2/5 BZ aka Serhat Koksal will audio and video performance in
16 may ZKM / Karlsruhe
http://hosting.zkm.de/istanbul/musikprogramm
http://www.ka-news.de/veranstaltungen/index.php4?day 04-5-16
18 may Cine Colibri / Stuttgart
20-21-22 may Prater / Berlin
26 may Skam / Hamburg .
http://www.2-5bz.com
2/5 BZ
Since 1986, Serhat Koksal aka 2/5 BZ has been performing with tapes, samplers, saz, electronics ,darbouka and spoken word. The style varies between traditional music via experimental electronic sounds to improvisation with elements that stem from Turkish cinema. He also makes audiotapes, photocopy zines, stickers, CDR, flyers, DVD-R, posters, and video cut-up works as collages of 70s and 80s Turkish melodrama and action films, political propaganda and media imageries of social phenomena. 2/5 BZ performed 'No Turistik No Egzotik Improvise/Electro Folk Cut' in 38 cities in different geographies such as in Switzerland, France, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Russia, and Poland. With '2/5BZ union in eurOPUA Tour' he recently participated/performed to some international festivals like Berlin Transmediale, 03 Festival, Istanbul Phonem Festival, St Petersburg SKIF 7 Festival, Amsterdam WorldWideVideo/RGB Festival , Rotterdam Music Bienal and have been aired on countless radio stations around the world (WMFU, BBC, RCV,VPRO ) . 2/5BZ aka Serhat Koksal composed musics some international experimental films from Germany,Iran,Switzerland and living/working in Istanbul . He make sound art + video installation exhibitions in Graz ( Austria ) , Holon ( Israel ) and Maastricht ( Holand ) .
news ;
* 2/5 BZ Peel Session '12 inch EP reviewed ***** in De:Bug magazine in january 2004 .
* The Wire magazine write critic about 2/5 BZ in december 2003 .
'' … Istanbul sound and visual artist 2/5 BZ 's piece ' No Touristik No Egzotik' is a swirling flow of haunting …. ''
* 5 th september friday mares / maastricht played for soundart ' project-ctrl-alt-del 's openning act . later other participiants played in istanbul ( merzbow, kim cascone , scanner , matt wand ,..for this project .
* DE:BUG.73 07/08.2003 magazine CD reviewed ***** ( ja ) about BerBat Zoksal 's '' No Touristik No Egzotik '' album .
* 2/5BZ played Video and Audio performance in international World Wide Video Festival in Amsterdam 23 may 2003 .http://www.wwvf.nl/2003/0rgb.htm
This live performance in Radio VPRO 's audio archive '' No Touristic No Exotic Turkish Sound Terrorist '' ;
http://pages.vpro.nl/3voor12/concerts/concert.shtml?2534202+2584688+2584508+12204428+12204363
http://www.2-5bz.com
serhatkoksal@2-5bz.com
