Cevdet Erek’s work is characterised by a marked use of rhythm and site specificity. Erek combines video, sound and images, often in an attempt to alter the viewer’s perception and experience of a given space. The result functions as a hypothesis, probing the viewer’s instinctive logic and thus appealing to the senses. Interestingly, Erek manages to combine rational components such as references to architecture and linear time – with instinctive impulses, thereby levelling the gap between two supposedly opposing spheres.
During his architecture studies at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Cevdet Erek (1974, Istanbul, Turkey) worked at various architectural practices and co-founded the music band Nekropsi. In 2003, he left the master’s program at MSU for the Istanbul Technical University’s Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), where he studied Sound Engineering & Design and worked as a research assistant from 2002-2011. Erek was an artist in residence at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam between 2005-2006. He currently lives and works, both as an artist, teacher and musician in Istanbul, Turkey.
Cevdet Erek presented his monumental installation ÇIN in the Turkish Pavillion at the 57th Venice Biennale. His work has recently been on view in a solo exhibition at MUAC, Mexico City, and a solo show InSitu at MuHKA, Antwerp. Expected shows include a solo at Castello di Rivoli and Hamburger Bahnhof (2019). Cevdet Erek was nominated for the Jameel Prize 4. Earlier, the artist participated in the 14th Istanbul Biennale (2015), Marrakech Biennial (2013), the 11th Sarjah Biennial (2013), and dOCUMENTA 13 (2012), which was followed by a publication of the same title published by Walther König. A version of his installations for these biennales was shown during Room of Rhythms – Curva at MAXXI in Rome as part of the exhibition ‘Open Museum Open City’ (2014). Cevdet Erek’s Rulers and Rhythm Studies were presented in the Stedelijk Museum collection in Amsterdam as well as during the 12th Istanbul Biennial and 7th Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane. Previous institutional solo exhibitions of his work were organized by the Heidelberger and Kasseler Kunstverein, Spike Island in Bristol — titled ‘Alt Üst’ (2014) — and ‘Week’ (2012) at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. Among his sound/music work are his sound and music direction for Kaan Müjdeci’s feature length film Sivas (71st Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Prize, 2014), and music and sound co-design for Emin Alper’s feature length film Frenzy (72nd Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Prize, 2015).
During his architecture studies at the Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Cevdet Erek (1974, Istanbul, Turkey) worked at various architectural practices and co-founded the music band Nekropsi. In 2003, he left the master’s program at MSU for the Istanbul Technical University’s Center for Advanced Studies in Music (MIAM), where he studied Sound Engineering & Design and worked as a research assistant from 2002-2011. Erek was an artist in residence at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam between 2005-2006. He currently lives and works, both as an artist, teacher and musician in Istanbul, Turkey.
Cevdet Erek presented his monumental installation ÇIN in the Turkish Pavillion at the 57th Venice Biennale. His work has recently been on view in a solo exhibition at MUAC, Mexico City, and a solo show InSitu at MuHKA, Antwerp. Expected shows include a solo at Castello di Rivoli and Hamburger Bahnhof (2019). Cevdet Erek was nominated for the Jameel Prize 4. Earlier, the artist participated in the 14th Istanbul Biennale (2015), Marrakech Biennial (2013), the 11th Sarjah Biennial (2013), and dOCUMENTA 13 (2012), which was followed by a publication of the same title published by Walther König. A version of his installations for these biennales was shown during Room of Rhythms – Curva at MAXXI in Rome as part of the exhibition ‘Open Museum Open City’ (2014). Cevdet Erek’s Rulers and Rhythm Studies were presented in the Stedelijk Museum collection in Amsterdam as well as during the 12th Istanbul Biennial and 7th Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane. Previous institutional solo exhibitions of his work were organized by the Heidelberger and Kasseler Kunstverein, Spike Island in Bristol — titled ‘Alt Üst’ (2014) — and ‘Week’ (2012) at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. Among his sound/music work are his sound and music direction for Kaan Müjdeci’s feature length film Sivas (71st Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Prize, 2014), and music and sound co-design for Emin Alper’s feature length film Frenzy (72nd Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Prize, 2015).
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Cevdet Erek recently presented his sound installations in solo exhibtions in highly acclaimed international institutions such as the Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE (2019/20); Ruhrtriennale, Bochum, DE (2019); The Art Institute of Chicago, USA (2019); InSitu, MuHKA, Antwerp, BE (2018) and MUAC, Mexico City, MX (2017). These shows often include a performative element or a demonstration by the artist. The artist performed or was involved in radiophonic projects in venues such as Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt (2019); Berghain, Berlin, DE (2017); Haus der Kulturen der Welt, DE (2018) and Tinguely Museum, CH (2018/19). Recent group shows include SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA (2019/20); Gropius Bau, Berlin, DE (2020) and ARTER, Istanbul, TR (2019/20).
In 2017, Cevdet Erek presented his monumental sound installation ÇIN in the Turkish Pavillion at the 57th Venice Biennale. Cevdet Erek was nominated for the Jameel Prize 4 (2016) at Pera Museum Istanbul. He participated in the 14th Istanbul Biennial (2015), Marrakech Biennial (2013), the 11th Sarjah Biennial (2013), and dOCUMENTA 13 (2012), which was followed by a publication of the same title published by Walther König. A version of his installations for these biennales was shown during Room of Rhythms - Curva at MAXXI in Rome as part of the exhibition ‘Open Museum Open City’ (2014).
Cevdet Erek’s Rulers and Rhythm Studies were presented in the Stedelijk Museum Collection in Amsterdam as well as during the 12th Istanbul Biennial and 7th Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane. Previous institutional solo exhibitions of his work were organized by the Heidelberger and Kasseler Kunstverein, Spike Island in Bristol — titled ‘Alt Üst’ (2014) — and ‘Week’ (2012) at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. Among his sound/music work are his sound and music direction for Kaan Müjdeci’s feature length film Sivas (71st Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Prize, 2014), and music and sound co-design for Emin Alper’s feature length film Frenzy (72nd Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Prize, 2015).
In 2017, Cevdet Erek presented his monumental sound installation ÇIN in the Turkish Pavillion at the 57th Venice Biennale. Cevdet Erek was nominated for the Jameel Prize 4 (2016) at Pera Museum Istanbul. He participated in the 14th Istanbul Biennial (2015), Marrakech Biennial (2013), the 11th Sarjah Biennial (2013), and dOCUMENTA 13 (2012), which was followed by a publication of the same title published by Walther König. A version of his installations for these biennales was shown during Room of Rhythms - Curva at MAXXI in Rome as part of the exhibition ‘Open Museum Open City’ (2014).
Cevdet Erek’s Rulers and Rhythm Studies were presented in the Stedelijk Museum Collection in Amsterdam as well as during the 12th Istanbul Biennial and 7th Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane. Previous institutional solo exhibitions of his work were organized by the Heidelberger and Kasseler Kunstverein, Spike Island in Bristol — titled ‘Alt Üst’ (2014) — and ‘Week’ (2012) at Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland. Among his sound/music work are his sound and music direction for Kaan Müjdeci’s feature length film Sivas (71st Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Prize, 2014), and music and sound co-design for Emin Alper’s feature length film Frenzy (72nd Venice Film Festival — Special Jury Prize, 2015).
