Transmission

Nezaket Ekici
TRANSMISSION 
Online Live Videoperformance 2020
Presented in the Frame of : : Artists at Work with Nezaket Ekici, Transmission on Instagram Live, October 13, 2020 ISCP New York International Studio & Curatorial Program 


In the live online performance “Transmission”, Ekici explores the QR code as a symbol of the Internet age, aiming to bridge the real and virtual worlds. She uses the distinctive pattern of a QR code, a 2D graphic developed in 1994 by Masahiro Hara in Japan, designed to provide quick access to digital content such as text, photos, videos or music. In her performance, she arranges various black sculptural objects on a white platform to form a 2 × 2 meter floor installation—an oversized QR code. For a brief moment, she brings the code’s abstract digital structure into the physical world. By treating the graphic components as 3D sculptural elements, the virtual becomes tangible. At first glance, the individual forms appear as simple geometric shapes, but together they become a complex, machine-readable pattern. Every link on the Internet remains within the digital realm, referring only to other online content—making each link inherently self-referential. She symbolizes this concept with the link she creates for the audience: viewers can scan the completed QR code with their smartphones and watch the linked video. In this way, at the end of her performance, Ekici returns the audience to the virtual world. (Text: Dr. Andreas Dammertz)

Duration of the live online Performance 2020: 44.42 min,
Timelape: 4:01 min.
Medium: HD MP4 16:9 colour, sound, 
Camera: Branka Pavlovic, Julian David Bolivar 
Editing: Branka Pavlovic 
Sound: Nezaket Ekici 
Assistent: Julian David Bolivar, Andreas Dammertz 
Costume Design: Nezaket Ekici 
Dresscutter: Süleymann 
Carpenter: Matthias Wortmann
Equipment: black and White wood outlines, white platform, costume, spotlights, camera go pro, 
Videostill  by Branka Pavlovic, Julian David Bolivar