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Zafer Aracagök is an academic/musician who teaches art theory and continental philosophy at Bilgi University, Istanbul TR. He is the author of three books (in Turkish) and a number of articles addressing the issues of image, resonance and noise in continental philosophy and in the philosophy of Deleuze and Guattari in academic journals such as Revue Chimères, Pli-The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, Parallax, Third Text, Rhizomes, Postmodern Culture and Symploke. His academic book, Desonance: Desonating (with) Deleuze was published by VDM Verlag, Germany (September 2009). His musical work under the name, SIFIR (ZERO), is well received, released and performed both in Turkey and abroad such as, UK, France, Germany and Italy.

ZA organised “Resonance(s): A Deleuze and Guattari Conference on Philosophy, Arts and Politics” at Bilgi University, santralistanbul in July 2010; and he editied Parallax special issue, "Resonance(s): Deleuze and Guattari", published January 2012.

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Theoretical and Literary: § Desonance: Desonating (with) Deleuze, VDM Verlag, September 2009.§ Sifirografya: a book designed to develop a critical perspective on the theory of autobiography and subjectivity through Leibnizean philosophy. Published by Oğlak Yayinlari, Istanbul, October 1999.§ Anti-Hamlet: a book, containing the text of my performance and critical texts on representation and hauntology in general. Published by Metis, Istanbul, October 1996.§ Eve Dönmek Istemiyorum: a novel, combining literary creativity with criticism into home-coming cultures and aiming to develop Adorno and Horkheimers criticism on The Odyssey and the Sirens chapter. Published by Iletisim, Istanbul, January 1995.Books Translated from English into Turkish:§ Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, Iletisim, Istanbul, 1994.§ Raymond Carver, Fires, Adam, Istanbul, 1990.§ Peter Wollen, Signs and Meaning in Cinema, Metis, Istanbul, 1988.§ John Berger, And our Faces, my Heart, Brief as Photos, Adam, Istanbul, 1987.§ Various plays, poems and stories by Peter Handke, Raymond Carver, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, and J.L. Borges. All were published in literary magazines in Turkey between 1984-1990...
§ Edited a special, Resonance(s): Deleuze and Guattari issue for Parallax, Routledge, with an introduction, and an article, "Desonance", Volume 18, Issue 1, January 2012, UK.§ "On Some Umbrellas",” in His Master’'s Voice in Dublin/Sevim Burak, Iİstanbul, Mas Printing House, May 2011, (A special 50-copy of this book is printed for a symposium on Sevim Burak’'s works at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland,19 May, 2011).§ "An Audio-Visual Interview with Zafer Aracagök on Deleuze",” Deleuze Studies/Actual Virtual #12, 2011, Manchester Metropolitan Univ, UK, (http://www.hssr.mmu.ac.uk/deleuze-studies/journal/av-12/).§ "Cinsel-Oluş”s", Sanat ve Arzu Seminerleri, Iİstanbul, Norgunk Yayiınciıliık, Istanbul, Araliık 2010.§ “"Pour un principe d’'incertitude sexuel(le)", Revue Chimères, N°73 tiques meutes et larves, Paris, FR, November 2010.§ "Spectacle, Speculative, Spectile: Situations in Sarah Kane, Sevim Burak, etc",” Third Text, Volume 24, Issue 4, 2010, Routledge, London, UK. § "Deleuze on Sound, Music and Schizo-incest",” Rhizomes 19, Summer 2009 (www.rhizomes.net), USA.§ "Becoming Sexual of the Sexual",” Rhizomes 17, Winter 2008, (www.rhizomes.net), USA.§ "On Some Umbrellas",” Third Text, Vol 22, issue 4, 2008, Routledge, London, UK. § "Cinsel-Oluşs",” Arkadan Yaklaşmak, Tesmeralsekdiz, Winter 2008, Ankara, TR.§ “"Divenire sessuale dell'identitá sessuale",” (tr. Francesco Warbear Macarone Palmieri) Liberazione, Queer, 8 Aprile 2007, Rome, IT.§ "Retenir La Ritournelle",” Deleuze, Guattari et le politique, (ed. M. Antonioli), Edition Du Sandre, 2006, Paris, FR.§ "Gel Psi Psi Psi: Diyelim ki Geldi",” Siyahi, Sayıi 8, Fall 2006, Istanbul, TR.§ "“Noise on Noise",” in Textual Soundings, Parallax, vol. 1, Routledge, 2006, London, UK.