Art Following The Trend? Trend? Artists’ Voices: Genco Gülan

Genco Gülan, media and performance artist, in conversation with Alexandra Reill

documentary film | DV PAL | 16:9

idea | concept | camera work | editing alexandra reill
production kanonmedia | vienna / a | gümüşlük | tr 2006 / 2007

Genco Gülan, 1969, visual new media and performance artist, is a graduate of Bogazici University / Department of Political Sciences and International Affairs. He received a certificate from the Department of Fine Arts from the same institution in 1991. Gülan attended the New School University / Media Research and received a master’s degree in 2000. The artist has had many solo exhibitions in Turkey as well as abroad, i.e. 1998 Centre Pompidou, Paris, 2002 New Museum, New York City; Neue Galerie, Graz, 2003 Rio Museum of Modern Art, 2003 Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum; 2004 Biennale Thessaloniki – KosmopolisZKM, Karlsruhe. He was awarded with the New School University New York Media Award in 1999 and the BP Turkish-Azerbaijan Artists Competition Young Artist Award in 1994. The artist lives and works in Istanbul and in addition to his art production teaches New Media at the Yeditepe University.

Art Following The Trend? Artists’ Voices: Genco Gülan screenings at

— underdog film fest / vie / a / 07

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— rhizome / nyc / us / 07
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