Zafer Aracagök Zafer Aracagök is an academic/musician who teaches art theory and continental philosophy at Bilgi

University, Istanbul TR. He is the author of three books (in Turkish) and a number of articles

addressing the issues of image, resonance and noise in continental philosophy and in the philosophy

of Deleuze and Guattari in academic journals such as Revue Chimères, Pli-The Warwick Journal of

Philosophy, Parallax, Third Text, Rhizomes, Postmodern Culture and Symploke. His academic

book, Desonance: Desonating (with) Deleuze was published by VDM Verlag, Germany (September

2009). His musical work is well received, released and performed both in Turkey and abroad such

as, UK, France, Germany and Italy.

ZA organised “Resonances: A Deleuze and Guattari Conference on Philosophy, Arts and Politics”

at Bilgi University, santralistanbul in July 2010; and he edited a special Deleuze and Guattari issue

for Parallax (Routledge), published January 2012.

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Zafer Aracagök

Faculty of Communication Department of Visual Communication Design,

Istanbul Bilgi University Santralistanbul / E – 1

Silahtarağa Mah. Kazım Karabekir Cad. No:1 34060 Eyüp Đstanbul

Tel: +(90) 532 721 58 84 E–mail: zafer.aracagok@bilgi.edu.tr

Website: www.sifiro.com

Professional Experience

Sept.2009 to

present

Sept.2005 – 2009

Sept. 2004–2005

1995–Sept. 2004

Istanbul Bilgi University, Turkey / full-time lecturer

Fall Terms:

VCD 507 Interdisciplinary Voices I VCD 179 Images, Sounds, Cultures I Spring Terms:

VCD 508 Interdisciplinary Voices II VCD 509 Issues in Digital Media and Culture VCD 180 Images, Sounds, Cultures II Lecturer at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey Responsible for teaching, course and materials design on philosophy and art theory on undergraduate and mostly graduate levels. Also supervised a number of M.A. thesis dissertations and acted as jury member in M.A. and Ph. D. Committees.

Researcher in the Theory Department at Jan van Eyck Academie, Maastricht, The Netherlands, working on his book project on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze.

Lecturer in the Department of Graphic Design at Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey.

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Educational Background

1989–1993 Magistergrad (PhD) in Comparative Literature from the University of Oslo.

1987–1988 Grunnfag (Minor) in Social Anthropology from the University of Trondheim.

1986–1987 Diploma in Norwegian Language studies from the University of Trondheim.

1982–1986 B.A. degree in English Literature, Bogazici University, Faculty of Letters and Science. Wrote graduation thesis on modern French and English poetry.

Seminars and Organised Conferences

July 8-10, 2010

Sept. 9, 2005

May 24, 2005

March-May 2005

Organised “Resonances: A Deleuze and Guattari Conference on Philosophy, Arts and Politics” at Istanbul, Bilgi University, santralistanbul. Organised the conference, “Gilles Deleuze: The Passage from Noise to Voice” at Jan van Eyck Academie, The Netherlands, September 9, 2005. Among the participants were Arkady Plotnitsky, Rosi Braidotti, Manola Antonioli, Mahmut Mutman and Marc Roelli.

A seminar on Deleuze presented at the Netherlands Research School of Women Studies, Faculty of Arts, Utrecht University, The Netherlands.

Prepared and delievered four seminars on the philosophy of Gilles Deleuze with respect to concepts such as resonance, mimesis, noise, and refrain at the Jan van Eyck Academie, The Netherlands.

Spring 1991

Prepared and delivered a series of seminars entitled “Problematisation of Nomadic Thought” in the Comparative Literature Department of the University of Oslo, Norway.

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Published Works

Theoretical and Literary � Desonance: Desonating (with) Deleuze, VDM Verlag, September 2009. � Sifirografya: a book designed to develop a critical perspective on the theory of autobiography and subjectivity through Leibnizean philosophy. Published by Oglak Yayinlari, Istanbul, October 1999. � Anti-Hamlet: a book, containing the text of my performance and critical texts on representation and hauntology in general. Published by Metis, Istanbul, October 1996. � Eve Donmek Istemiyorum: a novel, combining literary creativity with criticism into home-coming cultures and aiming to develop Adorno and Horkheimer’s criticism on The Odyssey and the “Sirens” chapter. Published by Iletisim, Istanbul, January 1995. Editorial

Edited Parallax special issue, Resonances: Deleuze and Guattari (AHCI & SSCI), Vol 18, no.1, issue 62, Routledge, UK.

