Ekmel Ertan
Ekmel Ertan works as a curator, cultural manager, artist and educator. Ertan is the founder and artistic director of İstanbul based amberPlatform/BIS (Body-Process Arts Association), and the director of the international “amber Art and Technology Festival” in Istanbul between 2007-2015 and amberNetworkFestival in 2021. He curates new media works as an independent curator in Turkey and abroad. Ertan has exhibited his new media installations, photography and collaborative performance works in Turkey, Europe, and The States. Ertan teaches new media art and design at various universities. Since 2007, Ertan has been working as the site coordinator and director of EU supported multi-partner international projects on behalf of BIS. Ertan lives and works in Berlin and Istanbul.