Şekerbank Açıkekran hosts award winning video artist Ali Kazma

Şekerbank Açıkekran New Media Arts Gallery brings a selection of works exhibited at world famous biennials, museums and galleries by video artist Ali Kazma to art lovers. “Crystal Seed” focuses on social organizations based on production, craft and human labor, can be visited between November 15, 2016 and January 28, 2017 under the curatorship of Ali Akay.

17.11.2016

Açıkekran New Media Arts Gallery continues its pioneering role on contemporary art with the “Crystal Seed” exhibition comprised of Turkey’s world famous award-winning video artist Ali Kazman’s video works. Video titled ‘Crystal / Kristal’, one of four Ali Kazma’s works, will be exhibited at 9 branches in 8 provinces of Şekerbank with the Açıkekran New Media Arts Gallery, Turkey’s only contemporary art platform focusing on new media and videos.

Ali Kazma’s works focus on the basic questions concerning issues such as human activities, the meaning and importance of workforce and the meaning of economy, production and social organization. ‘Aquarium’ and ‘Robot’, two of the works to be displayed at Açıkekran by the artist who participated in the Tokyo Opera City, 9th Havana Biennial, the San Francisco Art Institute, the Lyon Biennial, The White Chapel Art Gallery, TBA21, the Kiev Biennial and the São Paolo Biennial, were displayed at the 55th Venice Biennial within the Resistance Series at the Turkish Pavilion as well.

Exhibition under the curatorship of Ali Akay, the perspective of post modern social sciences are addressed with the portrayal power of art. The artist presents robot-machine, human-machine and animal-machine relations and changing social categories to the viewer with a theoretic perspective of postmodern philosophy. The collection comprised of four videos includes Kazma’s videos titled “Aquarium”, “Clerk”, “Crystal” and “Robot”.

Şekerbank, an institution that brings art to Anatolia through Açıkekran, the first art platform in Turkey to focus on the field of new media and video, continues to contribute to the exhibition of contemporary art. The video titled ‘Crystal / Kristal’ within the “Kristal Seed” exhibit, will be shown at the Açıkekran Levent, Ankara Küçükesat and Kızılay, Kırklareli-Alpullu, Ordu, İzmir, Bodrum, Mardin and Edirne branches simultaneously.






Exhibition Details

Akvaryum, Aquarium
Resistance Series
Single channel video, 03', 2013

Clerk, Memur
Single channel video, 3' 30", 2011

Crystal, Kristal
Obstructions Series 
Single channel video, 11', 2015

Robot 
Resistance Series
Single channel video, 6', 2013


Note to the Editor:

Şekerbank, which started its art aspect with the Ömer Sunar Art Gallery in the 80s, continued activities in this field until 2005 in Ankara. 

In the scope of the project in the field of “new media arts”, brought to life under the title of “Şekerbank Açıkekran New Media Arts Gallery” in 2011, Şekerbank aims to increase access to contemporary art and culture. Continuing operations today with the goal of financing sustainable development, Şekerbank has been signing off on firsts in culture in the framework of the Açıkekran New Media Arts Gallery to support art production and bring the community closer to art by uniting local with global.

Simultaneously through special monitors with the Şekerbank Açıkekran New Media Arts Gallery in Teşvikiye, a video from each exhibit is broadcasted 24 hours a day at the common areas of the General Office in Levent as well as branches in the 8 provinces of Istanbul-Merkez, Ankara Küçükesat and Kızılay, Tekirdağ Alpullu, Ordu, İzmir, Bodrum, Mardin and Edirne for a total of 9 Şekerbank branches.

Açıkekran Yeni Medya Sanatları Galerisi
Teşvikiye Cad. 37/1 Nişantaşı, Şişli – İstanbul, TR