prof dr ihsan derman 0532 322 69 76 ihsanderman@me.com 2004, İstanbul, Turkey Higher Education Council, YÖK 1992, Ankara, Turkey 1987, Eskişehir, Turkey 1981, Eskişehir, Turkey TED Ankara College 1977, Ankara, Turkey Professor Associate Professor PhD, Philosophy of Photography titled "Photography and Reality" BA, Film and Television College ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE IM Academy - International Mediterranean Academy 2011 to present, Fethiye, Turkey Dean of Studies IM Academy is currently hosting students from 30 different countries. It offers professional certificate programmes as well as English Language education and operates under the accreditation of of Cambridge for ESOL programmes and of London for international programmes.
.doclab design oriented community 2010 to present, İstanbul, Turkey Founder and Director doclab is an International Design Summer School initially realized in 12 July - 13 Aug 2010 in the main gallery of santralistanbul. All of the five courses offered by.doclab were accredited by Ecole cantonale d'art de Lausanne (ECAL) with ECTS. Courses offered were as follows; Data Visualization, Media and Architecture, Animation and Interactive Projection, Generative Design: A Dynamic Collection, Beyond the Facade: Designing Interactive for Public and Corporate Buildings. This project was supported by prestigious institutions like, ECAL, Ars Electronica. santralistanbul 2008-2010, İstanbul, Turkey Director Management of santralistanbul Museum of Contemporary Art and Museum of Energy. Some of the exhibitions realised during the period; Martin Parr Photography Exhibition, Yüksel Arslan Retrospective Exhibition, Uncharted: Media Arts Exhibition. Design management of all the exhibitions including the Openning Ceremony. santralistanbul 2005-2007, İstanbul, Turkey 1997-2010, İstanbul, Turkey Creative Director Designning and management of the production processes for the exhibition spaces of santralistanbul Museum of Contemporary Art and Museum of Energy. Social Sciences Institute, Member 1997-2010, İstanbul, Turkey Visual Communication Department, Founder and Chairperson Visual Communication Design Dept. is the first one in Turkey to be established in this field. VCD, in the last twelve years, as a design school within, gained a cult status and became a brand not only as a school but also as a cultural institution supporting the development of new media and related issues as well as avant-garde ways and movements in photography and design. This support does not only consist of encouraging theoretical research but also providing physical requirements for hands-on research and production. Unique pioneering curriculum relied solely on end product oriented computerised design processes. In the VCD curriculum, emphasis is put mainly on the end product culminating well-known Annual Student Exhibitions titled TRACK Series from 2001 to 2010. VCD still holds the position as the only professional/academic group invited to the prestigious Ars Electronica Festival (Linz, Austria) so far from Turkey (Retrotracks 2005 Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria). Future Lab of Ars Electronica, Media Lab of Helsinki Design, are a few among the various institutions that currently employ VCD graduates in their research departments which clearly signify the international prospect of the curriculum. Student works were exhibited throughout Europe in cities such as Paris, Nantes, Linz, Cologne, Liege etc.
2005-2009, İstanbul, Turkey Executive Board, Member 2005-2010, İstanbul, Turkey Film and TV Dept., Chairperson 2002-2009, İstanbul, Turkey Photography and Video Dept., Founder and Programme Coordinator 2001-2009, İstanbul, Turkey Academic Board, Member 2001-2010, İstanbul, Turkey Annual Student Works Exhibition,"Track" Series from Track'01 (2001) to Track'09 (2009), Design Management, Curation 1997-2010, İstanbul, Turkey Courses lectured in graduate and undergraduate programmes of Communications Fac. ; Photography Techniques Adv. Photography Techniques Large Format Photography Architectural Photography Senior Project History of Photography Photography As A Contemporary Medium Int. to Multimedia Computer Culture Int. to Video Production Portfolio Design 2002, İstanbul, Turkey Preparation of Photography and Video Dept. Curriculum Higher Education Council, YÖK 1992, Ankara, Turkey National Informatics Commitee, Member 1997, İstanbul, Turkey Establishment of Visual Communication Dept. computer labs, photo studio and darkrooms
