Artist Statement

Muta-morphosis was obtained by reducing panoramic images in one axis. The lack of a single perspectival structure due to multiplicity of perspectives can be linked to ottoman miniatures and connects the global contemporary representation to tradition.

• Murat Germen is an artist who uses photography as his tool of expression. He has a MArch degree from M.I.T., where he attended as a Fulbright scholar. He received an AIA Henry Adams Gold Medal. He currently works as a professor at Sabanci University, Istanbul. His work has been exhibited at conferences such as SIGGRAPH, ISEA, Mutamorphosis, TSC, CAe, CAC2, EVA-London, eCAADe, ASCAAD and has been shown in over 50 inter/national exhibitions. He is represented by C.A.M. Gallery (Turkey), ARTITLED! (Netherlands-Belgium), Rosier Gallery (USA). His work is in over 50 private collections inter/nationally, in addition to those in the Istanbul Modern, and Project Elgiz Museum of Contemporary Art collections. His work has also been auctioned at Sotheby’s and Christie’s.

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