Articles � “Desonance,” Resonances: Deleuze and Guattari, Parallax, Vol 18, no.1, issue 62, Routledge, UK. (AHCI & SSCI) � “Resonance(s),” introduction to Resonances: Deleuze and Guattari Parallax, Vol 18, no.1, issue 62, Routledge, UK. (AHCI & SSCI), � “On Some Umbrellas,” in His Master’s Voice in Dublin/Sevim Burak, Đstanbul, Mas Printing House, May 2011, (A special 50-copy of this book is printed for a symposium on Sevim Burak’s works at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland on 19 May, 2011.) � “An Audio-Visual Interview with Zafer Aracagök on Deleuze,” Deleuze Studies/Actual Virtual

#12, 2011, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK (http://www.hssr.mmu.ac.uk/deleuze-studies/journal/av-12/) � “Cinsel-Oluş”, Sanat ve Arzu Seminerleri, Đstanbul, Norgunk Yayıncılık, Istanbul, Aralık 2010. � “Pour un principe d’incertitude sexuel(le)," Revue Chimères, N°73 tiques meutes et larves, Paris, FR, November 2010. � “Spectacle, Speculative, Spectile: Situations in Sarah Kane, Sevim Burak, etc,” Third Text, Volume 24, Issue 4, 2010, Routledge, London, UK. (AHCI) � “Deleuze on Sound, Music and Schizo-incest,” Rhizomes.19, Summer 2009 (www.rhizomes.net), USA. � “Becoming Sexual of the Sexual,” Rhizomes.17, Winter 2008, (www.rhizomes.net), USA. � “On Some Umbrellas,” Contemporary Art; Regional Art; Visual Arts; Visual Culture, Third

Text, Vol 22, issue 4, 2008, Routledge, London, UK. (AHCI) � “Cinsel-Oluş,” Arkadan Yaklaşmak, Tesmeralsekdiz, Winter 2008, Ankara, TR. � “Divenire sessuale dell'identitá sessuale,” (tr. Francesco Warbear Macarone Palmieri) Liberazione, Queer, 8 Aprile 2007, Rome, IT. � “Retenir La Ritournelle,” Deleuze, Guattari et le politique, (ed. M. Antonioli), Edition Du Sandre, 2006, Paris, FR. � “Gel Psi Psi Psi: Diyelim ki Geldi,” Siyahi, Sayı 8, Fall 2006, Istanbul, TR � “Noise on Noise,” in Textual Soundings, Parallax, vol. 12, (2006), Routledge 2006, London, UK (AHCI) � “Derrida, Nietzsche, Sevim Burak/Birkaç Şemsiye Üstüne,” Cogito, Numbers 47-48, 2006, Istanbul, TR. � “Decalcomania, Mapping and Mimesis,” Symploke, Volume 13, Numbers 1-2, 2006,

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University of Nebraska Press, USA. � “Nietzsche ve Deleuze/Guattari: Rezonans, Nakarat ve Gürültü Üstüne,” Siyahi, Sayı 7, Ocak 2006, Istanbul, TR. � “Gilles Deleuze: Gürültüden Sese Geçiş,” Siyahi, Sayı 6, November 2005, Istanbul, TR. � “On Rhythm, Resonance and Distortion,” Pli - The Warwick Journal of Philosophy, Vol 14, 2003, UK. � “Whatever Image,” Postmodern Culture, Vol 13, Number 2, January 2003, Johns Hopkins University Press, USA (AHCI) � “Raymond Carver’dan Sozettigimizde Sozunu Etmediklerimiz,” Cumhuriyet Kitap, 5 January 1995, Istanbul, TR. � “Criticism of Turkish Films in Sight & Sound,” Sight & Sound, Spring 1989, London, UK (AHCI) � “Edward Hopper’in Sanati,” Gergedan, November 1989, Istanbul, TR. � “Stephen Frears: Prick up your Ears,” Gergedan, May 1988, Istanbul, TR.

Books Translated from English into Turkish � Raymond Carver, What We Talk About When We Talk About Love. Iletisim, Istanbul, 1994. � Raymond Carver, Fires. Adam, Istanbul, 1990. � Peter Wollen, Signs and Meaning in Cinema. Metis, Istanbul, 1988. � John Berger, And our Faces, my Heart, Brief as Photos. Adam, Istanbul, 1987. � Various plays, poems and stories by Peter Handke, Raymond Carver, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, and J.L. Borges. All were published in literary magazines in Turkey between 1984-1990.

