Turkish pavilion opens in Venice

ÇIN, a new work by Cevdet Erek, has gone on view at the Pavilion of Turkey at the 57th International Art Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia.
 
Organized by the Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV), the Pavilion of Turkey is located at Sale d'Armi, Arsenale, one of the main exhibition venues of La Biennale di Venezia. The installation can be seen until Nov. 26. 

A site-specific installation, ÇIN uses architecture and sound to explore poetic and political imaginings. Its title has been imagined as a sound signal that foretells the work. 

An onomatopoeic word in Turkish, ÇIN imitates a specific percussive sound, similar to the "ding" in English, and is also a root from which two words are derived: reverberation (the prolongation of a sound after it occurs, defined by characteristics of the space it is in) and tinnitus (ringing in the ears due to acoustical trauma or other reasons).

With ÇIN, Erek continues the experimentation of themes and methods which he has investigated in his previous series "Room of Rhythms," "Rulers and Rhythms Studies" and "Sound Ornamentations." 

In these works, rhythms of history, the everyday and nature are formalized in the coming together of sound, architecture and performance. At the same time, visual and sonic timelines are also constructed, while architectural ornamentation is created through the use of sound patterns and speech.

Pre-conceptualization, experimentation and improvisation each play a part in ÇIN's creation. 

The basis of Erek's work for the Pavilion of Turkey consists of a spatial program concretized by an architectural construction and a multichannel sound installation that were conceived in tandem. Sounds - all produced in the space after its...