According to a gossip; at the recent Marina Abramovic show at the MoMA, the performers were all secretly playing with their smart phones during their presence at the gallery...
Twin (connected) is a multilingual, multimedia performance piece by Genco Gulan that will make its premier this week at Visibility Festival in Istanbul . Connected is the new version of "the twin" series of Gulan. This time he is re-interpreting Marina Abramovic and Ulay's performances called "Relation in Time" (1977/ 2010) with an identical pair of twins; Deniz and Yeliz Çelebi.
In "Twin (connected)", the performers, literally connected to each other from their hair, hold smart phones in their hands, and also got connected to each other through (a) grand network(s). In the project, the twins will sit together motionless for two hours, while interacting with each other, and interact (indirectly) with the audience. In the project a couple of twins will be performing a single character (Ayse Ayse), to remind us of our loneliness in online communities.
Link:
http://istanbulmuseum.org/twin
Address:
Hamursuz Fırını
Şair Ziya Paşa Yokuşu, No:13 Galata Kuledibi Beyoğlu
Istanbul, 34420
Turkey
Genco Gülan is a conceptual artist with an interest in new media and performance art. He studied Political Science and Art at Bogazici University then he pursued an MA degree on Media Studies at New School, New York. He got prizes from BP, New School, Lions, E.M.A.F. Nominated for the European Art prize in 2012 and got selected as a finalist. Gülan made solo shows in Istanbul, Ankara, Graz, Berlin, New York, Seoul and Zagreb. His works are presented in museums such as; Centre Pompidou, Pera, ZKM, MAM, Rio and La Triennale di Milano. He participated to festivals such as; Steirishes Herbst, Ars Electronica, Mediaterra, prog-me, Accente, Balkan Art and Istanbul Festival. His net-art pieces have been exhibited at irishmuseumofmodernart.org, rhizome.org and kanonmedia.com/ His works listed in required reading lists such as; City University, New York, Rice University and U.C. Santa Barbara. Gülan gave conferences at Yale, School of Visual Arts, Köln University and New York Institute of Technology. Genco Gülan and his art has been referred to by Newsweek, Herald Tribune, NY Arts, Art in America, Art News, Das Kunst, Beaux Arts and Idomenee. His monography edited Dr. Marcus Graf is published by Revolver Berlin the title "Conceptual Colors of genco Gulan". His book "De-Constructing the Digital Revolution" is published by LAP and both of the books are available at amazon.com/ Genco Gülan was in the Advisory Board of Balkan Biennial, Thessaloniki and International Programming Committee of ISEA Singapore. He is the founder of the Web Biennial. Currently he teaches at Mimar Sinan Academy and Bogazici University.
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