Burak Arıkan sanatçı ve araştırmacı olarak karmaşık ağlı sistemlerle çalışır. İşlerinde ekonomik, politik, sosyal konuları soyut mekanizmalarla harmanlayarak ağ haritaları ve tahmin sistemleri yaratır, performanslar yapar, ve bu sayede görünmez güç ilişkilerini görünür kılarak tartışmaya açar. Arıkan’ın yazılımları, baskıları, yerleştirmeleri ve performansları yerel ve uluslararası bir çok kurumda sergilenmektedir.

İşlerini Venedik Mimarlık Bienali, MoMA New York, Neuberger Sanat Müzesi, Ars Electronica, Sonar, DEMF, Art Interactive, La Gaité Lyrique, DEPO, Borusan Contemporary, ARTER ve SALT gibi yerli ve uluslararası kurumlarda göstermiş ve icra etmiştir. Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Rhode Island Tasarım Okulu, New York Üniversitesi, İstanbul Teknik Üniversitesi, Boğaziçi Üniversitesi, Sabancı Üniversitesi ve İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi dahil çeşitli okullarda dersler vermiş ve atölyeler yapmıştır.

Arıkan 2006 yılında MIT Media Lab’de John Maeda’nın yönettiği Physical Language Workshop grubundan mezun oldu. MIT’den önce Amerika ve Türkiye’de bilgi mimarı ve görsel tasarımcı olarak calıştı. 2004 yılında İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi Görsel İletişim Tasarımı bölümünden yüksek lisans, ve 2001 yılında Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi İnşaat Mühendisliği bölümünden lisans dereceleri aldı.

Eğitim

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge
Master of Science in Media Arts and Sciences, 2006

İstanbul Bilgi Üniversitesi, İstanbul
Görsel İletişim Tasarımı Yüksek Lisans, 2004

Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi, İstanbul
İnşaat Mühendisliği Lisans, 2001

Sergiler & Performanslar

2013
11th Sharjah Biennial
Datascape. Borusan Contemporary. Istanbul
“Lütfen Rahatsız Etmeyin”. IstanbulModern. Istanbul

2012
7th Berlin Biennial
Nam June Paik Ödülü Sergisi. Bochum
Istanbul Tasarım Bienali
“Truth is Concrete”. Graz

2011
Soft Borders. Upgrade! International. São Paulo
Pixxelpoint. Nova Gorica / Gorizia
Burak. Maçka Sanat Galerisi. İstanbul
Becoming Istanbul. SALT. İstanbul
Meta-Control Performance. Gaîté Lyrique. Paris
Yedi Yeni İş. Borusan Contemporary. İstanbul
Ateşin Düştüğü Yer. DEPO. İstanbul

2010
İkinci Sergi. ARTER. İstanbul
2. Antakya Bienali. Antakya
Fikirler Suça Dönüşünce. DEPO. İstanbul
Meta-Control. İKSV Salon. İstanbul

2009
Off-Istanbul. Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Berlin
“New Media: Why”. Neuberger Museum of Art. Purchase, NY
Ergenekon.tc. Delüks. Istanbul
Meta-Control. Time Warp Festival. Mannheim
MediaSpace. Film Winter. Stuttgart

2008
Meta-Control. Nocturnal Festival. Los Angeles, CA
Connect the Dots. Hafriyat. Istanbul
BoDIG. Istanbul
After The Net. Observatori.Valencia
MYPOCKET. Turbulence.org. Online

2007
Amber 07. Istanbul
Meta-Control. Metamorphose. Tokyo
Tershane. Istanbul
Meta-Control. Sonar Festival. Barcelona
Meta-Control. Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF). Detroit
Meta-Control. Club Phazon. Tokyo
Meta-Control. Time Warp Festival. Mannheim

2006
A Stock Market in Life. Upgrade! International. Simultaneously in Istanbul, Munich, Boston, Oklahoma City
Venice Architecture Biennale. Central Pavilion. Venice
Collision Nine. Art Interactive. Cambridge, MA

2005
Collision el Ocho, Art Interactive. Cambridge, MA
Seamless Fashion Show, MIT Media Laboratory. Cambridge, MA

Atölyeler & Konuşmalar

2012
Everyone For Themselves: Mapping the Art World, Witte de With, Rotterdam
Creative and Critical Network Mapping, 7th Berlin Biennale, Berlin
UPenn Creative Networking Workshop, The University of Pennsylvania School of Design, Philadelphia, PA
Creative Network Mapping Workshop, Kadir Has University, Istanbul
Urban Environmental Network Analysis Workshop, ITU Architecture, Istanbul
Network Mapping & Analysis in Architecture, ITU Architecture, Istanbul

2011
“Şehirde Bıraktığımız İzler Kime Ait” 90 Depar, SALT. İstanbul
Artist Talk. Macka Sanat Galerisi
Artist Talk. Contemoprary Istanbul
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Performa, New York
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. General Assembly, New York
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Xanadu Art Gallery, Ulaanbaatar
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Xindanwei, Shanghai
Artist Talk. Xindanwei, Shanghai
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Mimar Sinan, İstanbul
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. İTÜ Mimarlık, İstanbul
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. ARTER, İstanbul
Artist Talk. ARTER, İstanbul
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. İTÜ Mimarlık, İstanbul

