Ali Demirel

Born in Turkey in 1972, Demirel studied nuclear engineering and architecture. In 1993, he started experimenting with video. As his practice developed, he began working with electronic musicians, and is well-known for his collaborations with Richie Hawtin/ Plastikman. Their work together includes the sleek music video for “The Tunnel,” from Hawtin’s album DE9: Transitions and the 2010-11 Plastikman live tour. Demirel is known across minimal electronic music for his singular aesthetic. Other work of his also includes Meta-Control, a collaboration with Burak Arikan, which consists of interactive, kinetic visual compositions generated through programming language Processing. More recently, he has been working on a series of video installations which examine post-apocalyptic utopias. He collaborated with Biosphere and TV Victor on this series. Demirel has performed live at Sonar Festival, Spain; Mutek Festival, Canada; Coachella, USA; Fuji Rock Festival, Japan; Brixton Academy, London; L’Olympia, Paris; ADE, Amsterdam; among others. His work has been shown at institutions and spaces such as Guggenheim Museum, New York; TodaysArt.NL; CTM, Berlin; ICA, London; Arter, Istanbul; among others.