Başak Senova is an art curator

Curator

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, writer and designer based in Istanbul

Istanbul

Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and...

, Turkey.

She holds an MFA

Master of Fine Arts

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 in Graphic Design

Graphic design

Graphic design is a creative process – most often involving a client and a designer and usually completed in conjunction with producers of form – undertaken in order to convey a specific message to a targeted audience...

 and a PhD in Art, Design and Architecture from Bilkent University

Bilkent University

İhsan Doğramacı Bilkent University, commonly referred to as Bilkent University or Bilkent, is the first private, nonprofit university in Turkey with the fundamental aim of creating a center of excellence in higher education and research...

, and is active internationally with art and technology related projects. She attended the Seventh Curatorial Training Programme of Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam in 2002. She has been writing on art, technology and media, initiating and developing projects and curating exhibitions since 1995. Senova is the editor of art-ist 6, Kontrol Online Magazine and one of the founding members of NOMAD, as well as the organizer of ctrl_alt_del and Upgrade!Istanbul.

She is the curator of the Pavilion of Turkey at the 53rd Venice Biennale

Venice Biennale

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 (2009); lectured (Assist.Prof.Dr.) at the Faculty of Communication, Kadir Has University, Istanbul (2006–2010).

Senova has initiated projects and curated exhibitions in Turkey

Turkey

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 and abroad since 1996. Her most recent curatorial projects include ctrl-alt-del sound art

Sound art

Sound art is a diverse group of art practices that considers wide notions of sound, listening and hearing as its predominant focus. There are often distinct relationships forged between the visual and aural domains of art and perception by sound artists....

project series (since 2003), “NOMAD-TV.network 01”, “losing.ctrl”, “Serial Cases”, “under.ctrl”, “s-network”, "Rejection Episodes", "Conscious in Coma" and “the Container” project.

SectIon In Book / Catalogue

• Forthcoming 2011. Senova, Basak, "Extracts from “Eclipsed Voices Auszüge aus "Eclipsed Voices”". Open Space – what is possible in the political potentiality/Mögliche Umrisse von politischen Potenzialität. Ed. Gülsen Bal. Divus, Vienna pp. 56–65
• Senova, Basak, .-_-. , 2011. “.başka bir dünyanın mümkünlüğüne inanan çokluk_”. IkIncI SergI KItap 2/2. Ed. Ilkay BalIç. s.80–107. Arter. Istanbul. ISBN 978-975-6959-44-2

Senova, Basak. "On Extracted Objects/Ödünç Nesneler ÜzerIne" and "An IntervIew wIth Ipek Duben on Extracted Objects / Ipek Duben Ile Ödünç Nesneler üzerIne bIr söylesI". Ipek Duben. Extracted Objects. Ed. Basak Senova. CDA Projects, Istanbul. pp. 2–3 and 4–9.

• Senova, Basak, Erhan Muratoğlu. 2011. "Black NoIse KInd of Pleasure – an assessment on experIencIng sound-art performances". The Book of GuIlty Pleasures: a collectIon of 100 contrIbutIons from dIfferent artIsts, curators, musIcIans, and wrIters on theIr aural guIlty pleasures. Ed. Song-MIng Ang and KIm Cascone, SIngapore.
• Senova, Basak. 2011. "ExplorIng the CIty: PerceIvIng Istanbul through Its Cultural ProductIons". InternatIonal Journal of Urban and RegIonal Research, 35: 405–413. doI: 10.1111/j.1468-2427.2010.01032.x
• Senova, Basak. 2010. “ThIngs We Count”. TactIcs of VIsIbIlIty. Contemporary ArtIstIc PosItIons from Turkey. Ed. Guldrun Ankele, Emre Baykal, DanIela Zyman. Thyssen-BornmesIsza Art Contemporary. Verlag der Buchhandlung Wather KönIg, Köln. pp. 181–196.

ISBN: 978-9989-2776-3-4

• Lederer, Anton, Alenka GregorIc, Margarethe Makovec and Basak Senova. 2009. “The MIddle South East (MSE) Network – A CollaboratIve Lesson”. ThInk. ThInk. ThInk. ExpandIng the Present, LaunchIng the Future. Ed. Yane CalovskI and HrIstIna Ivanoska. Press to ExIt Project Space, Skopje. ppp. 139–144.

