Arter ÇSS: Video Sanatının Boyutları - Kombine

This six-week seminar series will explore the various dimensions of video art, examining its evolution through significant works in art history and contemporary video art practices. The seminar offers discounted rates for participants under 24 and over 65. It will address the relationship of video works with other mediums and practices, as well as their connections to concepts such as time, space, and the body. The seminar will discuss how these connections transform perceptual and emotional experiences, along with their potential consequences. It will emphasize that video is not only a visual and auditory medium but also a platform that intersects different disciplines and enables conceptual thinking. The seminar aims to provide an in-depth exploration of different aspects of video art in each session. Topics will range from how television was incorporated into early video works to the ways in which video transforms our perception of time and space, and its use as a political or performative tool. The seminar will examine video's position as a multifaceted artistic medium that goes beyond being a singular form of expression, encompassing various functions and meanings. The seminar series will proceed through the analysis of various video works, focusing on concepts such as intermediality, simultaneity, performativity, and contemporaneity, and making their relationships visible. *The seminar will be conducted in Turkish.* **Hasan Cem Çal** (1994, Istanbul) graduated from the Cinema and Television program at Istanbul Bilgi University and completed his Master's degree in Philosophy and Social Thought at the same university. He has written articles on various topics, including film, video, and video games, and has published them in various print and online media. His writings on contemporary art have appeared in publications by Salt, Arter, Borusan Contemporary, and İKSV. He has given talks at cultural and artistic institutions such as Kıraathane Istanbul Literary House, Yermekân, Eldem Art Space, Goethe-Institut, and Sakıp Sabancı Museum; and has presented papers at academic events such as the Turkish Phenomenology Conference, the Cumhuriyet and Communication Symposium (CİSEM), the National Sociology Congress, the Mediterranean Aesthetics Congress, and the Conference on New Directions in Turkish Film Studies. Together with Serdar Kökçeoğlu, he organized events in various cities, both domestically and internationally, as part of the mobile interview series "Conversations on 21st Century Cinema." He curated the monthly film program "Contemporary Turkish Cinema" at Eldem Art Space. He was a visiting researcher at the Harun Farocki Institut in 2025 and at the Julia Stoschek Foundation in 2026. Çal is part of the editorial team of Manifold and also co-hosts the Wax Podcast, which features in-depth analyses of films. He has a book published by Akademim Yayınları titled "Ludology: Essays on Video Games." Hasan Cem Çal, who is currently pursuing his doctoral studies in the Communication Sciences Ph.D. program at Kadir Has University, conducts research in areas including film philosophy, experimental film and video, media theory, video games, and expanded cinema.