BILKENT UNIVERSITY
OLD MEDIA, WORKING AGAIN.
- VHS
- U-MATIC
- BETA SP
- HI8
- DV
- 8MM AND SUPER 8
- CD-ROM
- FLOPPY DISKS
Open Monday to Friday, 10:00 to 17:00 · Room FFB-007 · Opened officially in October 2017
EXPLORE COLLECTION →ABOUT
BILKENT MEDIA ARCHAEOLOGY LAB
Part of Bilkent University Department of Communication and Design's Creators Studio, the department's production facilities.
Over its history the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture has gone through many cycles of analogue and digital audiovisual technology. Much of the equipment that was retired still works and sat in corners and cellars. The lab rescues it and makes it usable for research, teaching and artistic production.
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COLLECTION
CATALOG
WORK IN PROGRESS
RESEARCH & EXHIBITIONS
PROJECTS
ONGOING
PAST
SCREENINGS FOR EUROPEAN HERITAGE DAYS
For the annual European Heritage Days, the lab organized screenings of material from its archive.
EXHIBITION: SHIFTING THE HERITAGE
An exhibition and symposium for European Heritage Days with the Institut Français de Turquie, about Bilkent's creation of Turkey's first web page in the early 1990s. Curated by Burçak Yakıcı and Andreas Treske, with works by Treske, Boran Aksoy, Deniz Pire, Egemen Kırkağaç, Ekin Kılıç Ezer and Fatma Çiftçi. The guided tour started in the lab.
DUST POETICS: EXPERIMENTAL FILM PRACTICES AND THE ARCHIVE
The online workshop Dust Poetics led by editor, filmmaker, and media artist Andreas Treske will focus on the hidden, boxed, and stored aspects of experimental film practices and how such practices can become potent yet fragile archival tools. Organized as part of the public program A Crack in the Wall, and in collaboration with Istanbul Experimental.
LAB OF LABS, 4TH ISTANBUL DESIGN BIENNIAL
A pop-up lab at the Yapı Kredi Culture Centre with Jussi Parikka's research group. Andreas Treske led the workshop Objects of Interest: Objects of Control, built around remote controllers, switch panels and surveillance systems.
PLAY/PAUSE, FF/REWIND: SHARED PRACTICES AND ARCHAEOLOGIES OF MEDIA
The launch of the lab, with Bilkent University and the Goethe-Institut Ankara. Keynotes by Wolfgang Ernst, Annie van den Oever and Jussi Parikka; an 8mm family-film workshop with Ege Berensel; screenings; panels on computer memories and archives; an open lab day; and a closing round table and book launch of <em>Medya Arkeolojisi Nedir?</em> at the Erimtan Archaeology and Art Museum.
SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM FOR MADMAN AND THE NUN
MFA students Boran Aksoy and Melih Aydınat used the lab's analogue video mixer and older cameras for a live-mixed surveillance feed in a Performing Arts production, directed by Daniel Irizarry.
ON DISPLAY: IMMEMORY, SOFT CINEMA, AFTER.VIDEO
An MFA exhibition at the FADA exhibition hall showing three media works on period systems: Chris Marker's <em>Immemory</em>, Lev Manovich and Andreas Kratky's <em>Soft Cinema</em>, and the hybrid video book <em>After.Video</em>.
SUPPORT
DONATION
The Media Archaeology Lab relies on the generosity of individuals and institutions to grow its collection. Whether you have a single vintage device or an entire collection, we welcome your contribution to preserving media history.
Every donated item is carefully cataloged, preserved, and made available for research, teaching, and creative practice.
WHAT WE ACCEPT
VINTAGE COMPUTING EQUIPMENT
Personal computers, peripherals, and accessories from the 1970s through early 2000s. Any condition welcome.
DONATE →AUDIO & RECORDING MEDIA
Cassette players, reel-to-reel recorders, turntables, and related equipment. Blank or recorded media in any format.
DONATE →PHOTOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT
Analog cameras, film processing equipment, slide projectors. Particularly interested in Turkish-market branded equipment.
DONATE →VIDEO & BROADCAST EQUIPMENT
VCRs, camcorders, broadcast monitors, and editing equipment. Consumer and professional grade welcome.
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CONTACT
PHONE
+90 (312) 290 1749
FAX
+90 (312) 290 2736
ADDRESS
Üniversiteler Mah., Bilkent Üniversitesi
Güzel Sanatlar, Tasarım ve Mimarlık Fakültesi,İletişim ve Tasarımı Bölümü,
06800 Çankaya/Ankara