NOS IS A COLLABORATIVE PLATFORM, FOUNDED BY NOHLAB (CANDAS SISMAN, DENIZ KADER) AND OSMAN KOC, THAT AIMS A HOLISTIC PERCEPTION FOR SOUND AND VISUALS, BY USING A CUSTOM SOFTWARE WHICH ENABLES SOUND TO DIRECTLY EFFECT THE VISUALS, AND BECOMES AN INSTRUMENT THROUGH THE REAL-TIME MANIPULATION CAPABILITIES THAT ALLOWS ARTISTIC INTERPRETATION.

TEAM

NOHlab

Art Direction & Performance
NOHlab is a studio, producing interdisciplinary experiences around art, design and technology. It builds a bridge between the digital and physical reality while examining the relationship of technology with art and design. It produces the tools, designs and stories in which the connection between the human and technology can be stated in many different ways. NOHlab is established by Candaş Şişman and Deniz Kader in 2011, who have been working together for a long time and want to move this work discipline to a participative and sharing process.
nohlab.com

Osman Koc

Creative Coding & Performance
Osman Koç is a creative technologist / artist, who uses technology as a medium for expression. Directed by his curiosities, Koç’s works touch many different fields such as cybernetics, artificial intelligence, biosensors, kinetic sculptures, reactive lighting, audiovisual performances and games with alternative physical controllers.In 2014, he co-founded Iskele47, a multidisciplinary design hub / makerspace in Istanbul, where he experimented, prototyped, taught, consulted, collaborated, made and played. Since 2017 he is continuing his activities in San Francisco, CA.He is also a member of the visual performance trio NOS Visuals and collaborative network Epitome.
kocosman.com

PAST PERFORMANCES

2017 - Gray Area Foundation Unseen Series - Performance with Samantha Weinert - San Francisco, USA2017 - The Crimea Memorial Church - Performance with AudioFil - İstanbul, Turkey2017 – Athens Digital Arts Festival - Performance with AudioFil - Athens, Greece2017 - Sonar İstanbul Festival - Performance with Cem & Rg - Modular live, Zorlu Performance Center, İstanbul, Turkey2017 - TSU! Live - Saravah, Tokyo2016 - Redbull Music Academy - Performance with Ah Cosmos - Old El Hamra Cinema, İstanbul, Turkey2016 - BAM Festival - Performance with Conservatoire Royal de Liège, Drumming by Steve Reich - Liège, Belgium2016 - (Re)Constructing Nature - Performance with Amy Salsgiver Dorsay - Borusan Contemporary Museum - İstanbul, Turkey2016 - Macka Electronic Music Days - Performance with Mehmet Ünal, Amy Salsgiver - İTÜ Macka Campus - İstanbul, Turkey2016 - Audiovisual Performance - Performance with Volkan Ergen - Arkaoda - Istanbul, Turkey2016 - Midnight Orient Cafe No.5 - KC Grad - Belgrade, Serbia2016 - Europalia Festival - Performance with Jef Neve - Flagey - Brussels, Belgium2015 - Dogus Otomotiv New Year Celebration Party - Volkswagen Arena - Istanbul, Turkey2015 - Signal Festival Opening Gala - Manes Gallery - Prague, Czech Republic2015 - Turkcell Starry Nights - Harbiye Cemil Topuzlu Open Air Theatre - Istanbul, Turkey2015 - AmberFestival Audiovisual Night - Performance with Eser Karaca - Santralistanbul - Istanbul, Turkey2015 - Waves exhibition closing event - Performance with Eser Karaca - Cezayir Restaurant - Istanbul, Turkey2014 - International Animation Days - Performance with Eser Karaca - Institut Français - Istanbul, Turkey2014 - Dogus Otomotiv 20th Anniversary Performance - Çıragan Palace - Istanbul, Turkey2014 - TEDxReset - Performance with Görkem Sen, Alp Çoksoyluer - Tim Show Center - Istanbul, Turkey2013 - Opening of Scriabin Museum - Performance with Andrei Korobeynikova - Scriabin Museum - Moscow, Russia2012 - Deep Space Music - Performance with Maki Namekawa - Ars Electronica - Linz, Austria