About
Hakan Gündüz is a media artist and creative technologist based in Berlin and Istanbul. With a background in physics and more than two decades of experience designing and building interactive systems, real-time graphics, and machine-learning-based installations, he has exhibited internationally, including at Haus der Kunst in Munich, the World Government Summit in Dubai, and the Beijing Public Art Festival. He co-founded the Istanbul media arts studio DECOL, teaches creative coding, interactive design, and machine learning, and continues to work independently across commissioned and personal projects.
He examines new techniques in computer science from an artistic perspective. His current research focuses on human–machine interaction, multimodal cultural data visualization, and explainable AI (XAI), with particular interest in latent spaces, high-dimensional embeddings, and interpretation of machine-learning models.
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Exhibitions
– Cityscapes, Video Installation, 1st Edirne Biennial, Edirne, Turkey, 2026
– Resonance, with ha:ar, Interactive Light & Sound Installation, The Void Exhibition – Çubuklu Silolar Digital Art Museum, Istanbul, 2024
– An / Moment, with Serhat Kiraz (A detail from the An/Moment exhibition), 9th Çanakkale Biennial, Museum of Troy, Çanakkale, 2024
– Cityscapes, Video Installation, Neredeyiz? (Where are we?), Maçka Art Gallery, Erimtan Archaeology and Arts Museum, Ankara, 2023
– Memento Mori, Video Installation, Maçka Art Gallery, ArtContact Istanbul, Istanbul, 2022
– Memento Mori, Video Installation, Memento Mori, Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul, 2022
– An / Moment, with Serhat Kiraz, Exhibition, Maçka Art Gallery, Istanbul, 2021
– Artifact, Interactive Installation, Yarının Dünyasına İvmeyle, Yildiz Technical University, Istanbul, 2021
– Arkhe, Part of the artist collaboration in DECOL with Nohlab, Interactive Installation, Beijing Public Art Festival, Beijing, 2021
– Artifact, Interactive Installation, Maçka Sanat Galerisi, ArtContact Istanbul, Istanbul, 2021
– In Pieces, with Mert Kızılay, Interactive Installation, Plugin – Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, 2021
– Arkhe, Part of the artist collaboration in DECOL with Nohlab, Interactive Installation, Alibaba Design Week, Hangzhou, 2021
– Artifact, Interactive Installation, Goetzendaemmerung, Haus der Kunst, Munich, 2020
– Human Colony, Interactive Web Software, Web Biennial Apeiron 2020, webbiennial.org, 2020
– Artifact:Faces, Video, Simulakra, metaspace.decol.tv, 2020
– Artifact:Faces, Digital Print, Video Installation, Solo Exhibition, Mixer Art Gallery, İstanbul, 2020
– Arkhe, Part of the artist collaboration in DECOL with Nohlab, Interactive Installation, Kristal Elma Awards, Istanbul, 2020
– Arkhe, Part of the artist collaboration in DECOL with Nohlab, Interactive Installation, Plugin – Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, 2019
– Artifact, Interactive Installation, Innovation Week Exhibition, Lütfi Kırdar Congress Center, Istanbul, 2019
– Haraka, with Hazal Döleneken, Interactive Installation, Heterotopya, REM Art Space, Istanbul, 2017
– Human Colony, Interactive Installation, Amber Art and Technology Festival, Energy Museum, Istanbul, 2015