Combining education, research, production and exhibition facilities in the field of art and cultural studies, santralistanbul presents “Uncharted: User Frames in Media Arts”, an exhibition realized. With the contribution of ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, a pioneering cultural institution for the last 20 years in Europe, ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne, also a distinguished design institute in Europe, and independent curators.  

The selection of contemporary artworks in the exhibition that call for extensive utilisation of digital and interactive media, enable viewers to become users, participators and creators.

The part of the exhibition entitled “YOU_ser. The Century of the Consumer” presented by the ZKM expresses the forerunning limits of this new user-focused art and enables the viewer to explore the transformation which the relationship between the viewer and the artwork is undergoing.

“User Frames in Media Arts” not only brings art and science together but also discusses the Media Arts concept as updated by the daily advancement in technology. Inviting the viewer to become a user, creative and participant, this exhibition also includes important names such as Marcel Duchamp and Peter Weibel, who have extensively investigated these concepts in the history of art. The exhibition brings together the works of more than 80 artists, from Chile, Brazil, Korea, Japan, United States and Australia, as well as from Europe.

In this video interview, the exhibition’s co-curator Atif Ahmet Akin talks about the changing nature of art and the role of the audience in Media Arts.

Uncharted: User Frames in Media from Toygun Yilmazer on Vimeo.

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