FOR THE BLIND
Fiction
Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor and Animator
60 minutes, color / B&W, 16mm./ DV
THE TWO NAMES OF A TESTIMONY ABOUT THE EXECUTION OF A HAPPENNING AND A SUITCASE FULLOF BROKEN RECORDS
Experimental
Director, Cinematographer & Editor
15 minutes, color / B&W, 16mm./ DVCANNES Film Festival, Short Film Corner 2007
VIDEOFORMES Film Festival, Clermont-Ferrand, France
Martin Gropious Museum, Berlin, Germany
Tinklai VII International Short Film Festival, Lithuania
12th International Festival on Wheels, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Kars
TÜYAP Short Films Selection, Istanbul
Manastre Short Film Festival, Istanbul
17th International Ankara Film Festival Best Experimental Film
Cinema East Film Festival, New York
24th Istanbul Film Festival, Istanbul
4th International Independent Film Festival, Istanbul
11th European Film Festival, Lebanon
Signes de Nuit Film Festival, Paris
Festival on Wheels, Ankara, Bursa, Izmir
Bogaziçi University, Mithat Alam Film Center, Solo Screening, Istanbul
ZYMOTIC - AMAUROSIS: Contagious Arbitrary Blindness
Experimental
Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor and Animator
24 minutes, color / B&W, 16mm./ DV
Resfest Film Festival, Istanbul
International Ankara Film Festival Special Jury Award
Proje 4L, Contemporary Art Museum, “I’m too sad to kill you!” Exhibition, Istanbul
Akbank Beyoilu Culture & Art Center, Solo Exhibition, Istanbul
Bowery Ball Room Festival Selection, New York
Millennium Film Festival Selection, New York
Anthology Film Archives Selection, New York
LAST FILM IN A BOTTLE
Experimental
Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor
10 minutes, color / B&W, 16mm./ video
Bil’s Short Film Competition, Selected Film Screenings, Istanbul
THE PERSISTENCE OF LOW END AMBIENT VISION
Video Art Installation
Director, Cinematographer, Editor
45, minutes, color, 16mm./ DV
Akbank Beyoglu Culture & Art Center, Solo Exhibition, Istanbul
Mentalklinik-03. Copy Exhibition, Istanbul
Dulcinea, Eternity Exhibition, Istanbul
THE ELECTROMAGNETIC REPRODUCTION OF DIGITAL CODES
Video Art Installation
3mins, color, DV
THE DIVISION OF A BLUE CELL
Animation
Director, Cinematographer, Editor and Animator
5 mins, color, 16mm
ABSTRACTIONS ON CLOUDS
Animation
Animator & Editor
5 mins, 16mm
Bogaziçi University, Mithat Alam Film Center, Solo Screening, Istanbul
THE ASSASINATION OF THE SEVEN ARTS
Experimental
Director, Screenwriter, Cinematographer, Editor
3 mins, color, 16mm / DV
Bogaziçi University, Mithat Alam Film Center, Solo Screening, Istanbul
THE VISUAL DIARY OF A JOURNEY
Documentary
Director, Cinematographer & Editor
45 mins, 16mm / DV
Collective Unconscious Gallery, Crystal Realm Exhibition, New York
LITTLE BIRDIE
Animation
Animator, Cinematographer & Editor
12th International Festival on Wheels, Ankara, Izmir, Bursa, Kars
17th International Ankara Film Festival, Ankara
Manastre Short Film Festival, Istanbul
ABSTRACTIONS ON CLOUDS
Animation
Animator & Editor
5 mins, 16mm
Bogaziçi University, Mithat Alam Film Center, Solo Screening, Istanbul
HALLE
Documentary
Director, Cinematographer & Editor
17 mins, DV
Bauhaus Foundation, Halle, Germany
ANTAKYA
Documentary
Director, Cinematographer & Editor
45 mins, DV
Bauhaus Foundation, Halle, Germany
iSTANBUL
Documentary
Director, Cinematographer & Editor
24 mins, DV
EDUCATION________________________________________________________________________
2000-2001 MFA, CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK
Media Arts Production Department
1994-1999 BA, BARD COLLEGE, NEW YORK
Double Major in Film and Visual Arts
1997 CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS UNIVERSITY / GOLDSMITH COLLEGE, LONDON
Script writing, photoshop, animation, anthropology and film
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE_______________________________________________________________________
2007 ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY, FILM AND TELEVISION DEPARTMENT, ISTANBUL
Instructor, Experimental Cinema ( 3rd year course)2005-2006 ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY, TVJ DEPARTMENT, ISTANBUL
Instructor, TV Production ( 3rd year course)2005 BAUHAUS FOUNDATION, XXII WORLD CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS UIA 2005, ISTANBUL
Filmmaker2004 KOMAN FOUNDATION, ISTANBUL
Illustrator2002-2004 ISTANBUL BILGI UNIVERSITY, VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN DEPARTMENT, ISTANBUL
Instructor, Introduction to Video Production, Experimental Video ( 3rd year & 4th year courses)2003 EFES PILSEN, ISTANBUL
Editor, Multipurpose media project2002 ALLIANZE INC., BARCELONA
Art Director, Insurance advertisements1999-2002 INTERACCESS INC., NEW YORK
Director, Advertisements & commercials for Western Union1999-2000 UNITED STAGE ASSOCIATES, NEW YORK
Stage Production Assistant, Organizations of corporate companies
1999-2000 SMOKE & MIRRORS PRODUCTIONS, NEW YORK
Art Director
1997-2000 ARiF CALENDER PUBLICATIONS, ANKARA
Illustrator1997 FLICKER, LONDON
Production Assistant, Independent feature film production
EXHIBITIONS_______________________________________________________________________
2007 BACK TO THE CORE Tate Gallery, London and Platform Modern Art Center, Istanbul
2007 OPEN LIBRARY EXHIBITION, iSTANBUL Platform Garanti Contemporary Art Center, iSTANBUL
2005 XXII WORLD CONGRESS OF ARCHITECTS UIA 2005, ISTANBUL
Bauhaus Foundation Group Exhibition, ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, ISTANBUL
2004 ART IN AKMERKEZ EXHIBITION
Group Exhibition, AK MERKEZ PLAZA, ISTANBUL (catalogue)2004 LUMENANCE OF THE MOON
Group Exhibition, USA, EUROPE & ASIA (catalogue)2003 I AM TOO SAD TO KILL YOU!