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1974, Istanbul, Turkey
Education
2003-2011 PhD, Music: I.T.U MIAM Center for Advanced Studies in Music, Istanbul, TR
2000-2003 MA, Sound Engineering and Design: I.T.U MIAM Center for Advanced Studies in Music, Istanbul, TR
1992-1999 BA, Architecture: Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul, TR
Fellowships, stipends, awards
2016 Jameel Prize 4 (nominee)
2012 Nam Jun Paik Award
2006 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs / DCO / IC
2005 Uriot Prize
2005-6 Garantibank International N.V.
Residencies
2009 Artists Space, New York, USA
2009 Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Belgium
2008 Can Xalant, Mataró, Barcelona, Spain
2007 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2005-6 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Solo and duo exhibitions
2019 Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE (upcoming)
2018 AAAAA, Muhka, InSitu, Antwerp, BE
Rulers and Rythm Studies, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, NO
2017 A long distance relationship, MUAC, Mexico City, MX
ÇIN, Turkish Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, IT
2016 Winter Show, Kasseler Kunstverein, DE
2015 Es war einmal ein Land - Once Upon a Time a Country, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE
2014 Faça, AKINCI, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Wentrup, Berlin, DE
2014 Re, Mor - Charpentier, Paris, FR
2014 Alt/Üst, Spike Island, Bristol, GB
2012 Week, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
2011 Update, AKINCI, Amsterdam, NL
2011 " ... ", duo show with Ahmet Öğüt, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK
2009 El Ele, duo show with Anna Boghiguian, Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2009 1 Ankara Modern, Masa, Istanbul, TR
2009 Side by Side, 300 m3, Göteborg, SE
2009 On the day i fix a turbine to my belly, Lokaal 01, Antwerp, BE
2008 “Devoted Men as Aperture Posed Against Uncertain Background” (permanent site-specific installation) Royal Netherlands
Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam, NL
A Few Retrospectives, AKINCI, Amsterdam, NL
Selected group exhibitions
2018 Geometries, Athens Agricultural University, Athens, GR
Radiophonic Spaces (Radiophonic Room), Bauhaus Universitat Weimar, in collaboration with Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2017 Jameel Prize 4, organized by V & A museum and Art Jameel, Asia culture centre, Gwangju, South Korea
Muscle Memory, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Variable Dimensions, Artists and Architecture, Museu Arte Arquitetura Tecnologia, Lisbon, Portugal
Ballads of the Beasts : Voices of the animal world in an exhibition on vinyl, Centre National Édition Art Image Paris, France
Don’t Be Late Home, TSMD Architecture Center Ankara, Turkey
Biennial Cuenca Cuenca, Ecuador
2016 to bee or not to bee, Punkt O—Galleri F15, Moss, NO
XIII Biennial Cuenca, EC
Ballads of the Beasts; voices of the animal world in an exhibition on vinyl, Centre National Édition Art Image, Paris, FR (upcoming)
Freundshaftsspiel, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, DE
SummerSounds, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK
Don’t be late home, Vitra Contemporary Architecture Series, TR
presentation Jameel Prize 4, Pera Museum, Istanbul, TR
...und eine welt noch, Kunsthaus Hamburg, DE
Don't Be Late Home, Istanbul Modern, TR
20th Sydney Biennial, AU
What The Tortoise Murmers To Achilles, Savvy Contemporary, Berlin, DE
>LAND OHNE LAND<, Heidelberger Kunstverein
2015 Istanbul: Passion, Joy, Fury, MAXXI, Rome, IT
Es War Einmal Ein Land / Once There Was A Country, Heidelberger Kunstverein, DE
124.908 in 2nd Tblisi Triennial, Rustavi City, GE
14th Istanbul Biennial, TR
Concrete, MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, TR
Artists in Their Time, Istanbul Modern, TR
Her tercih diğer ihtimaller için bir dışlamadır / Every Inclusion is an Exclusion of Other Possibilities, SALT Beyoğlu, İstanbul, TR
White Noise, Kunsthaus Glarus, Im Volksgarten, CH
Kapadokya Çarpması, Cappadox, Nevşehi, TR
Ortak Zemin: Su / Common Ground: Water, Borusan Comtemporary, Istanbul, TR
Days push off into nights, Spring Workshops, Hong Kong
2014 Jerusalem Show VII, Jerusalem
The Space Between, Athens, GR
Open Museum, Open City, MAXXI, Roma, IT
Plurivocality, Istanbul Modern, TR
The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
PER/FORM. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH[OUT] WORDS, CA2M, Madrid, SP
Customs Made: Quotidian Practices and Everyday Rituals, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE
Marrakech Biennale 5, MA
Neighbours, Istanbul Modern, TR
Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence, Musee National d’Art Moderne et Contemporain d’Alger, AG
2013 Kirli Çıkı, BantMag, Istanbul, TR
Büroarbeit, Years, Copenhagen, DK
Momentum – As art has to happen now, Rewire Festival, The Hague, NL
Fünfuhrtee in Kiribati, KulturBahnhof, Kassel, DE
A History of Inspiration, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
Momentum, Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art 7, Moss, NO
Silent Space Stand Still, Tsizdaraki Mosque/Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens, GR
Re:emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography, Sharjah Biennial 11, UAE
solo show “Pattern Anti Pattern” at “Artistic Dialogues” with Slavs and Tatars
Tenderpixel, “Of Parameters – Measurable Truths Definitive Outcome”, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, DE
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, USA
2012 7th Asia Pacific Triennial (APT 7), Brisbane, GB
Deniz artık uyanıyor / Now wakes the sea, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, TR
Time & Again, AKINCI, Amsterdam, NL
Reflecting on Reflection, Galeri Mana, Istanbul, TR
In what language shall I tell you my story, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
Round Table, Gwangju Biennial, supporting Ala Younis with a group of artists, SKR
Uncertain Triolectics, Skånes konstförening, Malmö, SE
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA
dOCUMENTA 13, Kassel, DE
Dimensions Variables I, Institut D’Art Contemporain, Villeurbane/Rhone-Alpes, FR
Undetectable, La MaMa Galleria, New York, USA
Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence, Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait City, KW
TBA21 Sound Space, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
Turkish Art New and Superb, Tanas, Berlin, DE
Cross Time Stories, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery - Columbia University, New York, USA
