K ö k e n E r g u n
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1976 Born in Istanbul
1997 BA, Acting, Istanbul University State Conservatory
2000 PgD, Ancient Greek Literature, King’s College London
2005 MA, Art History, Istanbul Bilgi University
current PhD candidate, Performance Studies, Freie Universität, Berlin
Solo Exhibitions
2013
SALT, Ankara
Ashura, Protocinema, New York
2011
Kunsthalle Winterthur, Switzerland
2009
Crash on Queens, Montevideo/Netherlands Media Institute, Amsterdam
2007
Nightworkers, YAMA, Istanbul
On the Brink (with Ahmet Ögüt), Curators without Borders, Berlin
Selected Group Exhibitions
2014
Places of Transition, Museumsquartier Wien
2013
An Anatomical Chart of Love Pains, The Model, Sligo
Biennale Cuveé, OK Centrum, Linz
ReCoCo:Life under Representational Regimes, Moby Batyam, Israel
2012
La Triennale: Intense Proximity, Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Men Amongst the Ruins, TEOR/éTica. San José, Costa Rica
On Stupidity, Petach Tikva Museum, Israel
Asymmetric Europe, MOCAV, Novi Sad
Scenarios about Europe: Scenario 3, GfZK, Leipzig
2011
Foto Festival: The Eye is a Lonely Hunter, Heidelberger Kunstverein
Based in Berlin, Atelierhaus Monbijoupark, Berlin
Labor & Leisure, Wyspa, Gdansk
Self Extreme, Haifa Museum of Modern Art, Israel
You Are All Individuals, Castrum Pregrini, Amsterdam
ReCoCo:Life under Representational Regimes, Kunsthalle Exnergasse, Austria
2010
Another Country, Ifa Gallery, Stuttgart and Berlin
Politics of Art, Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens
Suspended Spaces, Maison de la Culture, Amiens
2009
Not Easy to Save the World in 90 Days, Tanas, Berlin
Darbe, Outlet Gallery, Istanbul
Memory Labyrinth, Ars Cameralis, Katowice
Istanbul Traverseé, Palais des Beaux Arts de Lille
Forbidden Junctions, Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
2008
Soft Manipulation, Casino Luxembourg
Salon of the Revolution, 29th Youth Salon, Zagreb
U-Turn: Quadrennial for Contemporary Arts, Copenhagen
Just Different, Cobra Museum, Amsterdam
Sampling, Locus, Athens
Signals in the Dark: Art in the Shadow of War, Blackwood Gallery, Toronto [Toured to Leonard Ellen Gallery, Montreal & The Model, Sligo, Ireland (2009)]
2007
L’enfer, C’est les Autres, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
Ortung, Galerie 5020, Salzburg
Glowing Whistle Festival, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
2006
Somewhere in Time, Art Sonje Center, Seoul
Naked Life, Museum of Contemporary Arts, Taipei
Rejection Episodes, Vooruit, Ghent
Köken Ergun & Markus Lohman, Kuenstlerhauser Worpswede
Helter/Helter, Galerie Anne de Villepoix, Paris
People, Land, State Israeli Center for Digital Art, Holon
Re-shuffle, Art in General, New York
2005
Free Kick, Hospitality Zone at the 9th Istanbul Biennial
Normalization: Art For… (Part One), Platform Garanti Contemporary Arts, Istanbul
2004
Placebo Effect, Sparwasser HQ, Berlin
Rimbaud, I-20 Gallery, New York
Public Execution, Exit Art, New York
2003
Institutions2, KIASMA Museum of Modern Arts, Helsinki
2002
1st Istanbul Pedestrian Exhibitions, Istanbul
Selected Screenings & Artist’s Talks
2013
Festival on Wheels, Ankara
Doc Lisboa
International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam
Winterthur Short Film Festival
Global Prayers Conference, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (Talk)
Theatrical Reminiscences Festival, Krakow
Videoart at Midnight #47, Babylon Kino, Berlin (Talk & Screening)
Ibraaz Talk at SALT Beyoglu (Talk with Omar Kholeif)
Former West, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (Talk & Screening)
Berlinale, Berlinale Shorts Competition
Sabanci University, Istanbul (Talk & Screening)
2012
SALT, Istanbul (Critical Tour of the Hassan Khan exhibition)
