ADA United Species ADVERTISING
ADA, (the grAsslAnds) is a youngest country in the world, and as all countries do, it needs a good PR campaign. This is where Altinoz comes in to help Bahcivan. By spending a day within and around the country, observing and documenting, Altinoz creates a specially tailored commercial for ADA United Species.
“Well done ADA, Blessed is the grassy A, In the Name of the Others
Your Grasslands are Our Grasses, Our Grasslands are Your Grasses, Grasslands are Your Grasslands.“
“We greet you on behalf of the ADA Compound Species;
ADA located on 40°53'23'N 29°22'42'E are the chosen blessed Grasslands that declared their Independence with the 13th April Events.
These lands belong to the people of ADA, ADA members are only grassland creatures.
In this Autonomous Grassland, humans, bipedal creatures can only be Collaborators, Visitors, Supporters, Workers, or Visitors.
Collaborations mean recognizing us, enriching our existence, and transmitting our name to other generations.
ADA is on the side of all kinds of others, every oppressed ditch protects the Grasslands, it is ready for any struggle for territorial integrity if necessary.
ADA, which left its 1st foundation period behind with the 1st JUNE week, continued on its way with the new citizens who joined it in the surrounding land after the 2nd grass cutting, and the existence of those who did not know themselves was ended.
Having a circumference of 41 steps, our soils are 165 steps in accordance with the 13 Steps of the WORLDWIDE LAW.
Adimlik has the right to speak over the surrounding Grasslands. Our fully independent grasslands, by taking their own decisions, Collaborative bipedal Intelligent people these are; It notifies with notifications, orders, announcements, announcements, projects whose specifications are prepared in advance, ultimatum and quarterly activity reports. We invite you to cooperate with us as well.”
(the grAsslAnds, the youngest country in the world)
Signed: BahCivAn”
a borderless existence
video + installation, 2021
a borderless existence is the dematerialized offspring of Altınöz’s anti-portraiture practice. Emphasizing the relationship of a confused mind and a confused body, an uncanniness on a cellular level, the vid eo displays an autoimmune selfhood’s endeavor to define itself through the images it creates.
a borderless existence is the result of Altınöz’s fascination with contamination and his personal interest in the concept of autoimmunity.
In the installation Altınöz investigates the old theories of medical autoimmunity which consider the body’s immune system to be making a distinction between ‘self-cells’ and ‘non self-cells’, defining the latter as dangerous.
In this understanding, being ‘immune to oneself’ translates as a self-destructive act where the self cannot identify itself and consequently destroys its own parts: cells ravage other cells as a result of a misidentification, a symbiotic relationship turns into a blitz on tissues and organs.
This understanding of autoimmunity was challenged by many scientists in the contemporary scene, who contemplated on the fact that the lived body already consists of many different organisms that exist together to sustain life.
Altınöz appropriates the problematic self/non-self theory, and showcases the exemplary situation of erasing of borders between the self and its other through an autobiographical and poetic approach, and crafts it into an impure, genre-less moving image.
In the installation Altınöz investigates the old theories of medical autoimmunity which consider the body’s immune system to be making a distinction between ‘self-cells’ and ‘non self-cells’, defining the latter as dangerous.
In this understanding, being ‘immune to oneself’ translates as a self-destructive act where the self cannot identify itself and consequently destroys its own parts: cells ravage other cells as a result of a misidentification, a symbiotic relationship turns into a blitz on tissues and organs.
This understanding of autoimmunity was challenged by many scientists in the contemporary scene, who contemplated on the fact that the lived body already consists of many different organisms that exist together to sustain life.
Altınöz appropriates the problematic self/non-self theory, and showcases the exemplary situation of erasing of borders between the self and its other through an autobiographical and poetic approach, and crafts it into an impure, genre-less moving image.
illusory essay of noise
installation + performance, 2023
Cem (TR) and Daphnis (GR), as a new-media artist duo, unite their diverse artistic talents to explore the concealed facets of their inner worlds. Their immersive performance blends dynamic anti-portraits, para-phonic synth scape-sounds, poetry, and voice, gently prompting contemplation on the vulnerabilities of the human psyche and physicality, all in pursuit of solace rather than conformity to societal expectations.
TimeWindow’s first festival outside of its home, CAMPSITE took place at TENT Rotterdam from 24 March to 10 April 2023. The participating artists of TimeWindow were made into groups by the curatorial/dramaturgical team Giovanna di Giacomo & Maria Sertzetaki, to create and present new works by using existing works as starting points.
Coming from different fields, Cem & Daphnis found a common ground in their desire to communicate the hidden parts of their lives: their disabilities.
In his previous work, a borderless existence, Cem was exploring the autoimmune condition of T1DM through his practice of anti-portraits, meanwhile Daphnis’ neo-swan song was based on replicating their personal experiences with ADHD for an audience. Following their match and throughout the co-creation process, the duo went into conversations about the parts that we feel obliged to hide in order to fit in, ‘malfunctions’ in societal terms, ways to raise awareness and creating a pseudo-state of their disabilities in a live audiovisual performance. illusory essay of noise was an outcome of this process, which they performed throughout the first weekend of the festival. The duo later on performed a developped version of this work during GRAW 2023.
counterearth
live AV, 2023
counterearth is a collaborative AV performance by Altinoz and Richard Guenne, performed during the third edition of ‘darc’, the artistic club night concept from the Leftover Collective.
With a blend of electronic beats, atmospheric textures, engaging rhythms, and a visual narrative that deconstructs vague memories lingering amidst the ruins of a disaster, guenn and Altinoz invites the audience to unravel the layers of a post-apocalyptic realm, reflecting on the fragility of our existence and the remnants of a world that lingers somewhere deep within our minds.
In their inaugural live set, the novel AV duo aims to transport the audience through a landscape that resonates with the echoes of a forgotten era, where the realms of sound and visuals merge to give birth to a new narrative that arises from the ashes of the past.
RVRS
live AV, 2023
RVRS is a collaborative AV performance by Altinoz and Rita Maomenos, performed during Conflux Festival 2023, in Rotterdam.
RVRS is built upon a collective audio-visual project that explores themes related to climate disaster, societal trauma, and humanity. Through a collaborative effort between several artists, the project uses a blend of sound, video, and interactive elements to create an immersive experience. Drawing on the collective anxieties about the future on earth, the peformance seeks to capture the essence of the music subculture, and its role in preserving humanity in a world of immesurable challenges.
The audio-visual work was developed by Rita Maomenos, Cem Altınöz, Merijn van der Brand, and Richard Guenne, and it counts with the participation of Tancredi di Giovanni, Catello Tiranno, Su Kartal, Metin Çalış, and Adriana Sawicka.