Ungovernables – 2012 New Museum Triennial, with Ala Younis and group, New Museum, New York, USA
Post ‘89, SALT, Istanbul Eindhoven - SALTVanAbbe, TR/NL
2011 12th Istanbul Biennial, TR
Aksak Ritim / Odd Time Beat, Rodeo, Istanbul, TR
Art of Climbing Mountains, 303 Gallery, New York, USA
Istanbul Appraisal, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
Out of Place, Darat al Funun, Amman, JO
Maps, Timelines, Radio Programs , La Galerie, Noisy-le-Sec, Paris, FR
Tactics of Invisibility, Arter, Istanbul, TR
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, USA
Out of Place, Tate Modern Level 2, London, GB
2010 Another Country, IFA, Berlin, DE
Unincorporated, Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul, TR
Tactics of Invisibility, Tanas, Berlin, DE
Starter, Arter, Istanbul, TR
Uzakyakın / Tepkime Aralığı, H.Ü. Ankara Conservatory, Ankara, TR
Home Works 5, Ashkal Alwan for Contemporary Arts and the Home Works Academy, Beirut, LB
Another Country, IFA, Stuttgart, DE
Tactics of Invisibility, TBA21, Vienna, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, DE
Bridges to Istanbul, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, PT
Arrangements, Sextant Et Plus, Marseille, FR
Altogether Elsewhere, Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2009 I’m Not There, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard, New York, USA
Centry - Fugacions, La Capella, Barcelona, SP
Unknown Territory, Museum Paviljoens, Almere, NL
Istanbul Audio Tour, Contemporary Utopia Management, Istanbul, TR
Best Case Scenario, Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul, TR
Columns Held Us Up, Artists Space, New York, USA
AFROS (A Few Retrospectives in Open Space), Open Space - Art Fair Cologne, Cologne, DE
Reset to Zero, REIS, Antwerp, BE
Istanbul, traverse, Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, FR
Manifest Destiny, Extra City, Antwerp, BE
Zoom in zoom out, KVS, Brussels, BE
The day I fix a turbine to my belly, Lokaal 01, Antwerp, BE
2008 New Ends, Old Beginnings, The Bluecoat & Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, GB
Becoming Istanbul, Deutsches Arkitektur Museum, Frankfurt, DE
Speed, speed!, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim am Main, DE
2007 Radikalart:Ardından Değil Karşısına (temporary site-specific installation at the Bebek bus stop), Istanbul, TR
Light, Illumination and Electricity, Santralistanbul, Istanbul, TR
Off The Record, Cetin Emec Gallery, Izmir, TR
On Memory, Gallery Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL
2006 Just in Time, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, NL
EurHope, Villa Manin – Centre for Contemporary Art, Udine, IT
Parts, Xiamen, CN
Supremes, In order of appearance, Living Art Museum, Rejkavik, IS
Istanbul Defterdarlari, Karsi Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, TR
SHIFTscale: Extended field of contemporary sculpture, Art Museum of Estonia, Talinn, EE
2005 INFRActures: Translations between the Sonic, Spatial and Temporal, V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, NL
Urban Realities: Focus on Istanbul, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, DE
Hotspots, International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL
Art for..., Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Centre, Istanbul, TR
2004 URBAN reVIEWS; Istanbul, IFA Gallery, Berlin Stuttgart, DE
Call me Istanbul, exhibition design and sound architecture with E. Erkal, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
Poetic Justice, 8th Istanbul Biennial, TR
Neresi? Burası?: Turkish Art Today, MOMAS – Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Tokiwa, JP
Ann Arbor Computer Artist Coalition, IMMEDIA 2003, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Personal Maps, Global Geographies, Nisantasi Pedestrian Exhibitions-1, Istanbul, TR
Performances, presentations, screenings
2018 Davul performances, Tuned City, Messene, GR
Davul performance, Subtext Recordings, Label Night, Säule – Berghain, Berlin
Improvisation – 3. Berliner Herbstsalon, Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin
2016 Tate Britain, London, “Collaborative National Network Event: On Space and Sound” (Lecture)
2013 Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, “Public Alchemy” (Performance)
MAK, Vienna, “SSS, Drum, Echo” (Performance)
sizdaraki Mosque/Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens, “Same to Different” (Performance)
Gelbe Musik as part of MaerszMusic-Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, “Musiki Music” (Performance)
2012 ZKM, Vienna, Imatronic Music Festival-TBA21 Sound Space, “Calendar 1” (Performance)
dOCUMENTA 13, Kassel, "Variations on Rhythms of Room of Rhythms" (Performance)
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, "more words, lines and beats on a Week" (Lecture)
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, "Several Types of Museum Audience Gathered Together in an Installation and Grooving with a Week" (Performance)
2011 AKINCI, Amsterdam, "Updating" (Performative Talk)
2010 Salon, IKSV, Istanbul, "Activity Report" (Presentation and Performance)
Centre National du Danse, Paris, “Dokuman” with Taldans (Performance)
2009 Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, “SSS” as part of the exhibition “Hand in Hand” (Performance)
Artists Space, New York, “Independence Month” as part of the exhibition “Columns Held Us Up” (Presentation and Performance)
Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul, “Avluda” as part of “(Very) Small Distortions in the Order” (Screening)
Lokaal 01, Antwerp, “The day i fix a turbine to my belly” (Presentation and Performance)
De Singel, Antwerp, “Dokuman” with Taldans (Performance)
R. Schouwbourg, Rotterdam, “Dokuman” with Taldans (Performance)
Bozar, Brussels, “Dokuman” with Taldans (Performance)
Extra City, Antwerp, “SSS” as part of the exhibition “Manifest Destiny” (Presentation and Performance)
Platform Garanti, Istanbul, “Şimdi” (Presentation and Performance)
2008 Lusine, Geneve, CH, “Graf” with F.Sizanli, M.Kaplan, E.Devries (Performance)
Kazerne, Basel, CH, “Graf” with F.Sizanli, M.Kaplan, E.Devries (Performance)
Dampfzentrale, Bern, CH, “Graf” with F.Sizanli, M.Kaplan, E.Devries (Performance)
2007 IMC, Istanbul, “Keep working or networking.” With Annie Fletcher (Presentation)
Blackmarket for Useful Knowledge and Non-Knowledge No.9, Mobile Academy and Mood Salon, Istanbul, “Improvisation on Various Themes with the Visitor, Using Words and Conventional Drawing Aids” (Performance)
Platform Garanti, Istanbul, “4/4” with Nekropsi (Performance)