Steirischer Herbst: Truth is Concrete, Graz (Talk)
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin (Talk & Screening)
Istanbul Theatre Festival (Talk with Prof. Arzu Öztürkmen & Adnan Yildiz)
Potsdam University, Potsdam (Talk)
2011
Kunsthalle Winterthur (Talk with Ian White)
Winterthur Short Film Festival
Kunsthalle Mannheim (Talk with Prof. Christiane Brosius)
Haifa Museum of Modern art (Talk)
IFA gallery, Berlin (Talk with Ian White)
Zurich Film Festival
Castrum Pregrini, Amsterdam
2010
Technion University, Haifa (Talk)
British Film Institute, London
Isola Art Center, Milano (Talk)
Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart (Talk)
Images Festival, Toronto
2009
Centre Pompidou, Paris
OVNI / Casa Arabe, Barcelona, Madrid
Art in General, New York
Digital Art Lab, Holon (Talk)
Mamuta, Jerusalem (Talk)
Steirischer Herbst, Graz
Auguste Orts, Brussels
Kunstwerke, Berlin
2008
Videozone, Tel Aviv
CCA Glasgow, UK
CGAC, Santiago De Compostela
Kino Arsenal, Berlin (Talk)
Villa Romana, Florence Gallery TPW, Toronto
Homeworks, Askhan Alwan, Beirut
Images Festival, Toronto
Oberhausen Short Film Festival
2007
Rotterdam Film Festival
Videomedeja, Novi Sad
Oberhausen Short Film Festival
Loop Video Art Festival, Barcelona
Les Rencontres International, Madrid, Berlin, Paris
Sydney Film Festival
Indielisboa Film Festival
Transat Video, Caen-Cedex
!f Istanbul, Festival of Independent Films
Winterthur Short Film Festival, Switzerland
2006
San Francisco Cinematheque
Trafo Center of Arts, Budapest
International Documentary Film Festival, Amsterdam
Zagreb Film Festival
Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
Danish Film Institute, Kopenhagen
Oberhausen Short Film Festival
2005
The Sculpture Center, New York
Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe
Selected Prizes, Grants and Residencies
2013
Special Mention, Berlinale Shorts
2011
Interart Graduate College, DFG (German Research Foundation) at the Freie Universität Berlin
2009
DAAD Doctoral Research Scholarship (Freie Universität, Interarts Graduate College)
2008
Solyst Artist in Residency, Denmark
Israeli Center for Digital Art Residency, Holon, Israel
2007
Tiger Award for Short Film, Rotterdam Film Festival
Onda Curta Award, Indielisboa Film Festival
Special Jury Prize, Dokufest, Kosovo
Sphinx Award, Videomedeja, Novi Sad, Serbia
EMARE Grant, Werkleitz, Halle
Askhal Alwan Residency, Beirut
2006
Special Mention Prize, Zagreb Film Festival
Kuenstlerhauser Worpswede, Germany
Künstlersymposium ORTung, Strobl, Austria
2005 – 1998
Platform Garanti Residency Program
Project grant of the Moon and Stars Foundation
Project grant of the Jerome Robbins Foundation
Project grant of The American Center Foundation
Watermill Center, Long Island, New York, USA
Selected Bibliography and video/sound recordings
Demir, D. Köken Ergun, Art Cities of the Future, Phaidon Press, London, 2013
Altunok, Ö. Bir Cesit Arabulucu, Cumhuriyet (Daily Newspaper), 23 March 2013
Tasciyan A. Sonsuz Matemin Etkileyici Filmi: Aşura, Star (Daily Newspaper), 2 March 2013
Kielmayer, O. We are All Beautiful, Flash Art, May-June 2012
Bloch, E. In the Eyes of Köken Ergun, Focal Magazine, issue 260, 5 June 2012
Bouteloup, M. (ed.) Transcript of an Interview with James Dandan, in Le Journal de La Trienalle, Issue 4, 18 May 2012
Latimer, Q. Postcard from Zurich, Frieze Blog, 19 December 2011
Kiger, R. Köken Ergun and the Art of Anthropology, Sunday’s Zaman, 16 October 2011
Kielmayer, O., White, I., Deniz, E. (eds.) Who am I Anyway: Three Interviews with Köken Ergun, Kunsthalle Winterthur Publications, Berlin, 2011
Ovesen, S., Gregos, K. (eds.) The Eye is a Lonely Hunter: Images of Mankind, 4. Fotofestival Mannheim, Ludwigshafen, Heidelberg (Cat.), Kehrer Verlag, September 2011
