Dr. Banu Çiçek Tülü (Turkey/Germany) is a sound artist, music producer, DJ and researcher with a background in design theory. She develops her ideas and research by using sound as a primary medium and sonic methodologies. Her practice-based artistic approach involves participation, social design, ecology, feminist and queer theory which uses artistic, cultural and political imagination as tools for social change. The process of the artistic production is crucial and it is mostly presented as multi-channel video and sound installations, sculptural elements, textile, various objects, and light. She believes in the political possibilities of sound and music, and utilizes both as an empowerment tool for different communities and minority groups.
Banu’s debut album TranSoundScapes which is released by Berlin based label Intergalactic Research Institute for Sound has been awarded for the the top albums of 2022 by one of the biggest music magazines DJ MAG. She is a fellow of the Namibia Program organized by Akademie Schloss Solitude, Stuttgart/Germany. Banu has a monthly residency in Refuge Worldwide Radio in Berlin. She is currently lecturer in Sound Studies and Sonic Acts Master program Berlin University of the Arts. Her upcoming solo exhibition will be shown in GAK Bremen, where she continues to question the German health care system in relation to female body, migration, pain, grief and healing.
Image 1: Sonic Body Map, 2020, multi-channel sound installation, Feminist Housing (Her)Stories for the Future II at Alpha Nova Gallery Futura, Berlin
Image 2: Pink Noise, 2023. Sound installation. Solo Exhibition at Galerie im Turm, Berlin
Image 3: Pink Noise, 2023. Sound installation. Solo Exhibition at Galerie im Turm, Berlin
Image 4: Sonic Activation, 2021 Performance in Public Space at GossipGossipGossip, Berlin
Credit Victoria TomaschkoVideo: Pink Noise, 2023. Sound Installation. Solo Exhibition at Galerie im Turm, Berlin
