under.ctrl // canavarlar

under.ctrl
a project by NOMAD
developed by Basak Senova, Erhan Muratoglu, Emre Erkal
curated by Basak Senova
31 March 2006 > 2 April 2006

http://nomad-tv.net/under_ctrl

FORUM STADTPARK
Stadtpark 1, A - 8010 Graz
http://www.forumstadtpark.at

The project series, under.ctrl, intends to define ?the interfaces of control
mechanisms? which systematically compose our lives. Interfaces themselves
have become the locus of control by being more effective than their underlying
mechanisms, yet more invisible and subtle in normalizing such mechanisms
which they veil. They operate in various layers of our daily perception and
realization through the re-designing of life styles; procedures of auto-control;
re-perception of histories; generating modes for social psychology; constructing
communication channels; and particularly through technological embodiment.
The significant influence of these interfaces, along with the direction and
intensity of implicit and explicit acceptance and rejection modes, are being
detected and questioned through subversive activities and reactions in
different forms of expressions by artistic practices. The project follows an
empirical method through various researches carried out by different artistic
practices focusing on various kinds of interfaces of control mechanisms
operating in the social, political, economic, cultural, geo-political, and
psychological layers of our daily lives. In the same line of thought, this project
is also an attempt to detect tactics and rejection mechanisms along with the
?off the record? strategies against the pressures and conditions of these
mechanisms.

under.ctrl graz launch: ?interfaces of control mechanisms?, which is planned as
an event in process with various performance formats, will put forward
observations on the various aspects of the mechanisms that control our lives,
in connection with their designed interfaces. Throughout these 3 days, Forum
Stadtpark will host sound performances, installations and screenings of works
and documentaries (in a definite time frame with a controlled and composite
schedule) along with a panel that will be publicized after the event. Therefore,
it will operate as a platform of discussion on how these interfaces are shaped
and alter our lives in different local contexts. loosing.ctrl (Turkish-Israeli
project) -as one of the sub channels of the series- will also be presented with a
screening programme. under.ctrl graz launch will bring a specific emphasis to
the local context through the works of Austrian artists and a local activist
group.

participants
The participating artists of under.ctrl are Nooshin Farhid (Iran/UK), Hristina
Ivanoska (Macedonia) Effie and Amir (Israel/Belgium), Zhou Hongxiang
(China), Ran Slavin (Israel), Anabala (Turkey), Sala Manca (Argentina/Israel),
Ligna (Germany), Erhan Muratoglu (Turkey), Michael Zinganel (Austria),
Pragmatic Sanction (Austria), Vuk Cosic (Slovenia), Nicole Pruckermayr &
IOhannes zmölnig (Austria), Yane Calovski (Macedonia), FOS (Denmark) and
Igor Stromajer & Brane Zorman (Slovenia).

Participating artists of the loosing.ctrl screening programme are Yael Bartana
(Israel), Erhan Muratoglu (Turkey), Ruti Sela & Maayan Amir (Israel), Can
Turkinan & Özlem Sulak (Turkey), and Hatice Guleryuz (Turkey).

The panelists are Andreas Leo Findeisen (Austria), Marina Grzinic (Slovenia),
Vuk Cosic (Slovenia) and Emre Erkal. Erhan Muratoglu and Basak Senova of
NOMAD (Turkey) will be acting as moderators.

daily schedule:
31. March. 2006, 7pm-11pm video works, installations, documentaries and
screening programme and live performance of Ran Slavin (Israel) ? streaming
through the Internet
01. April. 2006, 7pm-11pm video works, installations, documentaries and
screening programme and live performance of Sala Manca (Argentina/Israel) ?
streaming through the Internet
02. April.2006, 3pm-3.30pm Ligna (DE) presentation,
3.30pm ? 5.30 pm panel ? audio streaming through the Internet
7pm-11pm video works, installations, documentaries and screening
programme and live performance of Anabala (Turkey) ? streaming through the
Internet