Ali Kazma
Ali Kazma was born in 1971, Istanbul, and he completed his undergraduate studies in the United States in 1993. After briefly studying photography in London, he returned to the US to study film in 1995. He received his MA from The New School University in New York City where he worked as a teaching assistant.
The video–artist, best known for his series documenting human activity, and labor that explores the meaning of production and social organisation.
Ali Kazma was granted the 2001 UNESCO Award for the Promotion of the Arts and received the 2010 Nam June Paik Award for his ‘Obstructions’ series, which he has been working on since 2005. Kazma’s video works question and explore the different rhythms and states of human existence and its relationship to contemporary conditions. He has exhibited his works at the Istanbul Biennial (2001, 2007, 2011), Tokyo Opera City (2001), Platform Garanti Istanbul (2004), Istanbul Modern (2004), 9th Havana Biennial (2006), San Fransisco Art Institute (2006), Lyon Biennial (2007), Francesca Minini, Milan (2008, 2012, 2015), 55° Venice Biennale, Pavilion of Turkey (2013), Jeu de Paume Paris (2017).
Ali Kazma was born in 1971, Istanbul, and he completed his undergraduate studies in the United States in 1993. After briefly studying photography in London, he returned to the US to study film in 1995. He received his MA from The New School University in New York City where he worked as a teaching assistant.
The video–artist, best known for his series documenting human activity, and labor that explores the meaning of production and social organisation.
Ali Kazma was granted the 2001 UNESCO Award for the Promotion of the Arts and received the 2010 Nam June Paik Award for his ‘Obstructions’ series, which he has been working on since 2005. Kazma’s video works question and explore the different rhythms and states of human existence and its relationship to contemporary conditions. He has exhibited his works at the Istanbul Biennial (2001, 2007, 2011), Tokyo Opera City (2001), Platform Garanti Istanbul (2004), Istanbul Modern (2004), 9th Havana Biennial (2006), San Fransisco Art Institute (2006), Lyon Biennial (2007), Francesca Minini, Milan (2008, 2012, 2015), 55° Venice Biennale, Pavilion of Turkey (2013), Jeu de Paume Paris (2017).
- A House of Ink, 2023Triptych synchronized HD video with sound, 1 h 32 min 20 sec
- Sentimental, 2022Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 7 min 45 sec
- Flour Mill, 2021Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 7 min 21 sec
- Top Fuel, 2020Single channel HD video with sound, 16 min 02 sec
- Press, 2019Synchronized diptych HD video with sound, 7 min, 26 sec
- Creach, 2019Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 3 min 31 sec
- Fins Terrae, 2019Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 7 min 21 sec
- Electric, 2017Triptych synchronized HD video with sound, 5 min 55 sec
- Tea Time, 2017Triptych synchronized video with sound, 7 min 17 sec
- North, 2017Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 5 min 07 sec
- Subterranean, 2016Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 5 min 17 sec
- House of Letters, 2015Diptych synchronized HD video with sound, 4 min 50 sec
- L’Atelier Sarkis, 2015Single channel video, 6 min 48 sec
- Tattoo, 2013Single channel video, 7 min 45 sec
- Automobile Factory, 2012Single channel video, 10 min 27 sec
- Clerk, 2011Single channel video with sound, 7 min 45 sec