The work of architect and artist Buşra Tunç focuses on perception and experience in space. Her interdisciplinary approach creates ambient atmospheres, which need to get experienced to unfold their aesthetic narratives. Tunç designs spatial experiences, which appear like realms of light, where frequency, intensity and colour temperature fuse with auditory patterns. The composed soundscapes assemble noise, sonic acts and human voice.
The body of her architecture is build through a modified reuse of industrial materials to question their normative contexts and functions which determine our everyday life. Her engineered physical structures breathe the old heritage of vast megalopolises and forgotten factory sites, creating a tension between the inside and outside to provide gateways into other spheres. The experienced realities take the audience through levels of intimacy and creative thrill by stimulating visionary imaginations.
Education
2006-2012 Bachelor, Architecture, Architecture and Design Faculty, Anadolu University
2008-2012 Bachelor, Double Major Program, Cinema and Television, Communication Science Faculty, Anadolu University
2011-2012 Cinematographiques et audiovisuelles, Exchange Program, Université Paris-est Marne-la Vallée, Paris
2013-2014 Visual Communication Design, MFA, Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul
Residency programs
2024 SVA NYC, School of The Visual Arts, Artist residency online programme, New York, US
2023 SOCIAL DIVE: Artist-in-Residence Projects,Tokyo Biennale, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Cité Internationale des Arts, Artist residency programme, Paris, France
Awards, Grants, Scholarships
2024 SVA NYC, School of Visual Arts artist online residency program, Scholarship by The American Turkish Society
2023 CultureCIVIC Art Production Grants #3, Kassia: Protest Poems, Funded by the EU, Anadolu Culture, IKSV
2023 SAHA Support, the production of the Ghost Gardens, Tokyo Biennale, directed by Masato Nakamura, Min Nishihara
2022 National Architecture Annual 22, MSGSU Tapestry Workshop, Architectural Project Mimar Sinan Fine Arts Uuniversity
2021 National Architecture Annual 21, Architectural Project for POSTANE, Social Center for Spatial Justice
2015 World Architecture Awards, Container Park for EGE University Tecnopark, team project, as Atolye
Selected Exhibitions
2024 State of Earth, New Extremophiles, Group exhibition, Yapi Kredi Culture Art, Istanbul, TR
2024 LEFTOVER, Solo exhibition, Fener House 2 , Istanbul, TR
2023 Ghost Gardens, Buşra Tunç + Kerem Ozan Bayraktar, Tokyo Biennale 2023, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Cité Internationale des Arts, Artist residency programme, Open Studio Exhibition, Paris, France
2022 Scratch, Carved Conversations, Sultan Han Caravanserai, Aksaray, TR
2022 ÄTHER , Boşlukta Mevcut exhibition, Taksim Sanat, Istanbul
2022 Endangered Pile, Fraktal Exhibition, Metrohan, Istanbul
2021 Ruderal Garden, Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021, Buşra Tunç + Kerem Ozan Bayraktar , Tokyo, Japan
2021 PARALLEL 42- A circle of the Humanity, at COD – Center For Openness And Dialogue in Tirana, Albenia
2020 Street View, Istanbul Design Biennale side project, In- Between Design Space, Istanbul
2020 ÄTHER , Site Specific Installation, Goethe Instutue, Istanbul
2019 Evin Hatırladıkları: Zeynep Sayın’la bir imge dersi, Bozluart project, Istanbul
2017 Majaz, Site Specific Installation, Sahand Hasemiyan + Buşra Tunç, BLOK art space, Büyük Valide Han, Istanbul
2017 Heterotopia, Audio-Visual Installation, REM Art Space, Istanbul
2016 Oculus: A Spatial Experience and Audio-Visual Performance, MSGSÜ Tophane_i Amire Single-Dome Hall, Istanbul
2016 Detail, Blokart Space, Istanbul,
2016 Non Linear Future, Mixer Gallery, Istanbul
2015 Formless, Fluid Reality in New Media, MSUB Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Serbia
2015 Suruhu, Immersive Experience-Light, Water and Sound Installation, Nakilbent Cistern, Istanbul,
