E. BERHAN YILDIZ sound artist · as FosilAbout / Artistic position

01 / About

Sound
as evidence.

Field recording / live electronics / moving image / spatial sound / documentary methods

I record how work sounds: machines, repeated gestures, voices and rooms.

I use field recording, hardware sampling, moving image, spatial sound and live electronics. In these projects, sound documents labour, social relations and memory.

My father is a craftsman, and I have worked in car polishing and paintwork. This experience shapes how I enter workshops and listen. I spend time with people before I record, and I treat conversation as part of the work.

I move recorded material between film, installation and performance. A machine can become a rhythm, a found object an instrument, and a virtual room an acoustic space. In a live set, sound and image can change in response to each other.

Zanaat Tapes live performance
01

Listen

Repeated visits, conversation and attention to workflow come before recording.

02

Record

Machine sound, voices, gestures, room tone and moving image form situated documents.

03

Translate

Recorded material moves through film, spatial installation, publication and performance.

04

Share

The work returns to public settings and remains connected to its people and places.

Selected support

CultureCIVIC Artistic Production Fund, 2023
British Council Digital Collaboration Fund, 2021

Selected institutions

Istanbul Modern · Pera Museum · Sónar Istanbul · Müze Gazhane · CultureCIVIC