ctrl_alt_del Continues With a Performance Night at Babylon :: Featuring Ruben Nachtergaele of Kapotski (BE) together with Ceren Oykut of Anabala (TR), Boris Hug (FR), Erdem Helvacioglu (TR), and Davide Swarup (IT) along with David Reuben De Latour (NZ/TR) and Elif Izbirak DJ (TR) sets :: December 4, 2007; 9:00 pm.

ctrl_alt_del, organized by NOMAD, is the first and the only sound-art festival in Turkey, and has been realized in sync with International Istanbul Biennial, since year 2003. Took place in Istanbul and Maastricht, 30 people from 16 different countries contributed to the project in 2003. In 2005, ctrl_alt_del took place in the “positionings” section of the 9th International Istanbul Biennial and 57 people from 12 countries participated in the project.

This year, festival started parallel to the Biennial, and has extented to 8 months. ctrl_alt_del consists of: Opening Concert, Performance Series (live), Workshops, Panels, Presentations, Open Call, Field Studies/Workshops, Exhibition, Radio Programmes, Publication and CD release. The theme of ctrl_alt_del 2007 is “remote orienteering”, refering to orienteering activity. The theme is not only connected to the navigational systems but it is also about positioning oneself within interconnected social and political realities. The theme will also be processed with the issues of control. The development team consist of Paul Devens (NL), Can Karadogan (TR), Basak Senova (TR), Eran Sachs (DE/IL), Erhan Muratoglu (TR), and Emre Erkal (TR).