Wahjudi, C. Wowereits Letztes Geschenk: “Based in Berlin”, Zitty Magazine, 17 July 2011
Schneider, K. ReCoCo: Resignation, Conspiracy, Corruption. Domus Magazine (Web), 16 June 2011
Wir Kinder Von “Based in Berlin”, Monopol Magazin, 7 June 2011
Knöfel, U. Wovi Center, Der Spiegel, Issue 23, 4 June 2011
Ersoy, O. Unexpected Scenes from a Human Right’s Video Archive in Suspended Spaces, Blackjack Editions, Paris, Jan. 2011
Durmusoglu, O. Another Country (Cat.), IFA publishers, 2010
Kiger, R. Exhibition explores aftermath of Turkey’s 1980 military coup, Today’s Zaman, 13 September 2010
White, I. Köken Ergun: Personal Works of Public Ceremonies, Ars Cameralis, 2009
Özgüven, F. Her Yer Sinema, Radikal, 17 September 2009
Miskovic, T. U-Turn (Cat.), U-Turn Quadriennial Publishers, 2008
Sorensen, R. Et Kunstvaerk Korte Gennem Byen, Information, 3 July, 2008
Liambeys, L. Sampling: Seven Turkish Artists in the Centre of Popular Arts, Kaput, July 2008
Kealy, S. (ed.) Signals in the Dark (Cat.), University of Toronto Press, March 2008
Kim, S. (ed.) Somewhere in Time (Cat.), Art Sonje Museum, January 2008
Zonnenberg, N. L’enfer C’est les Autres, (Cat.), SMBA, Amsterdam, July 2007
Majaca, A. if i am right and good, show me your happiness, smile. Zivot Umjetnosti, issue 81, 2007
Koyoglu, O. Türkiye’nin En Sanatsal Ilan Panosu, Aksam, 8 July 2007
Altug, E. Geri Dönüsüm Zamaninin Gögü Yamayan Emekcileri, Gazetem.net, 29 May 2007
Öztat, I. Ekranda Pera Esnafi: Köken Ergun ile Ropörtaj, Esnaf Dergisi, May 2007
Jin, H. Somewhere in Time, Joongang, 23 February 2007
Tasciyan, A. Kisa filmdeki Büyük Dersler, Milliyet, 1 February 2007
Richter, M. Naked Life (Cat.), MOCA Taipei Publications, February 2007
Dong-shin,S. Two Retrospectives of Korean Art, The Korea Times, 25 December 2006
Paynter, N. Inspiration of Home: An Interview with Köken Ergun, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 85, December 2006
Dagen,P. Helter/Helter, Le Monde, 17 June 2006
Eliat, G. People, Land, State (Cat.) Israeli Center for Digital Arts, May 2006
Mueler, C. Brüllt Mal Jemand?, Tageszeitung JungeWelt, 12 May 2006
LaTourelle, R. The Peninsula (Cat.) Singapore Fringe Festival, February 2006
Folie, S. Young Performers:The Winner is the Family, Work:Art in Progress, Fall 2005
Altındere, H & Özmen, S. Free Kick (Cat.), Artist Publications, Istanbul 2005
Kortun, V. Placebo Effect (Cat.), December 2004
Cangüven, Ö. Jön Türk Hareketi, Radikal, 16 July 2004
Smith, R. Art in Review: Rimbaud, New York Times, 30 July 2004
Ayas, D. How I Terrorized Europe: An Interview with Köken Ergun, Maviology, issue 23, 2004
Paynter, N. Exhibition Review Parachute, issue: 010, April 2003
Publications by/for Köken Ergun:
Ergun, K. Nostalgia Overdose: Homesickness in Wedding Ceremonies of the Turkish-German Community in Berlin, Paragnara, Issue number 20, 2011.
Kielmayer, O., White, I., Deniz, E. Ergun, K. (eds.) Who am I Anyway: Three Interviews with Köken Ergun, Kunsthalle Winterthur Publications, Berlin, 2011
Heck P. (ed.) A Crash on Queens: Interview with Köken Ergun, Netherlands Media Institute, May 2009
Paynter, N. Inspiration of Home: An Interview with Köken Ergun, PAJ: A Journal of Performance and Art 85, December 2006
Ergun K. Representation of Stress on the Contemporary Body, unpublished Master Thesis (available at Istanbul Bilgi University Library Collections and indexofworks.com), 2006
Public Collections
Centre Pompidou, Musée National d’Art Moderne, France
Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Greece
Private Collections
Bilge & Haro Cumbusyan Collection, Turkey
Opymos Collection, Turkey
Distribution
Montevideo/Netherlands Media Art Institute
Video Data Bank, USA
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