The Hall, Istanbul, “Triangle Project” as Cev Edit (Presentation and Performance)
Internoise Conference, Istanbul Lutfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Centre, Istanbul, “SSS” (Performance)
2006 Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, “SSS” as part of the exhibition “Just in Time” (Performance)
Parts, Xiamen, China, “SSS” (Presentation and Performance)
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, “SSS” as part of Open Studios (Presentation and Performance)
Montpellier Dance Festival, Montpellier, “Graf” with F.Sizanli, M.Kaplan, E.Devries (Performance)
Living Art Museum, Rejkavik, “SSS” as part of the exhibition “Superbs” (Presentation and Performance)
2005 De Melkweg, Amsterdam, “Istanbul Reloaded” as Cev Edit (Performance)
Gessnerallee, Zurich, “Unruhe Bitte” with Alexandra Bachzetsis (Performance)
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, “Die Neue Papa ist Deutsche” with Tine Melzer (Presentation and Performance)
2004 Okupatsioonimuuseumis, Talinn, “Works” as part of “1+1=1” (Presentation)
2003 Istanbul Technical University, SKM, Istanbul, “1:86400” (Screening)
Publications
2015 “Less Empty Maybe - Cevdet Erek”, Edited by Süreyyya Evren, Revolver Publishing & Art-ist, 112 pages
2012 “Room of Rhythms 1”, Cevdet Erek, Walther König, Cologne, 84 pages
2008 “SSS – Theme and variations for carpet”, Cevdet Erek, BAS Artist Books, Istanbul, 63 pages
Articles
2018 Cevdet Erek, HG Masters, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 108 May/June 2018
2017 A Creative Conversation, Interview by CCQ Magazine, September 2017
Erek exhibe obra sonora, Lourdes Zambrano, Reforma Cultura, 21 October 2017 [EN Translation]
Besser als 100 Amnesty-Plakaten, Ingo Arend, TAZ, 13 September 2017
Cevdet Erek, Sabine B. Vogel, Kunstforum, Vol. 247 p. 370-373
Cevdet Erek’s Sonic Movement “Çın” at Venice Biennale 2017, Nicholas Forrest, Blouinartinfo, August 2017
The Rhythm of History and the Everyday, Sebnem Soher, Damn magazine, August, 2017
Cevdet Erek (Venedik üzerine), Bahar Türkay ile, XOXO the Mag, Mayıs 2017
“İz, işaret, yankı“, Fisun Yalçınkaya, Milliyet Sanat, 21 May 2017
“The private politics of the 2017 Venice Biennale“, Kaya Genç, Little Atoms, 19 May 2017
Venice Notebook: Samplers From a Biennale Banquet, Jason Farago, The New York Times, 14 May 2017
“Cevdet Erek, Çın“, Gabi Scardi, DomusWeb, 18 May 2017
“Venedik Bienali’nin ‘en güçlü’ ÇIN sesi”, Erkan Aktuğ, 18 May 2017
“ÇIN: Tarihle yüzleş veya maskelemeye devam“, Yekta Kopan, Gazete Duvar, 17 May 2017
“Venedik ‘ÇIN’ladı…“, Emrah Kolukısa, Cumhuriyet, 15 May 2017
“57th Venice Biennale: Arsenale Pavillions“, Jennifer Higgie, Frieze, 12 May 2017
“Biraz uğultu biraz fısıltı ve bir Çınlama“, Gülden Öktem, Milliyet, 12 May 2017
“Venedik Bienali Türkiye Pavyonunda Görülecek Bir Şey Yok“, Ayşegül Sönmez, Sanatatak, 11 Mayıs 2017
“Unfolding the Structures of Sound“, Başak Şenova, Ibraaz, 8 May 2017
“ÇIN by Cevdet Erek on view in the Pavilion of Turkey at the 57th International Art Exhibition“, Art Daily, 5 May 2017
“The Inescapable Burden of Representation”, Erden Kosova, Metropolis M, April 2017
“The Venice Questionnaire #3 – Cevdet Erek“, Art Review, 3 April 2017
“How Important Is Art as a Form of Protest?“, Jennifer Higgie, Frieze, 31 March 2017
“Cevdet Erek“, Nilüfer Şaşmazer, Zero İstanbul, March 2017
“Zaha Hadid Binasına Yerleşmek“, Pippo Ciora, Betonart Issue 51, 2016
2016 “Artwork: Cevdet Erek”, Cevdet Erek, Tempo – A quarterly review of new music Vol.70 No.278, October 2016
“12 Sound Artists Changing Your Perception of Art“, Alyssa Buffenstein, Artnet News, August 2016
“Cevdet Erek disrupts sound and space“, Helen Longstreth, POSTmatter, 22 June 2016
“Listen to Cevdet Erek’s Frenzy“, Nathan Budzinksi, The Wire, May 2016
“Cevdet Erek combines sound and design to create something volatile, visceral and political“, Emily Gosling, It’s Nice That, 11 May 2016
“Educate Your Ears: Cevdet Erek“, Nicola Phillips, Kaltblut Magazine, May 2016.
“Ses, Ritim, Mekan ve Sinema“, Kültigin Kağan Akbulut, Hayal Perdesi Issue 51, March-April 2016.
‘İhtimal var, zorlamak lazım’: Cevdet Erek“, Busen Dostgül, Cem Kayıran, Bantmag Issue 46, January-February, 2016.
“Boşluk Tıkırtıları“, Murat Alat, SANATATAK, Kasım 26, 2015
2015 “Otopark’tan ‘Abluka’ya“, Tugba Esen, Agos, November 21, 2015.
“New book discusses works of Cevdet Erek“, Rumeysa Kiger, Today’s Zaman, May 6, 2015
2014 “Time, space and music in a new group exibition”, Kaya Genç, Daily Sabah, July 19, 2014
“Cevdet Erek“, Basia Lewandowska Cummings, Frieze, Issue 164, June-August 2014
“Cross Platform: Cevdet Erek“, Nathan Budzinski, The Wire issue 362, April 2014
“Alt Üst“, Alastair Cameron, Ibraaz
“Cevdet Erek: Alt Üst“, Morgan Quaintance, Art Monthly issue 375, April 2014
“Exhibition Review: Alt Üst“, Crack In The Road
“Art Pick of the Week: Cevdet Erek: Alt Ust, Saturday, February 15 to Sunday, April 20, Spike Island, Bristol“, Bristol Post
“The Tempo of Time: a Review of Cevdet Erek at Spike Island“, Deborah Meniru, Her Campus
“Review of Cevdet Erek: Alt: Üst, Spike Island, Bristol“, Trevor H Smith, Aesthetica Magazine Blog
“Empty Set vs. Cevdet Erek“, Samantha Francis, Interface
“Where are we now?“, Susanna Davies-Crook, Dazed
2012 “Sound Art at dOCUMENTA (13)“, Hannah kemp-Welch, sound-art-text.com
“Sound Works“, Emmy Skensved, whitehot magazine
“Ritimlerin Mekanında“, Nazlı Pektaş, Cumhuriyet
“Documenta 13 | Söyleşiler“, Necmi Sönmez, Sanat Dünyamız #130 / Eylül-Ekim 2012
“Raster Rhythms: Interview with Istanbul artist Cevdet Erek” Matthew Schum, haudenschild Garage
“Ritimler Odasının Mimarı“, Evrim Altug, Art Unlimited
“The Changing Times: Cevdet Erek and Hannah Weinberger“, Monika Szewczyk, Afterall
“Cevdet Erek – Kunsthalle Basel“, Aoife Rosenmeyer, Art in America
2011 “Cevdet Erek: Du Speed Métal à la Biennale“, Stephanie Vidal, Gaîté-Lyrique
“Gerçek Hayat İçin Güncel Sanat Önermeleri“, Amber Eroyan, Mimarizm
“Görünmezlik Taktikleri“, Seda Niğbolu, Art Unlimited
2010 “Tarata tinn”, Cevdet Erek, ArteEast
“Cevdet Erek, Röportaj”, Sezi Peynirci, Boğaziçi’nde Güncel Sanat Röportaj Dizisi
Neset, Anne Hilde. “The Morning Line” The Wire, August 2010: 26-27. Print.
Tan, Pelin. “Beneath our skin.” E-Flux Journal No.0, 2008. Web. Nov. 8, 2010.
Çavdar, Ayşe. “Halidan Sahil Sesi.” Aktüel Dergisi. 2008. Print and Web. 8 Nov. 2010 (Book review)
Tüzünoğlu, Azra. “Haliyla sahil sesi cikartmak” Radikal Kitap. 25 April 2008. Print and Web. Nov. 2010 (Book review)
Durmuşoğlu, Övül. “Cevdet Erek’in duyu düşün laboratuarı.” The Lady From Shangai, 2007. Web. 8 Nov. 2010.
