Serhat Köksal ( 2/5BZ ) Bidoun Interview: An Example in Cultural Pipeline Dialogue•
Under the ever stiffening wind of neoottomans.biz, Bidoun, in its last issue, has hooked up with wider distribution channels in Turkey, in an effort to increase its sales. In fact, in this last issue, it becomes more apparent that Bidoun is “filling the gaping hole in the arts and culture coverage of the Middle East and its Diaspora” through pandering to the needs of capital spooning with oil money, co-opting local panderers and new commodities, and turning the arts and culture of the Middle East into a mere decorative element with local flavors for the capital. Contempoorary art’s these dialogue fetishist, smart and intellectual panderers, are turning the nouveau-riche, wanna-be neo-ottomans in commerce, and their Middle Eastern counterparts, as well as the well-educated new minds into willing customers for the new operations of capital in the region. They asked him well-put questions, and he has answered. At least, he is publishing them here.
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Bidoun, son sayısıyla, giderek daha kuvvetli esen neo-ottomanız.biz rüzgarını arkasına alıp, Türkiye’de de dört koldan dağıtıma girerek, satışını arttırmaya çalışıyor. Zaten, bu son sayıda, “Ortadoğu ve diyasporasının kültür ve sanatı konusunda varolan yayın boşluğu”nu, petrol parasıyla oynaşan sermayenin, kültür-sanat piyasasında ‘satıcı’lığını yaparak doldurduğunu, kendi yerel ‘satış temsilcileri’ ve ‘mallar’ını yetiştirme yetkisini elinde tuttuğunu, Ortadoğu kültür ve sanatını sermayenin yerelle tadlandırılmış dekoratif unsuru yapmak için çalıştığını da daha açık bir şekilde ilan etti. Sadece cebi yeni para görmüş , ticari olarak neo-ottomanlığa özenenleri ve onların Ortadoğu’daki muadillerini değil, Ortadoğu’nun mürekkep yalamış yeni neslini de sermayenin bu coğrafyadaki yeni operasyonları için müşterileştiren zeki ve entellektüel ve diyalog fetişisti gümcel sanat ‘satıcı’ları, ona aklı başında sorular sordular, o da cevapladı. En azından burada da yayınladı .
Spamullah
http://spamullah.wordpress.com
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Serhat Koksal has continued to develop his multimedia project 2/5BZ — initiated in Istanbul in 1986 — expressing himself in a wide range of media forms. Besides audiovisual performances like ‘NO Touristik NO Egzotik ‘ which have been shown internationally on 18 country 87 cities, Serhat Koksal has produced Tapes, CDs, Video-Collages, performances, DVDs, Vinyls, Stickers, Posters and Copy-Zines since 1991.
In his project NO Pipeline NO Exotic, Serhat Koksal (aka 2/5BZ) illuminates the common cultural cliches between Orient and Occident in a critical and humorous way, investigating their effects on people’s economic or political situation and individual states of mind. He employs collage and cut-up techniques, found film material, outdoor shots and samples. The project concentrates on concepts such as ”Cultural Pipeline” and ”Energy Dialogue” since 2007 begin, presenting Sound Performance and Planetcore live visuals in Italy, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Iran, Poland, Russia, USA, Belgium, Holland,Belarus, Switzerland, France, Latvia ,Denmark and Serbia. 2/5BZ has performed at well-known festivals such as Club Transmediale in Berlin ,Sonic Acts in Amsterdam , collaborated with numerous musicians such as Tim Hodgkinson .
Serhat Koksal is co-curator of the International Roaming Biennial of Tehran and have interview with John Peel on 1994 for BBC world Service " Of all the music I heard in Turkey , I liked 2/5BZ best ". John Peel and have two times ”Peel Session” in BBC Radio 1 and have interview about Turkish Pop Cinema on Channel 4 TV (Mondo Macabro television series 2001) and have selection in first wide-ranging book quide of audiovisual art and VJ culture ( D-Fuse ) in 2006. Project presenting on the subject of Turkish Pop Cinema and Deconstruction, Exotic Tourism and Anti-City myths,Copy Culture and Remakes, critical sound art and audiovisual experimentation using found footage, news material, outdoor shots , field recordings and processed samples, electronics - in short: a critical and humorous re-use of mass culture.He lives and works in Istanbul.
http://spamullah.wordpress.com
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Serhat Koksal has continued to develop his multimedia project 2/5BZ — initiated in Istanbul in 1986 — expressing himself in a wide range of media forms. Besides audiovisual performances like ‘NO Touristik NO Egzotik ‘ which have been shown internationally on 18 country 87 cities, Serhat Koksal has produced Tapes, CDs, Video-Collages, performances, DVDs, Vinyls, Stickers, Posters and Copy-Zines since 1991.
In his project NO Pipeline NO Exotic, Serhat Koksal (aka 2/5BZ) illuminates the common cultural cliches between Orient and Occident in a critical and humorous way, investigating their effects on people’s economic or political situation and individual states of mind. He employs collage and cut-up techniques, found film material, outdoor shots and samples. The project concentrates on concepts such as ”Cultural Pipeline” and ”Energy Dialogue” since 2007 begin, presenting Sound Performance and Planetcore live visuals in Italy, Sweden, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Iran, Poland, Russia, USA, Belgium, Holland,Belarus, Switzerland, France, Latvia ,Denmark and Serbia. 2/5BZ has performed at well-known festivals such as Club Transmediale in Berlin ,Sonic Acts in Amsterdam , collaborated with numerous musicians such as Tim Hodgkinson .
Serhat Koksal is co-curator of the International Roaming Biennial of Tehran and have interview with John Peel on 1994 for BBC world Service " Of all the music I heard in Turkey , I liked 2/5BZ best ". John Peel and have two times ”Peel Session” in BBC Radio 1 and have interview about Turkish Pop Cinema on Channel 4 TV (Mondo Macabro television series 2001) and have selection in first wide-ranging book quide of audiovisual art and VJ culture ( D-Fuse ) in 2006. Project presenting on the subject of Turkish Pop Cinema and Deconstruction, Exotic Tourism and Anti-City myths,Copy Culture and Remakes, critical sound art and audiovisual experimentation using found footage, news material, outdoor shots , field recordings and processed samples, electronics - in short: a critical and humorous re-use of mass culture.He lives and works in Istanbul.