§ "Derrida, Nietzsche, Sevim Burak/Birkaç ŞSemsiye Üstüne",” Cogito, Numbers 47-48, 2006, Istanbul, TR.§ “"Decalcomania, Mapping and Mimesis",” Symploke, Volume 13, Numbers 1-2, 2006, University of Nebraska Press, USA.§ "“Nietzsche ve Deleuze/Guattari: Rezonans, Nakarat ve Gürültü Üstüne",” Siyahi, Sayıi 7, Ocak 2006, Istanbul, TR.§ "Gilles Deleuze: Gürültüden Sese Geçisş",” Siyahi, Sayıi 6, November 2005, Istanbul, TR.§ "On Rhythm, Resonance and Distortion",” Pli - The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, Vol 14, 2003, UK.§ “"Whatever Image",” Postmodern Culture, Vol 13, Number 2, January 2003, Johns Hopkins University Press, USA.§ "Raymond Carver'’dan Sozettigimizde Sozunu Etmediklerimiz",” Cumhuriyet Kitap, 5 January 1995, Istanbul, TR.§ "“Criticism of Turkish Films in Sight & Sound",” Sight & Sound, Spring 1989, London, UK. § "Edward Hopper'’in Sanati",” Gergedan, November 1989, Istanbul, TR.§ "“Stephen Frears: Prick up your Ears",” Gergedan, May 1988, Istanbul, TR..
§ "Deleuze on Sound, Music and Schizo-incest",” Sonic Futures: Soundscapes and the Languages of Screen Media, NECS, European Network for Cinema and Media Studies, 23-26 June 2011, University of London, London, UK. § "“Desire Image",” Mobility and Fantasy in Visual Culture, 20-21 May 2011, Bahçeşsehir University, Istanbul TR.§ "Cinsel-Oluşs",” Sanat ve Arzu Seminerleri, 17-20 June 2010, Istanbul, TR.§ "Deleuze on Schizo-incest and Critical Perversion",” The First International Deleuze Studies Conference, Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, 11-13 August 2008, Cardiff University, UK.§ “"Gilles Deleuze: The Passage from Noise to Voice",” Spaces and Places: Tensions of a Paradigm, invited by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Phänomenologische Forschung,Darmstadt Univ, 03-06 October 2007, Darmstadt, DE.§ "Deleuze on Sound, Music and Schizo-incest",” Deleuzian Event, Deleuze Studies, English Research Inst., Manchester MU, 08-09 September 2007, Manchester, UK.§ "Becoming-Animal, Becoming Woman, Becoming-Imperceptible",” invited Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, La Sapienza University, 10 April 2007, Rome, IT. § “"Identity and Resistance in Contemporary Turkish Art”", invited by the Department of Art History, Pisa University, 18 January 2007, Pisa, IT.§ “"Violence of Representation",” presented at Crossroads Conference, İIstanbul Bilgi University 20-23 July 2006, Istanbul, TR.§ Presented a seminar on Deleuze at Netherlands Research School of Women's Studies, Utrecht University, 24 May, 2005, Utrecht, NL.§ “"Noise on Noise",” presented at “Sonic Interventions,” Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, 29-31 March, 2005, Amsterdam, NL.§ "Refraining from the Refrain",” delivered at “Deleuze, Guattari et le politique,” 14-15 January 2005, Université Paris 8, Paris, FR.§ "Decalcomania, Mapping and Mimesis", delivered at "Conference: Gilles Deleuze: Experimenting with Intensities," 12-15 May 2004, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, CA.§ "Cannibalism as a Possibility",” delivered at “Oral Fixations: Cannibalizing Theories, Consuming Cultures.” 2-3 April 1999 The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. § "Whatever Image",” delivered at 22nd International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, “Interrogating Images.” 5-9 May 1998, University of California, Irvine, USA.§ "Event: The Grammar of Cannibalistic Language",” delivered at 21st International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, “Marginal Regions/Textual Margins.” 6-10 May 1997, Mobile, Alabama, USA.§ "Raymond Carver: Seeing and Speaking the Event”", delivered at the 20th American Studies Seminar: “1975-1995 Looking Backward.” 1-4 November 1995 sponsored by United States Information Service and American Studies Association of Turkey, Antalya, TR..
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BEN APTALIM CÜNKÜ ÖLÜYÜM BEN ÖLÜYÜM CÜNKÜ APTALIM

INSAN RITM MAKINA

YALVARIRIM BEYFENDI SAATINIZ KAÇI GÖSTERIYOR?