2009 Erek, Cevdet. “The day I fix a Turbine to My Belly,” LOKAAL 01-2009. Lokaal_01 Antwerpen, Antwerp, 2009 (annual report)
Küper-Büsch, Sabine. “Emanzipation durch Kunst” Deutschlandfunk, 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 8 Nov. 2010
Sönmez, Necmi. “Ses-İmge-Zaman Arasındaki Koridorda/ Cevdet Erek’in Çalışmaları Üzerine,” Sanat Dünyamız, #111- Summer 2009
2007 Muller, Nat. “Eventful Beginnings, Ending in a Splash.” Lab for Culture, labforculture.org, 2007. Web. 8 Nov. 2010.
2006 Keijer, Kees. “Luidruchtige airco als kunst ervaren”, Het Parool - Kultuur, 02.12.2006, 32. Print.
2005 Tan, Pelin. “Illustration and text.” Metropolis M, NL, nr. 4/2005. 21, 25, 26
Catalogue texts
Durmuşoğlu, Övül. “Searching for Another Country.” Another Country-Eine andere Welt. Kulturtransfers #1, Institue für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V., Stuttgart, 2010. 67-71 (exhibition catalogue)
Pekünlü, Zeyno. “Observations from Two Cities”, centri/fugacions La Capella, Barcelona, 2009. 73-74 (exhibition catalogue)
Kopsa, Maxine. “Cevdet Erek”, Just In Time. Stedelijk Museum CS, 2006. 11, 12, 71
Erdemci, Fulya. “Cevdet Erek”, Stadtansichten Istanbul. ifa-Galerie, 2004
Erkal, Emre, Cevdet Erek. “Ausstellungsarchitectur und Klanglandschaft.” Call me Istanbul ist mein Name, ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2004. 92-93
“Cevdet Erek-Emre Erkal”, 8th Istanbul Biennial catalogue, 2003. 104 – 105
Erdemci, Fulya. “Cevdet Erek – The 2nd Bridge”, Neresi Burasi – Turkish Art Today, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama. 2003. 28 – 33 (exhibition catalogue)
Erek, Cevdet. “Avluda – In the Courtyard,” Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 1: Nisantasi, 2002. 145 – 148. (exhibition catalogue)
Interviews
2017 “Spatial Problems, Temporal Solutions: Cevdet Erek Interviewed“, Robert Barry, The Quietus, 6 May 2017
About the Venice Biennale, ÇIN, https://youtu.be/VhRe_oA20xk
ÇIN, Ric Bower, CCQ Magazine, 25 October 2017, p.70 -74
Gürlek, Nazlı, “Cevdet Erek, söyleşi”, Nazlı Gürlek – Writings. March, 2010. Web. 8 Nov. 2010
Vazquez, M, “Interview with Cevdet Erek”, Fall 2009
Enginöz, Yasemin Keskin. “Benim Adım İstanbul - interview with Cevdet Erek and Emre Erkal,” XXI, Nr 25, 2004. 52 - 59
Kortun, Vasif. “Avluda”, XXI magazine, Nr 17, 2003. 48-57
2012 Interview with Cevdet Erek for the Nam June Paik Award 2012 (SSS—Shore Scene Soundtrack): https://vimeo.com/53667299
Education
2003-2011 PhD, Music: I.T.U MIAM Center for Advanced Studies in Music, Istanbul, TR
2000-2003 MA, Sound Engineering and Design: I.T.U MIAM Center for Advanced Studies in Music, Istanbul, TR
1992-1999 BA, Architecture: Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, Istanbul, TR
Fellowships, stipends, awards
2016 Jameel Prize 4 (nominee)
2012 Nam Jun Paik Award
2006 Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs / DCO / IC
2005 Uriot Prize
2005-6 Garantibank International N.V.
Residencies
2009 Artists Space, New York, USA
2009 Lokaal 01, Antwerp, Belgium
2008 Can Xalant, Mataró, Barcelona, Spain
2007 Townhouse Gallery, Cairo, Egypt
2005-6 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten / Dutch Ministry of Education, Culture and Science, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Solo and duo exhibitions
2019 Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, DE (upcoming)
2018 AAAAA, Muhka, InSitu, Antwerp, BE
Rulers and Rythm Studies, Lydgalleriet, Bergen, NO
2017 A long distance relationship, MUAC, Mexico City, MX
ÇIN, Turkish Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale, IT
2016 Winter Show, Kasseler Kunstverein, DE
2015 Es war einmal ein Land - Once Upon a Time a Country, Heidelberger Kunstverein, Heidelberg, DE
2014 Faça, AKINCI, Amsterdam, NL
2014 Wentrup, Berlin, DE
2014 Re, Mor - Charpentier, Paris, FR
2014 Alt/Üst, Spike Island, Bristol, GB
2012 Week, Kunsthalle Basel, CH
2011 Update, AKINCI, Amsterdam, NL
2011 " ... ", duo show with Ahmet Öğüt, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK
2009 El Ele, duo show with Anna Boghiguian, Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2009 1 Ankara Modern, Masa, Istanbul, TR
2009 Side by Side, 300 m3, Göteborg, SE
2009 On the day i fix a turbine to my belly, Lokaal 01, Antwerp, BE
2008 “Devoted Men as Aperture Posed Against Uncertain Background” (permanent site-specific installation) Royal Netherlands
Academy of Arts and Sciences (KNAW), Amsterdam, NL
A Few Retrospectives, AKINCI, Amsterdam, NL
Selected group exhibitions
2018 Geometries, Athens Agricultural University, Athens, GR
Radiophonic Spaces (Radiophonic Room), Bauhaus Universitat Weimar, in collaboration with Haus der Kulturen der Welt
2017 Jameel Prize 4, organized by V & A museum and Art Jameel, Asia culture centre, Gwangju, South Korea
Muscle Memory, Kunstraum Kreuzberg, Bethanien, Berlin, Germany
Variable Dimensions, Artists and Architecture, Museu Arte Arquitetura Tecnologia, Lisbon, Portugal
Ballads of the Beasts : Voices of the animal world in an exhibition on vinyl, Centre National Édition Art Image Paris, France
Don’t Be Late Home, TSMD Architecture Center Ankara, Turkey
Biennial Cuenca Cuenca, Ecuador
2016 to bee or not to bee, Punkt O—Galleri F15, Moss, NO
XIII Biennial Cuenca, EC
Ballads of the Beasts; voices of the animal world in an exhibition on vinyl, Centre National Édition Art Image, Paris, FR (upcoming)
Freundshaftsspiel, Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, DE
SummerSounds, Overgaden, Copenhagen, DK
Don’t be late home, Vitra Contemporary Architecture Series, TR
presentation Jameel Prize 4, Pera Museum, Istanbul, TR
...und eine welt noch, Kunsthaus Hamburg, DE
Don't Be Late Home, Istanbul Modern, TR
20th Sydney Biennial, AU
What The Tortoise Murmers To Achilles, Savvy Contemporary, Berlin, DE
>LAND OHNE LAND<, Heidelberger Kunstverein
2015 Istanbul: Passion, Joy, Fury, MAXXI, Rome, IT
Es War Einmal Ein Land / Once There Was A Country, Heidelberger Kunstverein, DE
124.908 in 2nd Tblisi Triennial, Rustavi City, GE
14th Istanbul Biennial, TR
Concrete, MSGSÜ Tophane-i Amire, Istanbul, TR
Artists in Their Time, Istanbul Modern, TR
Her tercih diğer ihtimaller için bir dışlamadır / Every Inclusion is an Exclusion of Other Possibilities, SALT Beyoğlu, İstanbul, TR
White Noise, Kunsthaus Glarus, Im Volksgarten, CH
Kapadokya Çarpması, Cappadox, Nevşehi, TR
