<p>2/5 BZ will play new audiovisual performance ' NO Gasionalsim NO Pipeline Bridge NO Exotic ' for ' Reloading Image ' project in Tehran / Iran / Azad Gallery in 7 th August 2007 .</p>
<p> The entry point to Serhat Köksal's new project ' NO Gasionalism NO Pipeline Bridge ' is investigates cultural cliches and their effects on the economic and political situation of individuals with sound art and no exotic planetcore visuals ; '' Against the Wall and Against the Bridge in there.'
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<p> .........<br>Serhat Köksal founded his 2/5 BZ project in Istanbul in 1986. As a constantly evolving multimedia project, the output is in disparate formats: tapes, video collages, CD-ROMs, audio CDs, photocopied zines and live performances. Serhat Köksal, aka 2/5 BZ, is performing on the subject of Turkish pop cinema and deconstruction, exotic tourism and anti-orientalism / anti-city myths, copy culture and remakes, the ethnic market and east-west gateway clichés , critical sound art and audiovisual experimentation using collage and cut-up techniques, found footage, field recordings and samples - in short: a critical and humorous re-use of mass
culture.The audiovisual performance of Serhat Köksal aka 2/5 BZ entitled 'NO Touristik NO Exotic' has toured festivals, exhibitions and clubs in 16 countries and 75 cities in Europa ,Asia ,North America .<br>2/5 BZ has performed at well-known festivals such as Club Transmediale in Berlin,Sonic Acts in Amsterdam , collaborated with numerous musicians such as Tim Hodgkinson and been presented, among others, by John Peel in his famous John Peel sessions on BBC . He lives and works in Istanbul.
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<p><a href="http://www.2-5bz.com/">http://www.2-5bz.com</a> <a href="http://www.myspace.com/2serhat5bz">http://www.myspace.com/2serhat5bz</a><br>-------------</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.bwanaclub.org/2-5-bz,429.html">http://www.bwanaclub.org/2-5-bz,429.html</a> <br>( 2/5bz announce / Clandestino Festival/ Sweden / 08.06.2007)</p>
<p> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2003/Jan0125bz/">http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/johnpeel/sessions/2000s/2003/Jan0125bz/</a> ( Peel Session)<br><a href="http://www.transmediale.de/page/detail/detail.0.persons.703.3.html">
http://www.transmediale.de/page/detail/detail.0.persons.703.3.html</a> ( Transmediale Festival)http://www.clubtransmediale.de/index.php?id=2275 (Remake Exotic performance)</p>
<p><a href="http://kultura.aktualne.centrum.cz/clanek.phtml?id=1503&kat=tipy">http://kultura.aktualne.centrum.cz/clanek.phtml?id=1503&kat=tipy</a> ( prag orientalcore performance )<br><a href="http://www.spb.timeout.ru/text/display/19771/">
http://www.spb.timeout.ru/text/display/19771/</a> ( St Petersburg TimeOut )</p>
<p><a href="http://www.resonancefm.com/listings/20061211.html">http://www.resonancefm.com/listings/20061211.html</a> ( 2/5 bz no exotic coctailcore session )<br><a href="http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/serhatkoksal/2-5BZnashUStour2az.jpg">
http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u315/serhatkoksal/2-5BZnashUStour2az.jpg</a> ( USA tour )<br><a href="http://www.sonicacts.com/SonicActsPhotos/SonicActsPhotos-Pages/Image27.html">http://www.sonicacts.com/SonicActsPhotos/SonicActsPhotos-Pages/Image27.html
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<p><a href="http://www.radikal.com.tr/ek_haber.php?ek=cts&haberno=6730">http://www.radikal.com.tr/ek_haber.php?ek=cts&haberno=6730</a><br></p>