Conferences

� “Deleuze on Sound, Music and Schizo-incest,” Sonic Futures: Soundscapes and the Languages of Screen Media, NECS, European Network for Cinema and Media Studies, 23-26 June 2011, University of London, London, UK. � “Desire Image,” Mobility and Fantasy in Visual Culture, 20-21 May 2011, Bahçeşehir University, Istanbul TR. � “Cinsel-Oluş,” Sanat ve Arzu Seminerleri, 17-20 June 2010, Istanbul, TR. � “Deleuze on Schizo-incest and Critical Perversion,” The First International Deleuze Studies Conference, Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, 11-13 August 2008, Cardiff University, UK. � “Gilles Deleuze: The Passage from Noise to Voice,” Spaces and Places: Tensions of a Paradigm, invited by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Phänomenologische Forschung,Darmstadt Univ, 03-06 October 2007, Darmstadt, DE. � “Deleuze on Sound, Music and Schizo-incest,” Deleuzian Event, Deleuze Studies, English Research Inst., Manchester MU, 08-09 September 2007, Manchester, UK. � “Becoming-Animal, Becoming Woman, Becoming-Imperceptible,” invited Faculty of Letters and Philosophy, La Sapienza University, 10 April 2007, Rome, IT. � “Identity and Resistance in Contemporary Turkish Art” invited by the Department of Art History, Pisa University, 18 January 2007, Pisa, IT. � “Violence of Representation,” presented at Crossroads Conference, Đstanbul Bilgi University 20-23 July 2006, Istanbul, TR. � Presented a seminar on Deleuze at Netherlands Research School of Women's Studies, Utrecht University, 24 May, 2005, Utrecht, NL. � “Noise on Noise,” presented at “Sonic Interventions,” Amsterdam School of Cultural Analysis, 29-31 March, 2005, Amsterdam, NL.

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� “Refraining from the Refrain,” delivered at “Deleuze, Guattari et le politique,” 14-15 January 2005, Université Paris 8, Paris, FR. � "Decalcomania, Mapping and Mimesis," delivered at "Conference: Gilles Deleuze: Experimenting with Intensities," 12-15 May 2004, Trent University, Peterborough, Ontario, CA. � “Cannibalism as a Possibility” delivered at “Oral Fixations: Cannibalizing Theories, Consuming Cultures.” 2-3 April 1999 The George Washington University, Washington DC, USA. � “Whatever Image” delivered at 22nd International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, “Interrogating Images.” 5-9 May 1998, University of California, Irvine, USA. � “Event: The Grammar of Cannibalistic Language” delivered at 21st International Association for Philosophy and Literature Conference, “Marginal Regions/Textual Margins.” 6-10 May 1997, Mobile, Alabama, USA. � “Raymond Carver: Seeing and Speaking the Event”, delivered at the 20th American Studies Seminar: “1975-1995 Looking Backward.” 1-4 November 1995 sponsored by United States Information Service and American Studies Association of Turkey, Antalya, TR.

Performances � I Want to be a Suicide Bomber, Arkaoda, 18 December 2011,Istanbul, TR. � I Want to be a Suicide Bomber, Minimuzikhol, 14 December 2001, Istanbul, TR. � I Want to be a Suicide Bomber, SALT Gallery Beyoğlu, 19 November 2011, Istanbul, TR. � I Want to be a Suicide Bomber, La Galerie de La Miroiterie, 27 March 2009, Paris, FR. � I Don’t Want to Go back Home, (video: “3D-me/thread me” by Pier Giorgio De Pinto)