Ortak Zemin: Su / Common Ground: Water, Borusan Comtemporary, Istanbul, TR
Days push off into nights, Spring Workshops, Hong Kong
2014 Jerusalem Show VII, Jerusalem
The Space Between, Athens, GR
Open Museum, Open City, MAXXI, Roma, IT
Plurivocality, Istanbul Modern, TR
The Part In The Story Where A Part Becomes A Part Of Something Else, Witte de With, Rotterdam, NL
PER/FORM. HOW TO DO THINGS WITH[OUT] WORDS, CA2M, Madrid, SP
Customs Made: Quotidian Practices and Everyday Rituals, Maraya Art Center, Sharjah, UAE
Marrakech Biennale 5, MA
Neighbours, Istanbul Modern, TR
Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence, Musee National d’Art Moderne et Contemporain d’Alger, AG
2013 Kirli Çıkı, BantMag, Istanbul, TR
Büroarbeit, Years, Copenhagen, DK
Momentum – As art has to happen now, Rewire Festival, The Hague, NL
Fünfuhrtee in Kiribati, KulturBahnhof, Kassel, DE
A History of Inspiration, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, FR
Momentum, Nordic Biennial for Contemporary Art 7, Moss, NO
Silent Space Stand Still, Tsizdaraki Mosque/Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens, GR
Re:emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography, Sharjah Biennial 11, UAE
solo show “Pattern Anti Pattern” at “Artistic Dialogues” with Slavs and Tatars
Tenderpixel, “Of Parameters – Measurable Truths Definitive Outcome”, Künstlerhaus Stuttgart, DE
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit, USA
2012 7th Asia Pacific Triennial (APT 7), Brisbane, GB
Deniz artık uyanıyor / Now wakes the sea, Siemens Sanat, Istanbul, TR
Time & Again, AKINCI, Amsterdam, NL
Reflecting on Reflection, Galeri Mana, Istanbul, TR
In what language shall I tell you my story, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, NL
Round Table, Gwangju Biennial, supporting Ala Younis with a group of artists, SKR
Uncertain Triolectics, Skånes konstförening, Malmö, SE
When Attitudes Became Form Become Attitudes, The CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, USA
dOCUMENTA 13, Kassel, DE
Dimensions Variables I, Institut D’Art Contemporain, Villeurbane/Rhone-Alpes, FR
Undetectable, La MaMa Galleria, New York, USA
Museum of Manufactured Response to Absence, Museum of Modern Art, Kuwait City, KW
TBA21 Sound Space, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
Turkish Art New and Superb, Tanas, Berlin, DE
Cross Time Stories, Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery - Columbia University, New York, USA
Ungovernables – 2012 New Museum Triennial, with Ala Younis and group, New Museum, New York, USA
Post ‘89, SALT, Istanbul Eindhoven - SALTVanAbbe, TR/NL
2011 12th Istanbul Biennial, TR
Aksak Ritim / Odd Time Beat, Rodeo, Istanbul, TR
Art of Climbing Mountains, 303 Gallery, New York, USA
Istanbul Appraisal, Pori Art Museum, Pori, FI
Out of Place, Darat al Funun, Amman, JO
Maps, Timelines, Radio Programs , La Galerie, Noisy-le-Sec, Paris, FR
Tactics of Invisibility, Arter, Istanbul, TR
An Exchange with Sol LeWitt, MASS MoCA, Massachusetts, USA
Out of Place, Tate Modern Level 2, London, GB
2010 Another Country, IFA, Berlin, DE
Unincorporated, Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul, TR
Tactics of Invisibility, Tanas, Berlin, DE
Starter, Arter, Istanbul, TR
Uzakyakın / Tepkime Aralığı, H.Ü. Ankara Conservatory, Ankara, TR
Home Works 5, Ashkal Alwan for Contemporary Arts and the Home Works Academy, Beirut, LB
Another Country, IFA, Stuttgart, DE
Tactics of Invisibility, TBA21, Vienna, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, DE
Bridges to Istanbul, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, PT
Arrangements, Sextant Et Plus, Marseille, FR
Altogether Elsewhere, Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, TR
2009 I’m Not There, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard, New York, USA
Centry - Fugacions, La Capella, Barcelona, SP
Unknown Territory, Museum Paviljoens, Almere, NL
Istanbul Audio Tour, Contemporary Utopia Management, Istanbul, TR
Best Case Scenario, Manzara Perspectives, Istanbul, TR
Columns Held Us Up, Artists Space, New York, USA
AFROS (A Few Retrospectives in Open Space), Open Space - Art Fair Cologne, Cologne, DE
Reset to Zero, REIS, Antwerp, BE
Istanbul, traverse, Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille, FR
Manifest Destiny, Extra City, Antwerp, BE
Zoom in zoom out, KVS, Brussels, BE
The day I fix a turbine to my belly, Lokaal 01, Antwerp, BE
2008 New Ends, Old Beginnings, The Bluecoat & Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, GB
Becoming Istanbul, Deutsches Arkitektur Museum, Frankfurt, DE
Speed, speed!, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim am Main, DE
2007 Radikalart:Ardından Değil Karşısına (temporary site-specific installation at the Bebek bus stop), Istanbul, TR
Light, Illumination and Electricity, Santralistanbul, Istanbul, TR
Off The Record, Cetin Emec Gallery, Izmir, TR
On Memory, Gallery Tanya Rumpff, Haarlem, NL
2006 Just in Time, Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, NL
EurHope, Villa Manin – Centre for Contemporary Art, Udine, IT
Parts, Xiamen, CN
Supremes, In order of appearance, Living Art Museum, Rejkavik, IS
Istanbul Defterdarlari, Karsi Sanat Galerisi, Istanbul, TR
SHIFTscale: Extended field of contemporary sculpture, Art Museum of Estonia, Talinn, EE
2005 INFRActures: Translations between the Sonic, Spatial and Temporal, V2_, Institute for the Unstable Media, Rotterdam, NL
Urban Realities: Focus on Istanbul, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, DE
Hotspots, International Film Festival Rotterdam, NL
Art for..., Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Centre, Istanbul, TR
2004 URBAN reVIEWS; Istanbul, IFA Gallery, Berlin Stuttgart, DE
Call me Istanbul, exhibition design and sound architecture with E. Erkal, ZKM, Karlsruhe, DE
Poetic Justice, 8th Istanbul Biennial, TR
Neresi? Burası?: Turkish Art Today, MOMAS – Museum of Modern Art Saitama, Tokiwa, JP
Ann Arbor Computer Artist Coalition, IMMEDIA 2003, Ann Arbor, MI
2002 Personal Maps, Global Geographies, Nisantasi Pedestrian Exhibitions-1, Istanbul, TR
Performances, presentations, screenings
2018 Davul performances, Tuned City, Messene, GR
Davul performance, Subtext Recordings, Label Night, Säule – Berghain, Berlin
Improvisation – 3. Berliner Herbstsalon, Maxim Gorki Theater, Berlin