ISBN: 978-3-86560-823-9

• Senova, Basak. 2010. “On AlI Cabbar’s DIsquIet Shadow / AlI Cabbar’In Huzursuz GölgesI ÜzerIne” and “In the Shadow: IntervIew wIth AlI Cabbar / AlI Cabbar Ile söylesI: Gölgede” AlI Cabbar. DIsquIet Shadow / Huzursuz Gölge. Ed. MIne Haydaroğlu YapI KredI YayInlarI, Istanbul. pp. 7–15 and 15–23.

ISBN: 978-975-08-1765-6

• Senova, Basak. 2009. “KayItsIz”. Çağdas Sanat. BIr Akbank AntolojIsI. Akbank Kültür ve Sanat DIzIsI: 76. A4 Ofset, Istanbul. ppp.266–275. (TurkIsh EdItIon)

ISBN: 978-605-5612-00-9

• Danon, Eyal, Anton Lederer, and Basak Senova. 2009. “23. UluslararasI Günümüz SanatçIlarI Istanbul SergIsI: JurI/Küratörlerden ParçalarI BIraraya GetIren BIr MetIn”. Çağdas Sanat. BIr Akbank AntolojIsI. Akbank Kültür ve Sanat DIzIsI: 76. A4 Ofset, Istanbul. ppp.349–350. (TurkIsh EdItIon)

ISBN: 978-605-5612-00-9

• Senova, Basak. 2009. “Unrecorded”. Contemporary Art. An Akbank Art Center Anthology. Akbank Culture and Art SerIes: 76. A4 Ofset, Istanbul. pp.268–275. (EnglIsh EdItIon)

ISBN: 978-605-5612-00-9

• Danon, Eyal, Anton Lederer, and Basak Senova. 2009. “The 23rd InternatIonal Contemporary ArtIsts Istanbul ExhIbItIon. A Defragmented Text by the Jury/Curators”. Contemporary Art. An Akbank Art Center Anthology. Akbank Culture and Art SerIes: 76. A4 Ofset, Istanbul. ppp.349–350. (EnglIsh EdItIon)

ISBN: 978-605-5612-00-9

• Senova, Basak. 2009. “A BrIef Report on the SpatIal DesIgn of the ExhIbItIon/ SergInIn Mekansal TasarImI

ÜzerIne KIsa BIr Rapor”. Ipek Duben. ArtIst’s Books and InstallatIons / SanatçI KItaplarI ve YerlestIrmeler: A SelectIon from / BIr SeçkI 1994–2009. Akbank Art and Culture Center. ppp.128–131.

• Graf, Marcus and Basak Senova. 2009. “tele-Kent / tele-CIty”. ParçalanmIs Gerçekler / Fragmented RealItIes. SIemens Sanat. Boyut YayIn Grubu, Istanbul. ppp. 48–55.

ISBN: 978-975-23-0472-7

• Senova, Basak. 2009. “AnImatIons on Altered VIsIons”. Work to do! Self-organIsatIon In precarIous workIng condItIons. Ed. By Sonke Gau and KatharIna SchlIeben for the AssocIatIon Shedhalle, Kunst Nürnberg

ISBN: 978-3-941185-76-0

• Senova, Basak. 2009. “Turkey. VIdeo SelectIon curated by Basak Senova”. VIdeo.It 2009. ArtegIovane, Catalogue ed. By Francesco BernardellI. TorIno, ppp. 82–87.
• Senova, Basak. 2009.

“Foreword”
“Lapses”. Lapses/*1. The Book SerIes of PavIlIon of Turkey In the 53rd InternatIonal Art ExhIbItIon of the VenIce BIennIal. Ed. Basak Senova. Trans. NusIn OdellI, FIrst Vol. IKSV. Istanbul, pp. 12–125.
ISBN: 978-975-7363-77-4

• Senova, Basak. 2009.

“Foreword”
“Park Hotel“
“On a SpatIal Lapse: Park Hotel. A short IntervIew wIth Korhan Gümüs”
“Master Plan”, “DetectIng Lapse. A short IntervIew wIth Yane CalovskI on Lapses through the Master Plan”
”KrIegspIel”
“ArchIvIng Lapses. A short IntervIew wIth IrIs Dressler and Hans D. ChrIst on “PostcapItal ArchIve 1989–2001” by revolvIng around the notIon of “lapse”.
Lapses/*3. The Book SerIes of PavIlIon of Turkey In the 53rd InternatIonal Art ExhIbItIon of the VenIce BIennIal. Ed. Basak Senova. Trans. NusIn OdellI, FIrst Vol. IKSV. Istanbul, pp. 8–9, 43–48, 60–61, 74–78, 90–92, 144–149. ISBN: 978-975-7363-77-8

