Cevdet Erek


Cevdet Erek is a Turkish artist and musician. Cevdet Erek was the recipient of the :de:Nam June Paik Award|Nam Jun Paik Award in 2012.

Education

Erek studied architecture at Mimar Sinan University of Fine Arts, while working at various architectural practices as well as in the music band Nekropsi. He left the master's program he had started at MSU for Istanbul Technical University's Center for Advanced Studies in Music, where he studied Sound Engineering and Design and worked as a research assistant from 2002 to 2011. Erek was an artist in residence at Rijksakademie in Amsterdam between 2005-2006.

Exhibitions

Erek participated in dOCUMENTA in 2012 with "Raum der Rhythmen" . Volumes of the same study were shown as “A Room of Rhythms - Otopark” in the 14th Istanbul Biennial and as "Room of Rhythms - Curva" at MAXXI in Rome as part of the exhibition "Open Museum Open City]”. Implementations of “Courtyard Ornamentation” series were shown in 11th Sharjah Biennial, then in Marrakech Bienniale 5. "Rulers and Rhythm Studies" were presented in the Stedelijk Museum collection in Amsterdam as well as the 12th Istanbul Biennial and 7th Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art in Brisbane. Solo exhibitions of his work were organized by Spike Island in Bristol, UK, in 2014 and at the Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland, in 2012.

Collaborations

Erek was responsible for the sound and music direction for Kaan Müjdeci's feature-length film “Sivas”, and music and sound co-design for Emin Alper’s feature-length film “Abluka / Frenzy”.
Erek designed and realised sound installations for Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk's Museum of Innocence which was opened in Çukurcuma neighbourhood of Beyoğlu, Istanbul in 2011.

Books

"" was edited by Süreyyya Evren and published by in 2015,.
"Cevdet Erek - Room of Rhythms 1", based on a conversation by Cevdet Erek and editor Duygu Demir, was published by :de:Buchhandlung Walther König|Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig in 2012,. The publication surveys the research that led to Room of Rhythms, provides an insight into Cevdet Erek's practice as an artist, summing up the artistic research that led to "Room of Rhythms", an experiential installation presented at dOCUMENTA.
"SSS - Sahil Sahnesi Sesi / Shore Scene Soundtrack -Themes and Variations for Carpet" written by Cevdet Erek was released as a part of by in February 2008.

Teaching

Cevdet Erek co-taught architectural design studio with Arda İnceoğlu at the School of Architecture at Istanbul Technical University between 2011–13, and is still offering sound and music related courses at the Conservatory of the same university, İTÜ TMDK.