2015 Xchange, The Codes of Light, Plug-in Section, Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair’15, Istanbul
2015 Waves, Sinusoid-Light Installation, BLOK Art Space, Istanbul,
2015 Mekan Atolye II, CerModern, Ankara
2015 Mamut Art Project 15, Istanbul
2015 Istanbul Maker Faire, Santral Istanbul, Power Plant Museum, Istanbul
2014 Made by Makers, Studio-X, Istanbul
2014 Istanbul Maker Faire, Halic Congress Center, Istanbul
2014 Bazaart14, Chalaby Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013 Bazaart13, Chalaby Art Gallery, Istanbul
2013 Pour La Beauté du Geste, Young Photography Initiative, Istanbul
2010 Untitled:Cities, Solo Photography Exhibition, Anadolu University, Eskisehir
Texts, Interviews, Publications
‘Leftover exhibition investigates re-entry of industrial waste into production cycles’ review 2024, Designboom
“LEFTOVER” exhibition as archaeological excavation site interview with Uras Kizil, July 2024, Argonotlar
“Buşra Tunç | Mimar & Sanatçı“ interview for Mercado Diyalog, december 2023, Mercado
“Haricten sanat, Cité des Arts Paris atelier with Busra Tunc” by Celenk Bafra, agustos 2022, Acik Radyo
Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021 Unseen Everyday Scene -Purityx Earnestness x Deviation, 2020
Future Now 2021: 125 Contemporary Artists, Aesthetica Art Prize, publication, 2020 Aesthetica Magazine
“Design Visits: Buşra Tunç” interview with Elif Kahveci, 2019, IKSV Istanbul Design Biennale
“buşra tunç illuminates goethe-institut” by Myrto Katsikopoulou, 2019, Designboom
In-Between portraits: Buşra Tunç, interview by Dilek Öztürk, july, 2018, In-Between Online
“OCULUS, Immersive Installation Based on Centuries-Old Architecture”, by Annalise Zorn, 2017, Archdaily
“OCULUS as an interactive light + sound performance” by Lia Zeitoun, 2017, Designboom
“Besformno: Fluid Reality in New Media Art” Exhibition Catalogue, Salon of the Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade
“A Minimal Lamp Inspired By A Single Line” by Nanette Wong, December 2016, Design Milk
“Istanbul-In-Between discusses a ‘phygital’ future” by Ilaria Capriglione, October 2016, Frame Magazine
“Mimarlık ve Sanat Arasındaki Özerk Bölge” interview by Naz Cuguoğlu, May 2016, Artful Living
“Açık Dergi: Nisan 15 Açık Radyo” Suruhu, programer Esra Epozdemir, nisan 2015, Acil Radyo
“Turkey: Istanbul Codex” Artworks Catalogue, 2015, Imago Mundi Collection“Suyu Solumak” , Celaleddin Çelik, May, 2015, İstanbul Art News
“Kente Farklı Bir Yerden Yaklaşıp, Farklı Bir Şey Katıyor ve Alıyoruz” Amber Eroyan, April, 2015, Mimarizm
“Sultanahmet Sinemaları”, Fatih Özgüven, April, 2015, Radikal
“Yerin Altına İniyorsunuz ve Orada Bambaşka Geçiyor Zaman”, İlknur Sudaş, April, 2015, Arkitera
“Büyük Kentlerde Yaşayanların Zihinleri ve Bedenleri İşgal Edilmiş Durumda”, Derya Gursel, February, 2015, Arkitera
Istanbul Art News Portfolio section, artist Buşra Tunç, Article by Ebru Yetişkin, 2015, Istanbul Art News
Artist Talks, Seminars, Workshops
2024 State of Earth, artist talk, with Sibel Horada, Cengiz Tekin, moderated by Eray Cayli, Yapi Kredi Culture Art, Istanbul, TR
2023 Tokyo Biennale, presentation of Ghost Gardens installation, Tokyo, Japan
2022 Artist talk, Fraktal Exhibition, moderated by Derya Yucel, Tunel Metrohan, Istanbul
2022 18.45 Talks, ‘Yoldan Çıkmış Mimarlık’, Design Foundation of Turkey, Kuzguncuk Pier, Istanbul
2022 Arkitera National Architecture Annual Awards, presentation of MSGSU Tapestry Workshop, IPA, Istanbul
2022 Computational Basic Design, jury member, Bilgi University Faculty of Architecture basic design fall term, Istanbul
2021 Tokyo Biennale 2020/2021 Unseen Everyday Symposium with prof. Yoshitaka Mori, collaboration w/Kerem Ozan Bayraktar
2019 Home and Altar Master Class by Zeynep Sayın, Guest Participant, Marmara University, Institute of Fine Arts, Istanbul
2018 Cinema and Space workshop lecture with Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Architecture program III, Nesin Art Village, Şirince, İzmir
2017 ATMOSPHERES Spatialization of Time, jury member, ITU Faculty of Architecture Fall Term, Istanbul