2016 Tate Britain, London, “Collaborative National Network Event: On Space and Sound” (Lecture)
2013 Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul, “Public Alchemy” (Performance)
MAK, Vienna, “SSS, Drum, Echo” (Performance)
sizdaraki Mosque/Museum of Greek Folk Art, Athens, “Same to Different” (Performance)
Gelbe Musik as part of MaerszMusic-Berliner Festspiele, Berlin, “Musiki Music” (Performance)
2012 ZKM, Vienna, Imatronic Music Festival-TBA21 Sound Space, “Calendar 1” (Performance)
dOCUMENTA 13, Kassel, "Variations on Rhythms of Room of Rhythms" (Performance)
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, "more words, lines and beats on a Week" (Lecture)
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, "Several Types of Museum Audience Gathered Together in an Installation and Grooving with a Week" (Performance)
2011 AKINCI, Amsterdam, "Updating" (Performative Talk)
2010 Salon, IKSV, Istanbul, "Activity Report" (Presentation and Performance)
Centre National du Danse, Paris, “Dokuman” with Taldans (Performance)
2009 Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul, “SSS” as part of the exhibition “Hand in Hand” (Performance)
Artists Space, New York, “Independence Month” as part of the exhibition “Columns Held Us Up” (Presentation and Performance)
Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul, “Avluda” as part of “(Very) Small Distortions in the Order” (Screening)
Lokaal 01, Antwerp, “The day i fix a turbine to my belly” (Presentation and Performance)
De Singel, Antwerp, “Dokuman” with Taldans (Performance)
R. Schouwbourg, Rotterdam, “Dokuman” with Taldans (Performance)
Bozar, Brussels, “Dokuman” with Taldans (Performance)
Extra City, Antwerp, “SSS” as part of the exhibition “Manifest Destiny” (Presentation and Performance)
Platform Garanti, Istanbul, “Şimdi” (Presentation and Performance)
2008 Lusine, Geneve, CH, “Graf” with F.Sizanli, M.Kaplan, E.Devries (Performance)
Kazerne, Basel, CH, “Graf” with F.Sizanli, M.Kaplan, E.Devries (Performance)
Dampfzentrale, Bern, CH, “Graf” with F.Sizanli, M.Kaplan, E.Devries (Performance)
2007 IMC, Istanbul, “Keep working or networking.” With Annie Fletcher (Presentation)
Blackmarket for Useful Knowledge and Non-Knowledge No.9, Mobile Academy and Mood Salon, Istanbul, “Improvisation on Various Themes with the Visitor, Using Words and Conventional Drawing Aids” (Performance)
Platform Garanti, Istanbul, “4/4” with Nekropsi (Performance)
The Hall, Istanbul, “Triangle Project” as Cev Edit (Presentation and Performance)
Internoise Conference, Istanbul Lutfi Kırdar Convention and Exhibition Centre, Istanbul, “SSS” (Performance)
2006 Stedelijk Museum CS, Amsterdam, “SSS” as part of the exhibition “Just in Time” (Performance)
Parts, Xiamen, China, “SSS” (Presentation and Performance)
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, “SSS” as part of Open Studios (Presentation and Performance)
Montpellier Dance Festival, Montpellier, “Graf” with F.Sizanli, M.Kaplan, E.Devries (Performance)
Living Art Museum, Rejkavik, “SSS” as part of the exhibition “Superbs” (Presentation and Performance)
2005 De Melkweg, Amsterdam, “Istanbul Reloaded” as Cev Edit (Performance)
Gessnerallee, Zurich, “Unruhe Bitte” with Alexandra Bachzetsis (Performance)
Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Amsterdam, “Die Neue Papa ist Deutsche” with Tine Melzer (Presentation and Performance)
2004 Okupatsioonimuuseumis, Talinn, “Works” as part of “1+1=1” (Presentation)
2003 Istanbul Technical University, SKM, Istanbul, “1:86400” (Screening)
Publications
2015 “Less Empty Maybe - Cevdet Erek”, Edited by Süreyyya Evren, Revolver Publishing & Art-ist, 112 pages
2012 “Room of Rhythms 1”, Cevdet Erek, Walther König, Cologne, 84 pages
2008 “SSS – Theme and variations for carpet”, Cevdet Erek, BAS Artist Books, Istanbul, 63 pages
Articles
2018 Cevdet Erek, HG Masters, Art Asia Pacific, Issue 108 May/June 2018
2017 A Creative Conversation, Interview by CCQ Magazine, September 2017
Erek exhibe obra sonora, Lourdes Zambrano, Reforma Cultura, 21 October 2017 [EN Translation]
Besser als 100 Amnesty-Plakaten, Ingo Arend, TAZ, 13 September 2017
Cevdet Erek, Sabine B. Vogel, Kunstforum, Vol. 247 p. 370-373
Cevdet Erek’s Sonic Movement “Çın” at Venice Biennale 2017, Nicholas Forrest, Blouinartinfo, August 2017
The Rhythm of History and the Everyday, Sebnem Soher, Damn magazine, August, 2017
Cevdet Erek (Venedik üzerine), Bahar Türkay ile, XOXO the Mag, Mayıs 2017
“İz, işaret, yankı“, Fisun Yalçınkaya, Milliyet Sanat, 21 May 2017
“The private politics of the 2017 Venice Biennale“, Kaya Genç, Little Atoms, 19 May 2017
Venice Notebook: Samplers From a Biennale Banquet, Jason Farago, The New York Times, 14 May 2017
“Cevdet Erek, Çın“, Gabi Scardi, DomusWeb, 18 May 2017
“Venedik Bienali’nin ‘en güçlü’ ÇIN sesi”, Erkan Aktuğ, 18 May 2017
“ÇIN: Tarihle yüzleş veya maskelemeye devam“, Yekta Kopan, Gazete Duvar, 17 May 2017
“Venedik ‘ÇIN’ladı…“, Emrah Kolukısa, Cumhuriyet, 15 May 2017
“57th Venice Biennale: Arsenale Pavillions“, Jennifer Higgie, Frieze, 12 May 2017
“Biraz uğultu biraz fısıltı ve bir Çınlama“, Gülden Öktem, Milliyet, 12 May 2017
“Venedik Bienali Türkiye Pavyonunda Görülecek Bir Şey Yok“, Ayşegül Sönmez, Sanatatak, 11 Mayıs 2017
“Unfolding the Structures of Sound“, Başak Şenova, Ibraaz, 8 May 2017
“ÇIN by Cevdet Erek on view in the Pavilion of Turkey at the 57th International Art Exhibition“, Art Daily, 5 May 2017
“The Inescapable Burden of Representation”, Erden Kosova, Metropolis M, April 2017
“The Venice Questionnaire #3 – Cevdet Erek“, Art Review, 3 April 2017
“How Important Is Art as a Form of Protest?“, Jennifer Higgie, Frieze, 31 March 2017
“Cevdet Erek“, Nilüfer Şaşmazer, Zero İstanbul, March 2017
“Zaha Hadid Binasına Yerleşmek“, Pippo Ciora, Betonart Issue 51, 2016
2016 “Artwork: Cevdet Erek”, Cevdet Erek, Tempo – A quarterly review of new music Vol.70 No.278, October 2016
“12 Sound Artists Changing Your Perception of Art“, Alyssa Buffenstein, Artnet News, August 2016
“Cevdet Erek disrupts sound and space“, Helen Longstreth, POSTmatter, 22 June 2016
“Listen to Cevdet Erek’s Frenzy“, Nathan Budzinksi, The Wire, May 2016
“Cevdet Erek combines sound and design to create something volatile, visceral and political“, Emily Gosling, It’s Nice That, 11 May 2016
“Educate Your Ears: Cevdet Erek“, Nicola Phillips, Kaltblut Magazine, May 2016.
