Aylin Kalem is a writer, lecturer, researcher and curator in the fields of dance, performance, the body and digital culture. She studied English Language and Literature (BA, Bogazici Univ.), History (MA, Bogazici Univ.) and Dance and New Technologies (DEA, Univ. Paris 8). She is instructor at the Management of Performing Arts Department of Bilgi University and at the Modern Dance Department of Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University with courses on Performance Studies, Theories of the Body and Arts and New Media: Digital Performance. She has been giving lectures on New Technologies in Contemporary Performance, exhibiting interactive installations, leading workshops and writing critical articles on dance, performance and digital technologies. She is the curator of the international programme and co-organizer of TECHNE 06 International Istanbul Digital Performance Platform held in April 2006. Aylin Kalem is the co-founder of a multidisciplinary arts initiative "boDig" that focuses on the issues of the body in contemporary arts, performing arts and digital culture. Beliz Demircioglu Cihandide Choreographer/New media artist Beliz Demircioglu Cihandide has moved her base from New York City to Istanbul in 2006. She has received her MPS degree from Interactive Telecommunications Program and her BFA from Tisch School of the Arts Dance Department both at NYU. Her multimedia dance piece "Vantage Point" (in collaboration with Jamie Allen) was selected by Mikhail Baryshnikov for a residency at the Baryshnikov Art Center. Her INTOUCH project became the first interactive installation to be exhibited at the United Nations Headquarters. Her video/installation and multimedia dance works have been showcased at Codice-Idee per la Cultura, Eyebeam Gallery, Jack H. Skirball Center, Bushwick Arts Project, Vancouver NIME, Ask the Robot, Kasa Galeri, URA!, Tedance Festival (Lisbon) and Tanzquartier Wien among other venues. Beliz is a founding member of boDig (an Istanbul based arts initiative focusing mainly on the issues of the body in contemporary and digital culture) |