2010
Düğümküme Toplantıları. Platform Garanti. İstanbul
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop. Amber’10 Datacity. Istanbul
Digital Networks and the Politics of Urban Governmentality Panel. Istanbul
Network Mapping Workshop, 4th Upgrade!International Conference. São Paulo
SIDU Network Mapping Workshop, Helsinki Citizens’ Int. Assembly. Istanbul
Real Time Rome. Yapyaşa Lectures, Amber Platform. Istanbul
Network Mapping Workshop, AKD. Ankara
Network Mapping and Analysis Workshop, Curabodrum. Bodrum
Free Fall Symposium. Apartment Project. Istanbul

2009
Relative Positions and Conclusions. Suriye Pasaji, Istanbul
NGO Network Mapping Workshop. Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul
NGO Network Mapping Workshop. Helsinki Citizens’ Assembly. Istanbul
Network Mapping Workshop. Kayitdisi, Yildiz Technical University. Istanbul
Artist Talk. Upgrade! Istanbul, Istanbul
Lecture. Bogazici University Complex Systems Research Lab. Istanbul
“On Social Networks”. Upgrade! Istanbul. Istanbul

2008
Artist talk. Neuberger Museum of Art. New York
Artist talk. Yildiz Teknik University Department of Art and Design. Istanbul
MYPOCKET and Meta-Markets. Contemporary Art Talks. Mimar Sinan University, Istanbul
Creative Networking Workshop. RISD. Providence, RI
Creative Networking Workshop. MIT / VAP. Cambridge, MA
MYPOCKET. Dorkbot, Location One, New York, NY
Turbulence Mixed Realities Symposium. Emerson College. Boston, MA

2007
Creative Networking Workshop. ITU TBT / Amber Festival. Istanbul
Artist talk. Marmara University Film School. Istanbul
Terms&Conditions. 400Seconds. Istanbul
Generative Arts. Aksanat. Istanbul
Intel / IFTF Sensors & Sensemaking Expert Workshop. Palo Alto, CA
Re-construction of Informational Space. Upgrade! International. Istanbul

2006
Open I/O. Pecha Kucha. Istanbul
Computational Design Workshop. Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul
Computational Design Workshop. Sabanci University. Istanbul
Computational Design Workshop. ITU Department of Architecture. Istanbul
Real Time Rome. Ars Electronica. Linz
Collective Systems Design. Ars Electronica. Linz
Open I/O. ISEA. San Jose, CA

2005
Flexible Screen Applications. Toshiba Research Center. Tokyo
Recent work from the Physical Language Workshop. AIGA. Boston, MA

2004
Programming Media Workshop. Istanbul Bilgi University. Istanbul

2003
International Interactive Media Design Symposium. Yeditepe University. Istanbul

Yayınlar

2010
“The Immediated Now: Network Culture and the Poetics of Reality” Kazys Varnelis. Networked Book About Networked Art. Turbulence
Lapses/*4. 53. Venedik Bienali. Ed. Başak Şenova. İstanbul Kültür ve Sanat Vakfı. İstanbul

2009
“Handbook of Research on Computational Arts and Creative Informatics”. Greg Smith. Information
Science Reference, New York
“Dersimiz Güncel Sanat”, Ed. Azra Tuzunoglu. Outlet Güncel Sanat Dizisi-1. İstanbul

2008
Design and the Elastic Mind Catalogue, MoMA, New York
Observatori 2008 Exhibition Catalogue, “Observatori 2008 – After The Future”. Valencia

2006
“Real Time Rome”. Arredamento Architecture Magazine. Istanbul
“Collective Systems for Creative Expression”. M.S. Thesis, MIT Media Laboratory.

2005
Digital Information Design Camp. MIT Media Laboratory. Cambridge

2003
9/11 Photographs. 9/11 New York-Istanbul. Homer Press. Istanbul

Yazılar ve Röportajlar

2009
Ergenekont.tc interview in NTV. Istanbul
Ergenekont.tc interview in CNN Turk. Istanbul
Ergenekon.tc interview in HABERTURK TV. Istanbul
Ergenekon.tc interview in Radikal. Istanbul
Ergenekon.tc interview in SABAH. Istanbul
Ergenekon.tc interview in Hurriyet. Istanbul
Susan Hodara. “‘New Media’: Brain Trees, DNA, Receipts … and Bells”, New York Times

2008
“Burak Arikan Interview“. SerialConsign.com. Online
“Observatori apuesta por la obra digital más experimental”, ElPais

2007
“Meta-Markets: Speculating on social media“. SerialConsign.com. Online
“Real Time Rome”. The Economist Technology Quarterly. New York

2006
“Openstudio Relationship Network”. Architectural Design (AD). London
“Interview with Burak Arikan”. We Make Money Not Art. Online
“Interview with Burak Arikan”. Trendsetter Magazine. Istanbul
“Tech for art’s sake”. The Boston Globe. Boston

Juri

2008
Digital Communities. Prix Ars Electronica. Linz
Amber Festival. Istanbul

2007
Digital Communities. Prix Ars Electronica.Linz
Amber Festival. Istanbul

Akademik

2008
Creative Networking. Adjunct Faculty. ITP, Tisch School of Arts. NYU. New York

2005
Fundamentals of Computational Media Design (MAS 110). TA for Prof. John Maeda. MIT. Cambridge, MA

2004
Fundamentals of Computational Media Design (MAS 110). TA for Prof. John Maeda. MIT. Cambridge, MA