2016 Computational Basic Design, jury member, Bilgi University Faculty of Architecture basic design fall term, Istanbul
2016 “Phygital, What’s the matter?” panel Talk, 3rd İstanbul Design Biennial Parallel Events, Alt Art Space, İstanbul
2015 Formless, Fluid Reality in New Media, artist talk, MSUB Museum of Contemporary Art in Belgrade, Serbia
2014 ISC-Istanbul Smart City: Interventions I Istanbul Design Biennial Workshops
2011 Sin/eco/topya Workshop Coordinator Assistant of Işıl Baysam Serim, National Architecture Students Meeting 11, Karakayalar, Eskisehir
2011 Baykuslar Toplanıyor, Architecture Students Meeting, Coordinator Assistant of Işıl Baysan Serim, Karantina Island, Izmir
2010 Sinetopya Workshop, Coordinator Assistant, Ipekyolu Film Festival, Bursa
2010 Yahşibey workshops by Nevzat Sayın, participant, Architecture workshop series, Yahşibey Village, İzmir
Exhibition Architecture, Film Scene
2023 Painter, Installation Design, Yagiz Ozgen’s solo exhibition, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2023 A Space of Insight: Akbank Sanat and 30 Years, Exhibition Architecture & Directions of video contents, Akbank Sanat, İstanbul
2022 The Room With Forty Doors, Exhibition Architecture & Spatial video installation, Akbank Sanat, İstanbul
2020 Şakir Eczacıbaşı: Selected Moments, Spatial video installation & architectural management, Istanbul Modern
2019 Instructions, Exhibition unit design, Yagiz Ozgen’s solo exhibition, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2019 SKINS, Installation Design, Kerem Ozan Bayraktar’s solo exhibition, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2019 Rocks and Winds, Germs and Words, Exhibition architecture, Kerem Ozan Bayraktar’s solo exhibition, Sanatorium, Istanbul
2019 Parajanov with Sarkis, architecture of exhibition design, Pera Museum, Istanbul
2018 Remix: Bülent Erkmen, Akbank Sanat, architecture of exhibition design, Istanbul
2017 Re/Framing Louis Kahn, Spatial Video Installation, Pera Museum, Istanbul
2015 Clair Obscur/Tereddüt, atmosphere design for a scene, film by Yeşim Ustaoğlu, Istanbul
Professional activities, Architectural Practices, Interventions
2023 A Living Hub, 15m2 temporaral living space, concept development, KKAA project, Kaz Mountains, Canakkale
2023 Sazli House: A Village House, architectural design project, Ayvacik, Çanakkale
2022 Karapınar House: A Village House, architectural design project, Karapınar, Gaziantep
2022 MSGSU Tapestry Workshop, interior and system design project, Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University, Istanbul
2021 AKM, Ataturk Cultural Center Opera Hall, A spatial Light Installation for opening ceremony, Istanbul
2021 OREGON: Technology services work office, interior design project, Istanbul
2021 MITTO: Candle+Scent Lab, lighting design, interior design project, Istanbul
2021 POSTANE, lighting design, installations for entire building, interior design for Postane cafe and store, Istanbul
2020 Çağan Customs Work Office: interior design project, Istanbul
2019 Yeşim Ustaoğlu House: A Mountain House, architectural design project, Muğla
2018 An intervention: Tunnel, Maslak Venue Concert Hall, permanent installation, Istanbul
2017 CEMİYET: A Scene + Concert Hall, interior design project, Istanbul
2017 Özerk Evi: A House + Dance Studio, interior design project, Istanbul
2015 Konteyner Park, Ege University Technoparc Project, an integrated architectural design project, Atölye, Izmir
2015 ATÖLYE: A transdisciplinary design project, makerlab workshop development, Istanbul
2014 Ingbank Operation and Call Center, Has Architectural Studio, Kahramanmaras
2013 Technology and Science Laboratory, Boğaziçi University, Has Architectural Studio, Istanbul
2013 Mausoleum and Museum Rauf Raif Denktas, international architectural competition, with M.Arch. Yusuf Özerdem
2009 EUR convention Hall and Hotel ‘the Cloud’, Office Massimiliano Fuksas, Roma
2009 Tower For Regione Piemonte New Headquarters, Office Massimiliano Fuksas, Turin