Born in 1976 in Istanbul,
Lives and works in Amsterdam.
www.tunctunctunc.com
Hello. My name is Tunc. I am a designer. I don’t know many things yet, I am learning everyday, I am changing, reflecting, dreaming. I believe that as human beings, our main role is to define. We are defining the world. We are giving the meanings. To define something you need other definitions and to define those definitions you need others. And it goes on. They call this Meta; Definition of a definition. This process fascinates me. Humankind defines, design re-defines so that it can be defined again.
As I said to define something you need other definitions, parallel to this; design should collaborate with other defining disciplines. Therefore design should be inter-disciplinary. Disciplines should work without hierarchy. Each definition should be unique and authentic in its own way. The interdisciplinary way of working is constructing a collaboration in which a dialogue emerges between disciplines while the unique quality can be preserved. My work is primarily conceived through photography & video, performance & music, internet & typography. Most of the time these different media merge and overlap.
Design should change form, according to the content. Content can be anything but design should have a statement. Design I see around me now has certain flaws, it usually doesn’t have a real statement, that is why I use communication. Communication can be conceptual and it has to be resolved in a reductive, logical, and objective way by the designer and the audience.
Based on simple ideas and actions I often times use humor and a good amount of curi- osity to experiment and create a dialogue between my work and the audience. In my opinion I think that nothing is more intelligent than humor. Many theories exist about what humor is and what social function it serves. For example Rowan Atkinson a.k.a Mr.Bean says in one of his lectures “An object or a person can become funny in three different ways: By being in an unusual place, by behaving in an unusual way, by being the wrong size. Yet, people of all ages and cultures respond to humor and most people share a common sense of humor. Fun can be conceptual. And design can be funny. I am not saying let’s laugh all the time, but dry design or let’s say‚ design for designers‚ is comparable to an art-piece. An art-piece doesn’t have to tell you a direct story, we do not have to understand it. But design has to talk to you. Design without a concept can not function and to make it function is a designers main role.
My work is influenced by the unimportant social currents of my surrounding. One of my main interests is to manipulate or transform common ordinary objects in order to change the meaning or perception of how we look at them in our daily life. By using unimportant social currents I simply & visually point out social currents. Design should minimize definitions to tell a visual story. Anyway life is so complex. Why not keep it simple. Simple can be deep and complex at the same time.
If I re-define my statement. The language (form) you define with has to change according to the content. Definition should be done in best way technically, visually and conceptually. Definitions will always include other definitions, important thing is which definitions? And how? Re-define is my technique, content and philosophy. Design is my key.
No Comment, 2008
Hands, 2008
Team Work, 2008
Education
1995-2000 Product Design Department Mimar Sinan University Istanbul/Turkey
2002-2003 Comics & Animation Cartoon School of Amsterdam Amsterdam/Netherlands
2003-2007 Graphic Design Department Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam/Netherlands
2007-2008 Social Design Research No Academy, Amsterdam/Netherlands
Exhibitons
2009
25-09-2009 – Kurak But SHOW & 11th BEGENAL ‘BAD ARMY CHORUS’
Audio Visual Performance/Haymatlos/Gozel Geceler, Istanbul
12-09-2009 – Kurak But SHOW & 11th BEGENAL ‘BAD ARMY CHORUS’
Audio Visual Performance/Dogzstar/Gozel Geceler, Istanbul
11-09-2009 – Urkcell, Demostration / Performance
11th Istanbul Biennale ‘Antrepo’ Opening , Istanbul
11-07-2009 – Kurak But DISKO 2010, Audio Visual Performance
Dogzstar/Gozel Geceler, Istanbul
27-06-2009 – Little bit of this, little bit of that,
Online Interview by www.okimki.com
06-06-2009 – Kurak But Indimiks, Audio Visual Performance
Dogzstar/Gozel Geceler, Istanbul
26-04-2009 – Invisible Borders, Publication
Lasecu, Lille, France
14-03-2009 / 14-06-2009 – Invisible Borders, Can Tulum Project
Lasecu, Lille, France
10-02-2009 – Characters in Real Life, Lecture/Performance
BNO Spellbound, Amsterdam
01-01-2009 / 01-06-2009 – Guest Teacher, Group Project
Gerrit Rietveld academy, Amsterdam
2008
12-12-2008 – Social Designer, Lecture/Performance
Flatstation, Amsterdam
20-11/07-12-2008 – Tehran Bienalle, Poster
Wallywoods Gallery, Berlin
31-10-2008 – No Academy, Live Performance+Installation
Stedelijk Museum Bouwkeet, Amsterdam
27-10-2008 – No Academy, publication
No Academy 2008, Amsterdam
18-10-2008 – Group Publishing, Turkish Money Design
Radikal Newspaper, Istanbul/Turkey
3/11-10-2008 – Guest Teacher, Traveling School
Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Istanbul
25/26/27/28/29-08-2008 – Lecture, Workshop, Presentation
Utrecht School of Arts/HKU, Utrecht
01-08-2008 – tunctunctunc ‘Inspiration Shop’
13-06-2008 – Social Designer, Live Performance
Basis Buro, Amsterdam
23-05-2008 – Mupi Project, Publication
Graphic Design Festival Breda
08-05-2008 – Perfect Lecture, Live/Performance
Zeebelt Theater, Den Haag
23-05-2008 – Mupi Project, Poster
Graphic Design Festival Breda
20-04-2008 – Self Portrait Reproduction, Publication
Lente Zomer ‘08, Premsela.org
27-02-2008 – Social Designer, Live Performance
No Academy, Amsterdam
2007
12-12-2007 tunctunctunc on Manystuff.org
10-11-2007 God Fear Poster Expo, poster Hafriyat Karakoy, Istanbul
30-10-2007 Lost & Found 9.8, Live Performance Waag Society, Amsterdam
07-10-2007 Affordable Art Fair, Poster Serie Wester Gas Fabriek, Amsterdam
14-09-2007 Lost & Found 9.7, 1 min. trailer Waag Society, Amsterdam
01-09-2007 tunctunctunc.com is online, website
27-06-2007 Graduation Show, Lecture/Performance Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
13-01-2007 If i cant dance, video de apple, Amsterdam
2006
08-12-2006 The Total Library, exhibitions Punt WG, Amsterdam
16-11-2006 “ACT” If i cant dance, campaign ‘t Zonnehuis, Amsterdam
02-07-2006 Dead Darlings#2, photography W301, Amsterdam
02-11-2006 Public leadership, photography Singer Museum, Laren
25-05-2006 Bigger, installation Mediamatic, Amsterdam
08-05-2006 Cultural Engineers, game presentation Stedelijk Museum, 11, Amsterdam
06-04-2006 Playtime, Game presentation Stedelijk Museum, 11, Amsterdam
13-04-2006 Gimme Shelter, typography inloophuis prinsenhof, Amsterdam
2005
18-03-2005 Paradisco 3000, Vj set, Paradiso, Amsterdam
03-05-2005 Typographic timeline, lecture/performance, Perdu, Amsterdam