“Ses, Ritim, Mekan ve Sinema“, Kültigin Kağan Akbulut, Hayal Perdesi Issue 51, March-April 2016.
‘İhtimal var, zorlamak lazım’: Cevdet Erek“, Busen Dostgül, Cem Kayıran, Bantmag Issue 46, January-February, 2016.
“Boşluk Tıkırtıları“, Murat Alat, SANATATAK, Kasım 26, 2015
2015 “Otopark’tan ‘Abluka’ya“, Tugba Esen, Agos, November 21, 2015.
“New book discusses works of Cevdet Erek“, Rumeysa Kiger, Today’s Zaman, May 6, 2015
2014 “Time, space and music in a new group exibition”, Kaya Genç, Daily Sabah, July 19, 2014
“Cevdet Erek“, Basia Lewandowska Cummings, Frieze, Issue 164, June-August 2014
“Cross Platform: Cevdet Erek“, Nathan Budzinski, The Wire issue 362, April 2014
“Alt Üst“, Alastair Cameron, Ibraaz
“Cevdet Erek: Alt Üst“, Morgan Quaintance, Art Monthly issue 375, April 2014
“Exhibition Review: Alt Üst“, Crack In The Road
“Art Pick of the Week: Cevdet Erek: Alt Ust, Saturday, February 15 to Sunday, April 20, Spike Island, Bristol“, Bristol Post
“The Tempo of Time: a Review of Cevdet Erek at Spike Island“, Deborah Meniru, Her Campus
“Review of Cevdet Erek: Alt: Üst, Spike Island, Bristol“, Trevor H Smith, Aesthetica Magazine Blog
“Empty Set vs. Cevdet Erek“, Samantha Francis, Interface
“Where are we now?“, Susanna Davies-Crook, Dazed
2012 “Sound Art at dOCUMENTA (13)“, Hannah kemp-Welch, sound-art-text.com
“Sound Works“, Emmy Skensved, whitehot magazine
“Ritimlerin Mekanında“, Nazlı Pektaş, Cumhuriyet
“Documenta 13 | Söyleşiler“, Necmi Sönmez, Sanat Dünyamız #130 / Eylül-Ekim 2012
“Raster Rhythms: Interview with Istanbul artist Cevdet Erek” Matthew Schum, haudenschild Garage
“Ritimler Odasının Mimarı“, Evrim Altug, Art Unlimited
“The Changing Times: Cevdet Erek and Hannah Weinberger“, Monika Szewczyk, Afterall
“Cevdet Erek – Kunsthalle Basel“, Aoife Rosenmeyer, Art in America
2011 “Cevdet Erek: Du Speed Métal à la Biennale“, Stephanie Vidal, Gaîté-Lyrique
“Gerçek Hayat İçin Güncel Sanat Önermeleri“, Amber Eroyan, Mimarizm
“Görünmezlik Taktikleri“, Seda Niğbolu, Art Unlimited
2010 “Tarata tinn”, Cevdet Erek, ArteEast
“Cevdet Erek, Röportaj”, Sezi Peynirci, Boğaziçi’nde Güncel Sanat Röportaj Dizisi
Neset, Anne Hilde. “The Morning Line” The Wire, August 2010: 26-27. Print.
Tan, Pelin. “Beneath our skin.” E-Flux Journal No.0, 2008. Web. Nov. 8, 2010.
Çavdar, Ayşe. “Halidan Sahil Sesi.” Aktüel Dergisi. 2008. Print and Web. 8 Nov. 2010 (Book review)
Tüzünoğlu, Azra. “Haliyla sahil sesi cikartmak” Radikal Kitap. 25 April 2008. Print and Web. Nov. 2010 (Book review)
Durmuşoğlu, Övül. “Cevdet Erek’in duyu düşün laboratuarı.” The Lady From Shangai, 2007. Web. 8 Nov. 2010.
2009 Erek, Cevdet. “The day I fix a Turbine to My Belly,” LOKAAL 01-2009. Lokaal_01 Antwerpen, Antwerp, 2009 (annual report)
Küper-Büsch, Sabine. “Emanzipation durch Kunst” Deutschlandfunk, 24 Aug. 2010. Web. 8 Nov. 2010
Sönmez, Necmi. “Ses-İmge-Zaman Arasındaki Koridorda/ Cevdet Erek’in Çalışmaları Üzerine,” Sanat Dünyamız, #111- Summer 2009
2007 Muller, Nat. “Eventful Beginnings, Ending in a Splash.” Lab for Culture, labforculture.org, 2007. Web. 8 Nov. 2010.
2006 Keijer, Kees. “Luidruchtige airco als kunst ervaren”, Het Parool - Kultuur, 02.12.2006, 32. Print.
2005 Tan, Pelin. “Illustration and text.” Metropolis M, NL, nr. 4/2005. 21, 25, 26
Catalogue texts
Durmuşoğlu, Övül. “Searching for Another Country.” Another Country-Eine andere Welt. Kulturtransfers #1, Institue für Auslandsbeziehungen e.V., Stuttgart, 2010. 67-71 (exhibition catalogue)
Pekünlü, Zeyno. “Observations from Two Cities”, centri/fugacions La Capella, Barcelona, 2009. 73-74 (exhibition catalogue)
Kopsa, Maxine. “Cevdet Erek”, Just In Time. Stedelijk Museum CS, 2006. 11, 12, 71
Erdemci, Fulya. “Cevdet Erek”, Stadtansichten Istanbul. ifa-Galerie, 2004
Erkal, Emre, Cevdet Erek. “Ausstellungsarchitectur und Klanglandschaft.” Call me Istanbul ist mein Name, ZKM, Karlsruhe, 2004. 92-93
“Cevdet Erek-Emre Erkal”, 8th Istanbul Biennial catalogue, 2003. 104 – 105
Erdemci, Fulya. “Cevdet Erek – The 2nd Bridge”, Neresi Burasi – Turkish Art Today, The Museum of Modern Art, Saitama. 2003. 28 – 33 (exhibition catalogue)
Erek, Cevdet. “Avluda – In the Courtyard,” Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions 1: Nisantasi, 2002. 145 – 148. (exhibition catalogue)
Interviews
2017 “Spatial Problems, Temporal Solutions: Cevdet Erek Interviewed“, Robert Barry, The Quietus, 6 May 2017
About the Venice Biennale, ÇIN, https://youtu.be/VhRe_oA20xk
ÇIN, Ric Bower, CCQ Magazine, 25 October 2017, p.70 -74
Gürlek, Nazlı, “Cevdet Erek, söyleşi”, Nazlı Gürlek – Writings. March, 2010. Web. 8 Nov. 2010
Vazquez, M, “Interview with Cevdet Erek”, Fall 2009
Enginöz, Yasemin Keskin. “Benim Adım İstanbul - interview with Cevdet Erek and Emre Erkal,” XXI, Nr 25, 2004. 52 - 59
Kortun, Vasif. “Avluda”, XXI magazine, Nr 17, 2003. 48-57
2012 Interview with Cevdet Erek for the Nam June Paik Award 2012 (SSS—Shore Scene Soundtrack): https://vimeo.com/53667299
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