Ekmel Ertan
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Ekmel Ertan works as an artist, curator and educator. Ertan is the founder and artistic director of Istanbul based BIS, Beden-Islemsel Sanatlar Dernegi (Body-Process Arts Association), which is a research and production platform – also known as amberPlatform – on art and new technologies. Ertan has been the curator and director of the annual “amber Art and Technology Festival” since its inception in 2007 in Istanbul. He is the initiator of amberConference, the only Science, Technology and Art Conference in Turkey. He has curated many local and international exhibitions and performances. Ertan is also working as the site coordinator of several international projects based in Turkey and Europe in the field of art and technology. Ertan has exhibited his photography work at La Mama Gallery in 1997, in 2003 in New York and Turkey. He has also exhibited his new media installations and cooperative performance works in several local and international venues. Ertan received his BSc degree in Electronics / Communication Engineering from Istanbul Technical University and his MA degree on Interactive Media Design from Yildiz Technical University. He worked as a design and test engineer on telecommunication systems in Turkey, Germany and Belgium. He started a multimedia design company in 1997 in Istanbul. Between 1999 and 2006, he taught multimedia / visual communication design at Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul Technical University, Yildiz Technical University and since 2006 he has been teaching at Sabanci University. amberplatform.org