Bilkent İhsan Doğramacı 1991-1997, Ankara, Turkey Courses lectured in graduate and undergraduate programmes of Fac. of Fine Arts, Architecture and Design; Int. to Visual Techniques Photography Techniques Large Format Photography Photography As A Contemporary Medium Int. to Multimedia Computer Culture Int. to Video Production Portfolio Design Bilkent İhsan Doğramacı 1991-1997, Ankara, Turkey Fine Arts Institute, Member Bilkent İhsan Doğramacı 1993-1995, Ankara, Turkey Med-Campus Project # 126 (EU Educational Project), Official Partner 1981-1991, Eskişehir, Turkey Courses lectured in graduate and undergraduate programmes of Fac. of Fine Arts and Communications Fac.; Photography Techniques Art of Photography Advertising Photography 1988, Eskişehir, Turkey Computer Aided Education for Elementary Schools, Project by IBM Turkey and, Art Director 1988, Eskişehir, Turkey Establishment of the large format photography studio and colour darkrooms 1983-1991, Eskişehir, Turkey ÜNVAK ( Advertising Agency), Art Director, Photographer 1987-1990, Eskişehir, Turkey Zeit für Deutsch (German Language TV programmes) Art Director, Set Designer, Assistant Director SINAR AG 1987, İstanbul, Ankara, Turkey SINAR Large Format Photography Technique Seminars, Organizer and Speaker
ARTISTIC WORKS (PHOTOGRAPHY, VIDEO) Bilgi Atölye 111 2000, İstanbul, Turkey Closed Circuit, Photography Exhibition Atatürk Cultural Centre 1997, İstanbul, Turkey Introspective, Exhibition Bilkent Art Gallery 1997, Ankara, Turkey Prophecy, Exhibition of Bilkent Artists (w/ S Günaydın) Goethe Institut 1995, Ankara, Turkey Screening of video-art works in the official programme of SANART Trans - Europe Express (Video 8, PAL, 9'00") Lavabo (U-matic, Low Band, PAL, 4'00") Lindenbaum (D Derman'la birlikte) (U-matic, Low Band, PAL, 2'12") TV (U-matic, Low Band, PAL, 3'30") Corpus Erectus (Video 8, PAL, 2'30") State Fine Arts Gallery 1992, İstanbul, Turkey Untitled, Photography Exhibition (w/ G İncirlioğlu) Goethe Institut 1988, Ankara, Turkey 2. Level, Photography Exhibition No Name Gallery 1988, Basel, Switzerland Retros, Photography Exhibition Turkish American Association 1988, Ankara, Turkey Designs II, Photography Exhibition Bodrum Castle 1984, Bodrum, Turkey Designs I, Photography Exhibition Turkish American Association 1983, Ankara, Turkey Black and White, Photography Exhibition İbrahim Pasha Palace 1983, İstanbul, Turkey Long Exposure, Slide Show Ankara 1983, Ankara, Turkey Fotoflora, Slide Show
Turkish American Association 1983, Ankara, Turkey Fotoflora, Slide Show State Fine Arts Gallery 1982, Eskişehir, Turkey Medusa, Photography Exhibition SEMINARS, CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS METU Middle East Technical 2002, Ankara, Turkey Design Education and Photography, Speaker Turkish History Foundation 1998, İstanbul, Turkey Cinema and Photography, Panelist World Mass Communication Foundation 1997, Ankara, Turkey Video Production Seminars, Organizer and Speaker AKSANAT, 12th Photography Days 1996, İstanbul, Turkey Photography's Stance in the Midst of Technological Progress, Panelist METU Middle East Technical 1993, Ankara, Turkey Photography and the Concept of Apparatus, Speaker Fotoğrafevi 1993, Ankara, Turkey Photography Theory, Speaker Ankara Communications Fac. 1993, Ankara, Turkey Changing Concept of Photography, Speaker METU Middle East Technical 1993, Ankara, Turkey Photo - Sequence Workshop, Organizer, Speaker (w G İncirlioğlu) AFSAD 1991, Ankara, Turkey Postmodernism and Photography, Speaker
ARTICLES Yeni Türkiye Dergisi Mart - Nisan, 1998, No.20, s.1429.net kimlikleri Yeni Türkiye Dergisi Mart - Nisan, 1996, No.20, s.112 Sayısal Teknolojiler ve Fotoğrafın Doğruluk Değeri Gösteri Ekim, 1995 Fotografik Çerçevenin Saydamlığı 25. Kare Mart - Nisan, 1993 Fotoğraf ve Fetişizm TRANSLATIONS Med-Campus Project #A126 Publications Ankara, 1993 Vilem Flusser. Bir Fotoğraf Felsefesine Doğru BOOKS Publications İstanbul, 2004 Hareket Halinde: 1986-2000 Seha Neşriyat Ankara, 1995 Med-Campus Project #A126 Publications Ankara, 1993 Ailenin İletişim Kılavuzu (w/ Nabi Avcı and Nezih Erdoğan) Fotoğraf ve Gerçeklik Ağaç Yayınları Ankara, 1992 Fotoğraf
DISSERTATION AND PROJECT SUPERVISION Social Sciences Institute, İstanbul 2003 Fine Arts Institute Bilkent İhsan Doğramacı, Ankara, 1997 Selen Selviler.An Evaluation of Visual Design Parameters for Home Automation User Interfaces, MA. Mehmet Serhat Günaydın. Photography in Digital Environment: Changing Visual Concepts in the Photographic System and Its Impact on Photojournalism, MA. Fine Arts Institute Bilkent İhsan Doğramacı, Ankara, 1996 Güven İncirlioğlu. Photographic Image and Its Contextualisation as Art, PhD. Fine Arts Institute Bilkent İhsan Doğramacı, Ankara, 1993 Taner Şekercioğlu. Photography in Architectural Periodicals: Formulating A Typology for the Use of A Single Photographic Image per Building, MA. Fine Arts Institute Bilkent İhsan Doğramacı, Ankara, 1993 Ali Cindoruk. The Intertextual Circulation: Image Travelling in Consumer Culture, MA. PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMMES SINAR AG 1986, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Large Format Photography Workshop I SINAR AG 1986, Schaffhausen, Switzerland Large Format Photography Workshop II School of Modern Photography 1981, New Jersey, USA Photography Techniques (Distance Education)