press release from IKSV:

“ÇIN, a new work by Cevdet Erek, will be presented in the Pavilion of Turkey at the 57th Venice Biennale, to be held from May 13 through November 26, 2017. Organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), the Pavilion of Turkey is located at Sale d’Armi, Arsenale, in the main venue of the biennale.

At the press conference, that took place at Salon İKSV on Monday, February 27, Cevdet Erekillustrated some of the methods and concepts that he has experimented with since the end of the 2000’s. Work series such as “Room of Rhythms,” “Rulers and Rhythms Studies” and “Sound Ornamentations” were discussed by Cevdet Erek through sounds, images and drawings which he made during his presentation. The artist gave examples of the studies conducted for the preparation of the work ÇIN, which is created as a site-specific work for the Pavilion of Turkey at the 57th Venice Biennale, and shared through various media.

About his new work Cevdet Erek said: “Instead of trying to describe a work that is meant to be experienced on-site, and is still in the phase of formation, I propose to imagine a scene together as an exercise: there is a fenced ruin in the distance with a guard inside of it who should not leave during the day. The guard, while walking in silence, notices a visitor who carefully peeks around and the concert of thousands of crickets thanks to the visitor. This duo who try to talk to each other at a distance, briefly cry out at the same time from the ear pain caused by a violent noise that occurs out of the blue. Then, at night, in another place as the guard tries to suppress the ringing in her ears by opening the window two fingerbreadths and the noise a notch, enters an alarm sound: ‘viyuviyuviyuviyu.’ Then she tries to imagine again in the same order by going back to the beginning.”

Cevdet Erek, who told various anecdotes from his working process in Istanbul and accompanying short trips, introduced the core project team and stated that the work would allow for new participants and collaborations. The project team includes project coordinator and memory Yelin Bilgin, architect and soft tone Gürden Gür, architect and smiling face Elif Tunçel, art historian and sibling Ayşe Erek and visual identity designer Yetkin Başarır. A new publication accompanies the exhibition and will be available at the launch of the Pavilion of Turkey at the biennale.

The exhibition in the Pavilion of Turkey at the Venice Biennale is sponsored by Fiat, realised with the contribution of Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Turkey, under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and with the production support of SAHA Association. The Pavilion of Turkey will be located in the Arsenale at Sale d’Armi where the exhibition takes place. The long-term venue was secured by İKSV for the duration of 20 years from 2014 to 2034 and supported by generous contributions of 21 supporters.

For international media inquiries, please contact:

IKSV Media Relations: media [at] iksv.org
Gair Burton, Pickles PR: gair [at] picklespr.com“

çok şiddetli olaylar dizisinin ortasında biraz önce yaşanan sarsıntı bir öncekini geçmişe itip hikaye aygıtına dizinin devamını kurdururken tarih ile kalıntılar üzerinden uzak geçmişe gidiyoruz savaş ile ölümün yönettiği anlatı aracılığıyla bir yandan komşuları uzaklardan gelen pavyonu hayal ediyoruz uzaktan benzerleri ve simülasyonları üzerinden içinde kulakları tıkamadan hareket edermiş gibi yeni sarsıntıyla sıfırlandıktan sonra bu yazının son kayıtlı halini açıyoruz (sessizlik) 16 Ocak 2017

in the midst of a series of events displaying great intensity and as the most recent jolt thrusts the previous one further into the past and the fabricator of tales conjures up the next part in the series, we travel into the distant past via history and remains and by way of a narrative ruled by war and death, as we imagine — from a distance, and on the basis of likenesses and simulations — the pavilion with neighbours from afar as though we were moving inside it without covering our ears after being reset with a new jolt we open the latest recorded version of this file (silence) 16 Jan 2017

(Turkish to English translation: Nazım Hikmet Richard Dikbaş)

from IKSV press release, english below:

“Venedik Bienali 57. Uluslararası Sanat Sergisi Türkiye Pavyonu’nda Cevdet Erek’in projesi yer alacak

13 Mayıs-26 Kasım 2017 tarihlerinde gerçekleştirilecek Venedik Bienali 57. Uluslararası Sanat Sergisi’nin Türkiye Pavyonu’nda sanatçı Cevdet Erek’in projesi sergilenecek. Koordinasyonunu İstanbul Kültür Sanat Vakfı’nın yürüttüğü sergide, Cevdet Erek’in birlikte çalışacağı proje ekibi önümüzdeki aylarda açıklanacak.

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The Pavilion of Turkey to present a project by Cevdet Erek at the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia

A project by artist Cevdet Erek will be presented at the Pavilion of Turkey at the 57th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, to be held between 13 May and 26 November 2017. The Pavilion of Turkey is organised by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV). The project team that Cevdet Erek will collaborate with will be announced in the proceeding months.”

Daha fazla bilgi / For more information: http://iksv.org/tr/arsiv/p/1/1345

http://artforum.com/news/id=59784

http://artasiapacific.com/News/CevdetErekToRepresentTurkeyVeniceBiennale

(english below)

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