Melih Sarıgöl - Biography

Melih Sarıgöl was born in İstanbul in 1980. He lives in Berlin since 2017. After graduating from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering at METU, he earned an MSc degree in Acoustics and Technical Vibration at the same university. During his time at the university, he was involved in photography, video and animation film and was active in various clubs and organisations such as AFT (Amateur Photography Club) Karahaber and Videa.

After working as an engineer for various projects in the field, he attended a second graduate programme in İTÜ - MİAM on sound engineering design. Since then he has been working as an independent sound designer, sound recorder and sound mixing engineer for film, video and music productions.

As an experimental electronic music improviser he creates his sound palette using modular synthesizers with field recordings and D.I.Y. instruments. His soundscape consists of sonic structures that oscillate between broken rhythmic landscapes, noise and industrial drone, giving hints of an alternative narrative about our times.

He also participates in solo or group exhibitions with his watercolours and audiovisual installations. His main themes are ecology, media, gentrification, social transformation and immigration.

Important exhibitions / screenings:

Painting

Solo Exhibitions
  • Ortstermin, Berlin 2018
  • Collective Unconsciousness is my Playground, Blogfabrik, Berlin, 2017
  • sergi1, Cafe Nove, Istanbul, 2012
  • sergi0, 60M2 Jazz Club, Istanbul, 2011
Group Exhibitions
  • 20|20 100 Jahre Berlin / Schoeler Galerie/ Berlin, 2020
  • Confusion / Macao Milano / Mailand, 2017
  • On Paper / Galeri Mixer / Istanbul, 2016
  • Istanbul'un Artığı / Tütün Deposu / Istanbul, 2014
  • Açık Depo / Galeri Mixer / Istanbul, 2013
  • Birligin Keşfi / Parkart / Istanbul, 2013

Video

Solo Exhibition
  • vidyo3buçuk, Beks Taksim, Istanbul, 2012

Photography

Group Exhibitions
  • 'dışı seni yakar içi beni', METU Bibliothek Galerie, Ankara, 2001
  • 'Yıkım', Fotografie Festival, 9 Eylül University, Izmir AKM, Izmir, 2002

Screenings

  • O GECE / THAT NIGHT, 2019
    Gezeigt auf dem "displaced/replaced Festival 2019 im Radialsystem V
  • HUZUR / PEACE, 2005
    Gezeigt auf dem 5. İF - Istanbul Independent Film Festival Film auf Vimeo
  • UZMANLAR / EXPERTS, 2006
    Gezeigt auf dem 6. İF - Istanbul Independent Film Festival Film auf Vimeo
  • HICKIMSENIN OYKUSU / NOBODY'S STORY, 2007
    Gezeigt auf dem 4. Istanbul Animation Festival Film auf Vimeo