NEREDEORADABURADA

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DIVIDE BY ZERO

KOG

I WANT TO BE A SUICIDE BOMBER

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Selected Events:§ I Want to be a Suicide Bomber,ARKAODA, 18 December 2011,Istanbul, TR.§ I Want to be a Suicide Bomber, MINIMUZIKHOL, 14 December 2001, Istanbul, TR.§ I Want to be a Suicide Bomber, SALT Gallery Beyoğlu, 19 November 2011, Istanbul, TR.§ KOG, performed at MiniMüzikhol, 29 April 2010, Istanbul, TR. § KOG, performed at Kumbaraci 50, 12 January 2010, Istanbul, TR.§ I Want to be a Suicide Bomber, performed at La Galerie de La Miroiterie, 27 March 2009, Paris, FR.§ I Dont Want to Go back Home, (video: 3D-me/thread me by Pier Giorgio De Pinto) performed at Dogzstar, 29 January 2009, Istanbul, TR.§ Kujo n - ∞, performed at exhibition opening, Necmi Zeka: Rhymes and Weeks, 9 October 2008, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, TR.§ KOG, composed by Zafer Aracagök and Anthony Donovan (video by Pier Giorgio de Pinto), performed at The First International Deleuze Studies Conference, Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, 11-13 August 2008, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.§ Yalvaririm Beyfendi Saatiniz Kaçi Gösteriyor, (I beseech you sir, tell me what time it is with) performed together with Project 22/11 at burnt out Galata Bridge, 15-16 May 2008, Istanbul.§ Yalvaririm Beyfendi Saatiniz Kaçi Gösteriyor, (I beseech you sir, tell me what time it is with) performed together with Project 22/11 at Santral Istanbul, 23-25 January 2008, Istanbul, TR.§ Yalvaririm Beyfendi Saatiniz Kaçi Gösteriyor, (I beseech you sir, tell me what time it is with) performed together with Project 22/11 at Garaj Istanbul, 21-29 May 2007, Istanbul, TR.§ Performance Rhizomatique performed together with Ridha Dhib and Zaiat (FR) at Dogzstar,15 December 2007, Istanbul, TR.§ Divide by Zero, composed by Zafer Aracagök (video by Pier Giorgio de Pinto), performed at the opening of the conference, Spaces and Places: Tensions of a Paradigm, invited by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Phänomenologische Forschung, Darmstadt Univ, 03 October 2007, Darmstadt, DE.§ Divide by Zero, composed by Zafer Aracagök (video by Pier Giorgio de Pinto), performed at the opening of the conference, The Deleuzian Event, at Manchester MU, 08 September 2007, Manchester, UK.§ I beseech you sir, tell me what time it is, composed by Zafer Aracagök, performed as part of his lecture at La Sapienza University, 12 April 2007. Rome, IT.§ Divide by Zero, electronic music performance with co-composer Yolande Harris, 11 February 2006, Platform Art Centre, (supported by British Council), Istanbul TR.§ Divide by Zero, electronic music performance, 21 September 2005 at ITU/MIAM (as a part of the 9th Istanbul International Biennial), Istanbul, TR.§ Songs for a Neighbour, 27 January 2005, Jan van Eyck Academie Gallery, Maastricht, NL.§ Sifir Performance, 10 June 2004, "Project: Loosing.ctrl," organised by NOMAD and The Israeli Centre for Digital Art, Babylon, Istanbul, TR.§ Sifir Performance, 27 September 2003, "Project: Ctrl_Alt_Del," Marres, Maastricht, NL.§ Sifir Performance, Proje4L, 1 March 2003, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, TR.§ Resonance, Rhythm, Echo, 24 November 2002, Proje4L, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, TR.§ Who is the Owner of this Space? performed under the group name Atrocity Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Exhibition: The Other, organised by United Nations Habitat II Conference, 03-18 June 1996, Istanbul, TR.§ Example Manifesto, The Ear with Capital E, and I/Eyeing in the Whatever Picture, performed in XamplE III Exhibition, 10 March 8 April 1996 at Darmstadt, DE.§ Anti-Hamlet, performed in XamplE II Exhibition, 1-20 April 1995 at AKM, Istanbul, TR..

Closer

SIFIR at Salt Gallery Istanbul

Noise on Noise.pdf

On Some Umbrellas.pdf

Becoming-sexual of the Sexual.pdf

Whatever Image.pdf

Birkac Semsiye Ustune.pdf

Deleuze on Sound Music and Schizo-incest.pdf

Sesten Gurultuye.pdf

zafer cv for web.pdf

Spectacle, Speculative, Spectile.pdf

Retenir La Ritournelle.pdf

Decalcomania, Mapping and Mimesis.pdf

dediler ki.mp3
baslarimizdan kuyruklarimiza kadar.mp3
sevmeyecegiz.mp3
biz bu cani sokakta bulmadik.mp3
beyin tramvayi.mp3
sofor amca.mp3
vakit bul.mp3
bana oyle geliyor ki.mp3
sizden nefret.mp3
kurt yesin.mp3
tabut.mp3
bir kere.mp3
sifirlamak.mp3
histeria askim.mp3
ben senin yerinde olsaydim.mp3
breath in breath out.mp3
misunderstanding.mp3
french disco.mp3
comment te dire adieu.mp3

n-1 insan.pdf

Cinsel Olus.pdf

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