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Ekin Bozkurt is a transdisciplinary artist-designer from Istanbul, currently based in Milan, with a diverse background in sound art, urbanism, and landscape architecture. Bozkurt utilizes sound and other aesthetic and functional mediums to complement storytelling and interaction, exploring creativity and fluidity in public spaces, city elements, dance movements, cognition of feelings, objects, and everyday expressions. She holds a Master’s degree in Sound Art from Barcelona University, where she gained extensive experience in sound creation and sound design. Her thesis project “Sound Art Movement for Creative Spaces“ is a practical-led research project which investigates the acoustic properties of industrial chimneys. She realised various installations, performances; composed sound pieces with the collaborations of the institiutions such as Hangar, Convent de Sant Agusti in Barcelona; Casa degli Artisti, Zona K (and with collaboration of Rimini Protokoll) in Milano, Salt in Istanbul. 

Installations, Performances, Releases


2023: “Wing Possibility” 3D scene produced for a Milano Fashion Week event, Milano
2023: “Ses Evi” sound art performance at Nuovo Armenia, Milano
2023: “Bu Suda” self release.
2021: “Ses Evi” sound art performance at Casa degli Artisti, Milano
2020: Sound designer (winner of the competition) in spectacle “Fase Nove / Assolo Urbano”, with the collaboration of Rimini Protokoll, Zona K and Casa degli Artisti, Milano
2020: Sound designer in the short animation S.A.D for the musician Dardust, Milano
2019: Live music for “Yer Yer Hareketli Sunum” dance performance which took place in Salt Beyoğlu
2019: Live music for “Work in progress” dance performance
2019: Album release with the label Sonospace.
2019: Radio Chimney, sound investigation/installation, Barcelona
2019: Solo music performance in “Ritual de despedida para la Ballena del Prat” project
2019: Listen Through Tube, sound Installation/public art, Barcelona
2018: Experimental music performance in One Drone Day 2018.
2018: Collective exhibition as master students of Sound Art-UB, “In a Silent Way”
2018: Collective performance as master students of Sound Art-UB, “Cartridge Music” Concert
2018: Solo music performance in Fes-te Gotic Festival
2018: Selected sound work, Sound Photography Digital Project, Cities and Memory Global Collaborative Sound Project
2017: Selected sound work, collective fixed media concert, YTÜ Electronic Music Festival 2
2017: Selected sound work, Soundmaps for the Dreamer 2 Soundmap Project, Sonospace Digital Sound Art Gallery
2014: Participant, IPA Children Playground Design Student Project Competition
2012: “Reusing, Placemaking, Creating Events” public art performance, within City Dreams Workshop, UCTEA Architects Chamber İstanbul
2009: Third Award, Women Friendly Places Urban Design Student Competition

Journalism/Editorial

Arkitera Architecture Center, December 2015 – December 2017, Reporter, Interviewer, Editor.
Flint PR İstanbul, September 2014 – December 2015, PR Content Creator
Ekologos Sustainability Management and Communications Services Ltd Corporation, September 2014-March 2015, Project Executive (Research “green” locations and informations for a map application)
Compmusic Project, October 2012-December 2013, Freelance Web Editor (Research for information and notations of Classical Turkish Music compositions and enter the information in Musicbrainz database)
Agora Publishings, November 2011-January 2012, Intern Editorial Assistant
Aton Production, 2011 – 2012, Freelance Translator
Grizine (E – Magazine), 2013, Illustrations
Birgün Newspaper, 2011, Article translation

Academic

Artistic Thesis for Sound Art Master in Barcelona University, “Sound Art Movement for Creative Spaces”, 2018
Thesis for Landscape Architecture Master in Istanbul Technical University, “Creating Sonic Experiences as a Landscape Design Element for Increase the Value of Public Space”, 2019