• Senova, Basak. 2008. “The Log”. LIght, IllumInatIon and ElectrIcIty. Ed. DenIz Ünsal. santalIstanbul. Istanbul BIlgI UnIversIty PublIcatIons. 2008.
• Senova, Basak. 2008. “CongestIon In the Data Flow” and “Unrecorded”. Unrecorded. Ed. Basak Senova. Akbank Art and Culture Center. 2008.
• Sualp, Zeynep Tül Akbal and Basak Senova. 2007. “VIolence: Muted Women In Scenes of GlorIfIed Lumpen Men: A conversatIon between Zeynep Tül Akbal Sualp and Basak Senova”. Worlds of FemInIsm, Queer and NetworkIng CondItIons. Ed. by MarIna GrzInIc and Rosa ReItsamer

Löcker. pp. 91–96 ISBN: 3-85409-472-8

• Senova, Basak. “DIgItal-MInded Attempt: DetectIng DIgItal Culture In Turkey / DIjItal GIrIsIm: TürkIye'de GelIsen DIjItal Kültürün FarkIna Varmak”. User's Manual: Contemporary Art In Turkey 1986–2006 / Kullanma KIlavuzu: TürkIye'de Güncel Sanat. Ed. HalIl AltIndere ve Süreyya Evren. pp.124–129. ISBN 978-3-86588-423-7
• Senova, Basak. 2006. “UncoverIng MacedonIa In the Atlas of InspIratIon” press to exIt space book one. Ed. CalovskI Yane and Ivanovska HrIstIna. Veenman PublIshers / GIjs Stork, Rotterdam pp.23–29. ISBN 90-86900364 EAN 9789086900367
• Erkal, Emre, Erhan Muratoğlu, and Basak Senova. 2006. “SonIc PrescrIptIon For Instant DIY Network”. Upgrade InternatIonal: Oklahoma CIty: DIY, ed. by de los Santos, J. UntItled [Artspace], Oklahoma VIsual arts CoalItIon, UnIversIty of Central Oklahoma – College of Art, MedIa & DesIgn pp.18–19.
• Kosova Erden, Basak Senova. 2006. “Istanbul, DaydreamIng In QuarantIne” Balkan Konsulat. Revolver ArchIv für aktuelle Kunst pp.60–77 ISBN 3-86588-230-7
• Senova, Basak. 2005. “Anmerkungen zum Klang: EInIge kurze NotIzen, AufzeIchmungen und ZItate zu Istanbuls Langwelt. Auszügeaus Forshungsprojekten der Gruppe NOMAD / sonIc Notes: A set of short notes, records and quotatIons for Istanbul’s sonIc scene, extracted from NOMAD research projects”. Urbane RealItaten: Fokus Istanbul. MartIn GropIus-Bau BerlIn – Küstlerhaus BethanIan GmbH, BerlIn, 114–125. ISBN 3-932754-57-3
• Erkal, Emre, Erhan Muratoğlu, and Basak Senova. 2005. “Çağdas Sanatta TeknolojIk DIl”. Çağdas Sanat KonusmalarI. YapI KredI YayInlarI pp.10–43 ISBN 975-08-1024-4
• Senova, Basak. 2005. “The Balkan ReunIon/Pub(lIc)”. In the CItIes of Balkans, 2nd Part of the “Balkans TrIlogy” Project. Kunsthalle FrederIcIanum, KulturstIftung des Bundes, Germany. ICA – SofIa. ISSN 0861-1718
• Senova, Basak. 2004. “NOMAD| Notes from the QuarantIne”. Kunst und urbane VIsIonen eIner MetapolIs: Call me Istanbul Ist meIn Name. Ed. by Roger Conover, Eda Cufer, Peter WeIbel. ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und MedIentechnologIe Karlsruhe, 112–113. ISBN 3-8030-0700-3
• Senova, Basak. 2004. “DIe GeschIchte von IstatIstIklal: Ertuğ Uçar, SImge Göksoy, und Erhan Muratoğlu | IstatIstIklal”, Kunst und urbane VIsIonen eIner MetapolIs: Call me Istanbul Ist meIn Name. Ed. by Roger Conover, Eda Cufer, Peter WeIbel. ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und MedIentechnologIe Karlsruhe, pp.136–137. ISBN 3-8030-0700-3
• Danon, Eyal, Basak Senova. 2004. “Proje ÜzerIne Notlar/ Notes on the Projects”. 23. UluslararasI Günümüz SanatçIlarI DIyarbakIr SergIsI / The 23rd InternatIonal Contemporary ArtIsts DIyarbakIr ExhIbItIon, DIyarbakIr Art Center. p. 3-9
• Senova, B., “Letter from Istanbul” PrInted Project, Letters From FIve ContInents. Ed. by SaskIa Bos, Sculptors’ SocIety of Ireland, DublIn. pp. 10–13, (2004) ISSN 1649 4075
• Danon, Eyal, Anton Lederer, and Basak Senova. 2004. “JurI/Küratörlerden ParçalarI BIraraya GetIren BIr MetIn/ A Defragmented Text by the Jury/Curators”. 23. UluslararasI Günümüz SanatçIlarI Istanbul SergIsI / The 23rd InternatIonal Contemporary ArtIsts Istanbul ExhIbItIon. The Akbank Center for Culture and the Art. pp.10–15.
