resonant as anti-government protests shook Egypt during that time. Developed since the first forum in Porto Alegre 2001, the 11th forum in Senegal’s capital Dakar brought together civil society groups from around the world … Continued
I will give a talk today on the two network maps exhibited at Arter’s “Second Exhibition” in Istanbul. “Network of Foundations and Corporations Through Shared Board Members: Turkey Edition” and “Network of Artists Who Exhibited Together: ARTER “Second Exhibition” Edition”. With this talk, I will open the data of the two network maps to public, … Continued
The VIP Art Fair, opening today, will be an experiment in art and capitalism, another step on the virtualization of the art market. Organizers of the online art fair, James Cohan and Co., convinced the established galleries and other art professionals, with a hope to take the entire art fair experience, and put it online. … Continued
My selections from Banu Cennetoğlu’s CATALOG form. “Lapses”. Lapses/*4. The Book Series of Pavilion of Turkey in the 53rd International Art Exhibition of the Venice Biennial. Ed. Basak Senova. Trans. Nusin Odelli & Funda Senova, Fourth Vol. IKSV. Istanbul. Burak Arıkan, November 1st, 2010 Upon meeting her in Venice, I asked Banu Cennetoğlu, “Aren’t you … Continued
CHANCE Conference 18th of December 2010, Aix-en-Provence, France “The network does not exist, it has to be created” * The network inherently does not exist, one has to capture this complex event. What happens after you capture it? Network itself turns into a commodity? A power tool? A creative medium that is different than representation? … Continued
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