performed at Dogzstar, 29 January 2009. � Kujo n - ∞, performed at exhibition opening, Necmi Zeka: “Rhymes and Weeks,” 9 October 2008, Dirimart Gallery, Istanbul, TR. � KOG, composed by Zafer Aracagök and Anthony Donovan (video by Pier Giorgio de Pinto), performed at The First International Deleuze Studies Conference, Centre for Critical and Cultural Theory, 11-13 August 2008, Cardiff University, UK. � Yalvarırım Beyfendi Saatiniz Kaçı Gösteriyor, (I beseech you sir, tell me what time it is with) performed together with Project 22/11 at burnt out Galata Bridge, 15-16 May 2008, Istanbul. � Yalvarırım Beyfendi Saatiniz Kaçı Gösteriyor, (I beseech you sir, tell me what time it is with) performed together with Project 22/11 at Santral Istanbul, 23-25 January 2008, Istanbul. � Yalvarırım Beyfendi Saatiniz Kaçı Gösteriyor, (I beseech you sir, tell me what time it is with) performed together with Project 22/11 at Garaj Istanbul, 21-29 May 2007, Istanbul. � Performance Rhizomatique performed together with Ridha Dhib and Zaiat (FR) at Dogzstar,15 December 2007, Istanbul. � Divide by Zero, composed by Zafer Aracagök (video by Pier Giorgio de Pinto), performed at the opening of the conference, “Spaces and Places: Tensions of a Paradigm,” invited by Deutsche Gesellschaft für Phänomenologische Forschung, Darmstadt Univ, 03 October 2007 , Darmstadt, DE. � Divide by Zero, composed by Zafer Aracagök (video by Pier Giorgio de Pinto), performed at the opening of the conference, “The Deleuzian Event,” at Manchester MU, 08 September 2007, Manchester, UK. � I beseech you sir, tell me what time it is, composed by Zafer Aracagök, performed as part of his lecture at La Sapienza University, 12 April 2007. Rome, IT. � Divide by Zero, electronic music performance with co-composer Yolande Harris, 11 February 2006, Platform Art Centre, (supported by British Council), Istanbul TR. � Divide by Zero, electronic music performance, 21 September 2005 at ITU/MIAM (as a part of the 9th Istanbul International Biennial), Istanbul, TR.

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� Sifir with Viki, “Songs for a Neighbour,” sound art performance, 27 January 2005, Jan van Eyck Academie Gallery, Maastricht, NL. � Sifir Performance, sound art performance, 10 June 2004, "Project: Loosing.ctrl," organised by NOMAD and The Israeli Centre for Digital Art, Babylon, Istanbul, TR � Sifir Performance, sound art performance, 27 September 2003, "Project: Ctrl_Alt_Del," Marres, Maastricht, NL. � Sifir Performance, Proje4L, electronic music performance, 1 March 2003, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul TR � Sifir Performance, Proje4L, “Resonance, Rhythm, Echo,” electronic music performance, 24 November 2002, Istanbul Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul, TR. � Who is the Owner of this Space? performed under the group name Atrocity Exhibition at the Contemporary Art Exhibition: “The Other”, organised by United Nations’ Habitat II Conference, 03-18 June 1996, Istanbul, TR � Example Manifesto, The Ear with Capital E, and I/Eyeing in the Whatever Picture, performed in XamplE III Exhibition, 10 March – 8 April 1996 at Darmstadt, DE (curator: Edwin Hermann). � Anti-Hamlet, performed in XamplE II Exhibition, 1-20 April 1995 at AKM, Istanbul, TR.

Musical Work

� I WANT TO BE A SUICIDE BOMBER, released by White Label Music, UK, October 2011. � KOG, composed by Zafer Aracagök and Anthony Donovan, released by White Label Music, UK, October 2009. � DIVIDE BY ZERO, performed with a video, “Bodies of Immanence” by Pier Giorgio De Pinto at the opening of the conference “The Deleuzian Event,” at Manchester MU, 08 September 2007, Manchester, UK; published by Deleuze Studies journal Actual/Virtual No: 8, December 2008. � DIVIDE BY ZERO, electronic music album, composed together with Yolande Harris, released by Colin Johnco Records, May 2008, Paris FR.

� KNOCK KNOCK, composed by Zafer Aracagök and Anthony Donovan, released by My Formica Table, April 2008, UK. � YALVARIRIM BEYFENDI SAATINIZ KAÇI GÖSTERIYOR (I BESEECH YOU SIR, TELL ME WHAT TIME IT IS) released by Sahipsizin Sesi Records, December 2006, Paris FR. � SIFIR/BEN APTALIM CUNKU OLUYUM BEN OLUYUM CUNKU APTALIM, electronic music album on Nietzsche and his collapse in Turin, released by ADA Muzik, November 2005, Istanbul. � PROJECT CTRL_ALT_DEL, a compilation of electronic music artists, a joint project of Hedah - Marres- Nomad, produced by Paul Devens, distributed by Lowlands Records, September 2003, (among the participants are Kim Cascone, Scanner, Merzbow, etc.) � SIFIR/INSAN RITM MAKINA, electronic music album, released by ADA Muzik, April 2003, Istanbul. � SIFIR/NEREDEORADABURADA, an experimental, electronic music album released by ADA Muzik, December 2000, Istanbul.