Group Exhibition, PROJE 4L CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, ISTANBUL (catalogue)2003 THE PERSISTENCE OF LOW END AMBIENT VISION
Solo Exhibition, AKBANK BEYOILU CULTURE & ART CENTER, ISTANBUL2003 COPY
Group Exhibition, MENTALKLiNiK, ISTANBUL (catalogue)2002 OVERKILL
Group Exhibition, HEERESBACKEREI-KULTUR, BERLIN,
NEW MUSEUM, NEW YORK & TOKYO (catalogue)
2002 KOP-ART
Group Exhibition, UNIQ, ?STANBUL
2002 TEMAYOKTEMA
Group Exhibition, MODERN ART CENTER, ANKARA
2002 INFINITY
Group Exhibition, DULCINEA, ISTANBUL2001 7.7.7.
Solo Exhibition, GALLERY X, NEW YORK2001 NOSTALGIA
Group Exhibition, METROPOLITAN GALLERY, NEW YORK2000 A+a GENÇ SANAT 3
Group Exhibition, MODERN ART CENTER, ANKARA (catalogue)
1999 CRYSTAL REALM
Multi-media Exhibition, COLLECTIVE UNCONSCIOUS GALLERY, NEW YORK
BIBLIOGRAPHY_____________________________________________________________________
"Cinema Interviews", Bogaziçi University Press, April 2006, pp. 229-275
Afis Program, Interview, CNN Türk, June 2005
Gürhan Özçiftçi, “Short Film Interview”, ALTYAZI, no. 21, September 2003, pp.70-71
Fener Ozmen, “Mama, Li Turchi!” ART-IST Special Issue, September 2003
MentalKLiNiK – 03. [Copy], exhibition announcement with photography, March 2003
14th International Ankara Film Festival, “Zymotic-Amaurosis” Special Jury Award
National Short Films and Animation Film Competition catalogue, Ankara, 2002, pp. 60
Evren Mesci, “Young Turkish Artist Opens Exhibit in New York”, Turkish News, July 13, 2001
PUBLICATIONS_____________________________________________________________________
“Bauhaus Goes Urban”, New Architect Journal, # :31, October 2005, pp. 1-5
“Art in Istanbul” Koman Foundation, BIS Illustrations, May 2004, pp. 4-35
“What if!” UCEAT Chamber of Architects, 2020 Ankara Issue Illustrations, #. 11, May 2003 “A Book Written Not To Be Read”, OVERKILL, 2002, Booth-Clibborn Editions, London, pp.20-22
Word and Image, 1998-99, Bard College, New York, pp.2
A Manifesto About A Man Who Threw A Stone Into The Sky And Followed It, 1992-96 Unpublished book written in Turkish, translated into English with the supervision of Prof. William Weaver
(Translator of Italo Calvino & Umberto Eco)UCEAT Chamber of Architects Bulletin, no. 57, 1997, back cover
Word and Image, 1996, Bard Papers, New York, pp.58-59
ARTIST RESIDENCIES (LecturesWorkshops)__________________________________________________________________
2007 NETHERLANDS ISTITUTE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
KOZAVISUAL PROGRAMME, Lecturer and workshop instructor.
2005 BAUHAUS DESSAU FOUNDATION, HALLE / iSTANBUL
Workshop Member, Shrinking cities workshop2004 BOGAZiÇi UNIVERSITY, MiTHAT ALAM FILM CENTER, iSTANBUL
Workshop Instructor, video workshop
2004 MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY, ANKARA
Workshop Instructor, video workshop
VISITING ARTIST LECTURE (Lecture / Workshop)
2002 BILKENT UNIVERSITY, ANKARA
Workshop Instructor, kite design workshop
EXHIBITIONS & SCREENINGS CURATED__________________________________________________________________________
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, NEW YORK
3X MULTI MEDIA EXHIBITION, NEW YORK
MONITOR VIDEO EXHIBITION, NEW YORK
AMERICA EXHIBITION, NEW YORK
WEBSITES
www.berlinerpool.com
www.bauhaus-dessau.de
www.shrinkingcities.com
www.afotbis.org
www.industrialsolitude.com
www.temayoktema.comhttp://video.saatchigallery.com/artist/profile/24064/Ozan%20D+Adam/OzanDAdam.html
