Aras Özgün


Yönetmen

1970 doğumlu. ODTÜ’de Siyaset Bilimi lisans ve Sosyoloji yüksek lisans eğitimi aldı. ODTÜ-GİSAM’da çalıştı. New York’da The New Shool’da araştırma görevlisi olarak çalışmakta.

Yönetmenliğini Yaptığı Belgesel Filmler

Şehirde Bir Daha - 1997 .... Belgesel, 00:03:50 / Ayça Alemdaroğlu, Aras Özgün
10. Ankara Film Festivali, Bir Başka Bakış, BSB Filmleri Bölümü, Yarışma Dışı Gösterim Seçkisi. 1998

Güneş Altında Atlar (Horses Under The Sun) - 1997 .... Belgesel, 00:22:00
10. Ankara Film Festivali, Bir Başka Bakış, BSB Filmleri Bölümü, Yarışma Dışı Gösterim Seçkisi. 1998

An.Kara - 1996 .... Deneysel Belgesel, 00:14:32 / Ersan Ocak, Aras Özgün
18. İFSAK Ulusal Kısa Film ve Belgesel Yarışması. 1996

Arz-ı Hal - 1993
Bülent Acar, Alparslan Acarsoy, Berrin Balay, Ege Berensel, Fatih Gezen, Aras Özgün, Ali Pekşen, Uzay Öztürk
6. Ankara Film Festivali, Ulusal Belgesel Film Yarışması, Gösterim Seçkisi. 1994

Yönetmenliğini Yaptığı Kısa Filmler

Still Life - 1999 .... Deneysel
12. Ankara Film Festivali, Ulusal Kısa Film, Deneysel Dalına Katıldı.

Watchtower - 1996 .... Deneysel
5. Nürnberg Türk Film Günleri, Kısa Film Deneysel Bölümü, Gösterim Seçkisi. 1996

Göbek (The Belly) - 1994 .... Deneysel, 00:05:00
6. Ankara Film Festivali, Dünya Kısa Filmlerinden Örnekler, Gösterim Seçkisi. 1994
3. Nürnberg Türk Film Günleri, Kısa Film Yarışması Bölümü, Gösterim Seçkisi. 1994

Nutuk Serisi - 1993 .... Deneysel, 00:06:00
6. Ankara Film Festivali, Dünya Kısa Filmlerinden Örnekler, Gösterim Seçkisi. 1994

Panzehirlerimizin Karşısında Kimse Duramayacak - 1993 .... Deneysel, 00:04:00
6. Ankara Film Festivali, Dünya Kısa Filmlerinden Örnekler, Gösterim Seçkisi. 1994

Gördüm Kendimi - 1992 .... Kurmaca, 00:03:50
5. Ankara Film Festivali, Ulusal Kısa Film Yarışması, Video Dalı, Gösterim Seçkisi. 1993

Semper Vigilo - 1992 .... Kurmaca, 00:05:20
5. Ankara Film Festivali, Ulusal Kısa Film Yarışması, Video Dalı, Gösterim Seçkisi. 1993





EXPERIMENTAL VIDEOS

black sea
high definition video installation (work in progress)
2010

a self sufficient video
experimental video with Yasmine Shash
2010

Can i...
experimental video
2005

white room
experimental video
2004

distance | as seen from above
live video performance
2003

still-life
experimental video
2001

osseus labyrint - frying pan performance
performance documentary
2000

the man with the video camera | vertoviana
4 channel video installation
1999

horses under the sun
experimental documentary
1997

korlesme (blindness)
experimental video
1996

an.Kara
experimental documentary (with Ersan Ocak)
1996

gobek (the belly)
experimental video
1994



PUBLICATIONS

Creative Industries: Neoliberalism As Mass Deception
in Art And Contestation In The New Century, ed. by Marc J. Léger, Intellect Books, London, 2011

The Book of St. Ejneb
co-edited with Angela Harutyunyan, Sharjah Art Foundation, United Arab Emirates, 2011
(commissioned for Sharjah Biennial 2011)

Event and Counter-Event: The Political Economy of the Istanbul Biennial and Its Excesses
Angela Harutyunyan, Aras Ozgun, and Eric Goodfield
in Rethinking Marxism, 23/4, October 2011

Sanat ve Arzu Seminerleri (Art & Desire Seminars)
(co-edited with Yahya Madra and Ayse Orhun Gultekin, Turkish)
Norgunk Publishers, Istanbul, 2011

Common Word: A Response to Michael Hardt & Gigi Rogero
in Rethinking Marxism, 22/3, September 2010

Kılçıksız Emek, Yağsız Sermaye: Gayrı-Maddi Emek Tartışması
(An Introduction to the Discussion of Immaterial Labor)
in Birikim, 217, Istanbul, 2007

Art Without Artist:
On the Turkish Contemporary Art Scene - Interview with Xurban Collective
in Springerin, 3/03, Vienna, 2003




MEDIA PROJECTS

Windows Project
collaborative video workshop and video exhibition with Angela Harutyunyan
cairo, 2010

Imperial Outposts: The Secret History of the US Military Presence in Turkey
feature length documentary (with Amy Holmes)
new york, istanbul, ankara, washington DC, 2009

Kozavisual Ethnographic Video Workshop
ankara - cappadocia, 2007

Philosophy On Stage
live performance videos / DVD production
vienna, 2007

Voice of Antartika
podcast website
new york, 2007

redTv Series
a series of video interviews with public intellectuals on media, arts and politics
2000-2003

DeCenter
online collaborative education project
new york, 2000

Immediacy
online journal of New School University's Media Studies Department
new york, 1999-2000

stamp forgery
postal performance
new york, 2000

Pyromedia
media arts collective website
2000



SELECTED STUDENT WORKS

Malcolm Levy - Other-Frames: Digital Video and Post-Photographic Practices in Abstraction
(The New School, Media Studies MA Program - Digital Media Theory Course - Final Project)
2011

Belle Gironda - You Make A Better Door Than A Window
(windows project - collaborative video workshop and video exhibition)
2010

Dorothy Burk - (winter)
(The New School, Media Studies MA Program)
2010

Deborah Hardt - To Have & To (VIrtually) Hold
(The New School, Media Studies MA Program)
2008

Özlem Sarıyıldız - A Piece of Monologue
(kozavisual ethnographic video workshop)
2007



WEB & GRAPHIC DESIGN WORKS
The Book of St. Ejneb
multilingual book design & editing
2011

Art & Desire Seminars
website
2010

Hotel Au Pera
advertisement photography
2010

NYU Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing | NICHE Leadership Training Program
online education portal
2009

Ulus Baker Conference
website & posters
2008

Philosophy On Stage
DVD design and programming
vienna, 2007

Alyssa Taylor Wendt
artist's website
2007

Alper Yilmaz
composer's website
2005

Critical Perspectives on Third World Politics
conference poster
2004

New Museum of Contemporary Arts
contemporary arts museum promotion video
2004

Dirtworks
lansdcape architects' website
2003

Anne Arden McDonald
artist's website
2002

Fishtank Gallery
contemporary art gallery promotion video
2001

Winka Dubbeldam - Wooster Street Loft
architectural presentation video
2000




Kaynak
http://arasozgun.net/
http://www.pyromedia.org
5. Ankara Film Festivali Katalogu