Cem Çakmak

Cem Çakmak is a sound artist, music performer, multimedia designer, and researcher from Istanbul, based in Berlin since 2020.

As an electronic musician since 2013, Cem has performed in independent festivals such as Multiversal, A.I.D, or SOTU, as well as institutional events like Contemporary Istanbul, New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and the International Computer Music Conference. His works have been exhibited in prestigious venues around the globe such as EMPAC, Arter Gallery or Borusan Music House. Cem’s main inspirations come from historical and contemporary spatial music practices such as Quadraphonics, Ambisonics, Acousmonium or Polytopes. Also a designer of interactive music environments, he often uses computer-assisted work that includes methods such as probability, improvisation, microtonality, errors, and binary logic in his artistic work.