Contracted and Expanded (2010) is exhibited in the “Black Noise” show at Akbank Sanat in Istanbul from September 9 to November 18 December 23, 2017.
Contracted and Expanded is part of the “Tension Series“, which is a set of explorations combining dynamic drawing with network processes to explore the self-organizing behavior in complex networks.
Black Noise
September 9 –November 18 December 23, 2017
Akbank Sanat
Istiklal Cad. No. 8
Beyoglu, Istanbul, Turkey
Hours: Tuesday–Saturday 10:30am–7:30pm
Artists: Burak Arikan, Servet Cihangiroglu, Didem Erk, Richard Jochum, Mirko Lazović, Cengiz Tekin, Anna Vasof
Curators: Ekmel Ertan, Isin Onol
In fields such as audio engineering, electronics and physics the colour of noise refers to the spectrum of energy that it carries. White, pink or black noise have different characteristics. Black noise is a type of noise where the dominant energy level is zero throughout all frequencies, with occasional sudden rises; it is also defined as silence.
Contrary to general consideration, sound and silence are not each other’s opposite, but they are mutually inclusive. Their complex relationship becomes visible in this impossible set: sound is a superset of silence, and silence of sound; and both are contained by that which they contain. Silence has a sound, and with it, a measurable, transformable power. The opposite of this proposition is also possible: when sound loses its content, context, and meaning, it is transformed into noise, and noise into silence. Becoming silent and silencing do not point to a loss of power, and neither does the presence of noise refer to the existence, or the acquisition of power.
The contemporary art project, Black Noise, explores the complex relationship between sound and silence; it focuses on the transformation, the function, the functionlessness, the poetry, the occasional meaninglessness, and sometimes on the power of sound, as a means of artistic expression, in various different spheres. By activating the wide range of associations created by sound and silence, the exhibition encourages the works that carry social references to communicate with one another and with the viewer.