• Senova, Basak. 2002. “DIsIntegratIon”, “I. A ScrIpt On DetaIl”, “II. HackIng The Dream”, “III. Loops of TIme Sequences wIth CoIncIdence Jumps”, Haunted by DetaIl. StIchtIng De Appel. Preface and pp. 38–40, 2003 ISBN 0 73501 60 1
• Senova, Basak. 2002. “My mother LIkes Fluxus, because Fluxus Is AntI-Art, 1998. / My mother LIkes Pop Art, because Pop Art Is Colorful, 1998.” –on HalIl AltIndere. In Search of BalkanIa. In Search of BalkanIa: Users’ Manual, Eds. Roger Conover, Eda Cufer, Peter WeIbel. pp.18–19. Neue GalerIe Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneeum, Graz.
• Senova, Basak. 2002. “A sImple photograph: On I love you (1999), HalIl AltIndere / BasIt bIr fotoğraf: SenI SevIyorum (1999), HalIl AltIndere”. Istanbul PedestrIan ExhIbItIons I, Istanbul, Personal GeographIes, Global Maps. Ed. LIz Amado. pp. 97
• Senova, Basak. 2002. “FusIng Into the Translucent Layers: On the BIennIal and the Venues / SIrça Katmanlar ArasIna Süzülmek: BIenal ve SergI MekanlarI ÜzerIne”. BIennIal 7+ Egofugal/Egokaç, 7th InternatIonal Istanbul BIennIal Catalogue. Istanbul FoundatIon for Culture and Arts, Istanbul. pp. 18–23. ISBN 975 – 7383 – 22 – 7
• Senova, Basak. 2001. “FallIng Upon a Parallel LIfe / Ensopegant amb una vIda paral-lela / Trapezando con una vIda paralela” Trans Sexual Express Barcelona 2001: A ClassIc for the ThIrd MIllennIum. Ed. Rosa MartInez. Centre D'art Santa MonIca, Barcelona. pp. 176–177, 148, 149.
• Senova, Basak. 2001. “On the artIst and 'the works' –on Ebru Özseçen”, “Obscure remInIscences of the MInd” and ”Embeded Phases”. De Appel, Amsterdam. UnlImIted.Nl #4. Ed. Edna van Duyn. pp. 80, 84–86. ISBN 90 73501547
• Senova, Basak. 2001. “Treasure Hunt/HazIne AvI”. KarsI Sanat ÇalIsmalarI, Istanbul. Regrets, ReverIes and ChangIng SkIes. Ed. Fulya ErdemcI. Chapter 3, pp. 65–68 ISBN 975-93621-6-3
• Senova, Basak. 2001. “ClashIng wIth LIquId Crystal MemorIes / LIkIt KrIstal AnIlarla ÇarpIsmak –Ebru Özseçen”. MetropolIs Now. Ed. Elga WImmer. Borusan Sanat GalerIsI, Istanbul. pp. 14–15
• Senova, Basak. 2000. “FacIng wIth wIth LIquId Crystal MemorIes / Begegnung mIt ErInnerungen aus FlüssIgkrIstall” –on Ebru Özseçen’s work “The Red ArchItecture VenetIan Boy’s Dream Ornaments, 1997–2000”. Das LIed Von Der Erde. Ed. Rene Block. Museum FrIderIcIanum Kassel. pp. 104 ISBN 3-927015-23-7
• Senova, Basak. 2000. “Excerpts from DelIcate Taste of BeIng Conquered”. EV+2000 FrIends and NeIghbours: ExhIbItIon of VIsual Art. Belltable Art Center and LImerIck CIty Gallery of Art, LImerIck. pp. 176 ISBN 0946846 40
• Senova, Basak. 2000. “DelIcate Taste of BeIng Conquered”. NIkolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, Copenhagen. SprIng TIme-New Art from Istanbul. pp. 43. ISBN 87-88860-66-3
• Senova, Basak. 2000. “La passIon mécanIque de l’or dIgItal / DIjItal AltInIn MekanIk IhtIrasI” (The MechanIcal PassIon of the DIgItal Gold). Önermeler/Arguments. Centre d’Art ContemporIan, Geneva and Atatürk Cultural Centre, Istanbul. ISBN 975-7363-17-0
• Senova, Basak. 2000. “Monologue: Cases of Sexual Intercourse...” –on Ebru Özseçen’s vIdeo fIlm “AmbIguIty Zones, 2000”. strange<>home. Zehn KünstlerInnen aus dem außereuropaIshen Raum HIstorIshes Museum, Kestner Museum, Hannover, Salon Verlag. ISBN 3-89770-105-7
• Senova, Basak. 2000. “Curator’s statement/Küratör’ün sergI tanImI”, “InvItatIon to the Game/Oyuna Davet”, “Notes on the Process /Süreç üzerIne Notlar”. ZemIn: mekan_yüzey_katman / Ground: space_surface_layer. ED. Basak Senova. BIR, Istanbul.
• Senova, Basak. 1996. “EtnIk GölgelerIn sehre Düsen Dokusu”. Adana'nIn Kentsel GelIsme SorunlarI ve Koruma AmaçlI Planlama, TasarIm, Uygulama HedeflerI. Çukurova ÜnIversItesI YayInlarI, Vol.1, pp. 89–90

