Born in Istanbul, Köken Ergun studied at the Istanbul University Acting Department, followed by a postgraduate diploma in Ancient Greek Theatre at London's King's College. Ergun is currently a PhD candidate at the Theatre Dramaturgy Department of Istanbul University [2006]. Between 1998 and 2001 Ergun worked as an assistent director to Robert Wilson. In 2001, he presented his first solo work, a large-scale installation performance, in Istanbul's Rumeli Fortress. This initial step into art performance led Ergun to move into the field of video and performance and he began exhibiting in Europe and the United States. His works have been screened at various film festivals in Europe. He also had different art-residencies in Europe and the United States.

I, Soldier is the first part of a video series in which Köken Ergun deals with the state-controlled ceremonies for the national days of the Turkish Republic. The nationalistic attributes attached to these large-scale events are framed in a non-descriptive way and shown from an almost voyeuristic point of view. I, Soldier was shot at the 'National Day for Youth and Sports'; the day that marks the start of the independence war of the Turkish people under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, against the Allied Forces back in 1919. The annual ceremony held at the biggest stadium of each city consists of figurative dances of high school students, choreographed in a 'timeless' socialist-realist manner.

Second part of Köken Ergun's video series about the state-controlled national day ceremonies of the Turkish Republic. Shot during the 'April 23rd Children's Day', which marks the establishment of the new Turkish Parliament, and the official demise of the Ottoman Empire back in 1920, this split screen film documents a pompous patriotic performance devised by elders to be performed by children. Hosted by the mayor and governor of Istanbul, with the participation of a high ranking general, the ceremony features poems and oaths read out loud by primary schools students. Patriotism becomes a hard-lined nationalism.

Born in Brasov (Romania), immigrated to Germany in 1990.
Graduated in the main study field Film and Video at the Academy of Design Offenbach.
http://www.astridrieger.de

In surprising narrative, even mythological pictures Mammal describes the symbiotical relationship between a mother and her son. Sensuality, animalistic tendencies and permanent attempts to escape are one side, protecting care and fear of change on the other.

The projectsinge group (Montpellier-Paris--Brussels) is composed of jean_f Blanquet (sound artist), Florent Roussel (multimedia conceptor) and Jérôme Blanquet (director-graphic designer). For several years now projectsinge making use and modifying consumer audio and video equipment within their live performances.
http://projectsinge.free.fr

Monkey_Party is an interactive video installation that aims to sneak into our daily lives by manipulating common household audio-video equipment (TV, DVD player, stereo …) in order to open our senses to new experiences. It’s an alternative audiovisual encounter between performances, video, experimental cinema and digital art. Within a multidimensional universe, the six works that make up Monkey_Party, explores the themes of modifications, displacement and transformation through our different spheres of emotions and sensations. The user is required to take part in this universe. He or she needs to react with the remote control to search, wait, find, and immerge into the world of Monkey_Party.