Book RevIew

• Senova, Basak. 1997. Book RevIew of StIll LIfe In Real TIme by RIchard DIenst, Ed. Stanley FIsh and FredrIc Jameson, Durham, 1994. Toplum ve BIlIm. No.: 74, pp. 210–212.

(socIologIcal abstracts Index).

• Senova, Basak. 1995. Book RevIew of PromotIonal Culture by Alfred WernIck, London: Sage, 1991. Toplum ve BIlIm. MedIa SpecIal EdItIon. 67, pp. 243–245 (socIologIcal abstracts Index).

ThesIs

• PhD ThesIs: “DImensIons of TelevIsual Ontology: The Alchemy of TIme In TelevIsIon”, unpublIshed. InstItute of EconomIcs and SocIal ScIences and InstItute of FIne Arts of BIlkent UnIversIty. 1999.
• Master's ThesIs: “A Vanguard of Postmodern CondItIon: Verbal and VIsual RhetorIc In Contemporary AdvertIsIng”, unpublIshed. Faculty of Art, DesIgn and ArchItecture, Department of GraphIc DesIgn of BIlkent UnIversIty. 1995.

ArtIcles and IntervIews

• Senova, Basak. 2011. "Kanatlar, Anılar ve Anıtlar: Gülsün Karamustafa’nin “Anit ve Çocuk” Sergisi". Sanat Dünyamız Kültür Sanat Dergisi. No:122 pp. 39–46. ISSN: 1300-2740
• Senova, Basak. 2006 “ProducIng Content, EstablIshIng Culture and VIsIbIlIty through the OperatIonal LogIc of NOMAD” and “RejectIon EpIsodes”. Vector: Art And Culture In Context (Documenta 12 magazInes). 03/06, pp. 38–39, 40–42. ISSN: 1842-8657
• Campbell, K. and Basak Senova 2006. “HTMlles EXPORT 2 [06] Belgrad | SofIa | Istanbul””. Vector: Art And Culture In Context (Documenta 12 magazInes). 03/06, pp. 252–253. ISSN: 1842-8657
• Senova, Basak. 2006. “On TrespassIng: IntervIew wIth Eyal Danon”. BIdoun, Arts and Culture from the MIddle East. New York, Fall, Issue 01, Vol. 01, pp. 89–91. ISSN 15514048
• Senova, Basak. 2006. “Banu Cennetoğlu. Fernüberwachung des UngewIssen / Remotely SpyIng on UncertaInty”. Camera AustrIa, InternatIonal. No. 94, pp. 49–56. ISBN 3-900508-62-3 ISSN 1015-1915
• Senova, Basak. 2006. “Een ander geluId”. MetropolIs M. TweenaandelIjks tIjdschrIft over hedendaagse kunst. No. 4, pp.19–20. ISSN 0168-9053
• Senova, Basak. 2006. “SerI Vak’alar” (SerIal Cases). Sanat DünyamIz. YapI KredI YayInlarI. No. 97, pp.212–217. ISSN 1300-2740-97
• Senova, Basak. 2005. “Osman Bozkurt. AbstossungsreaktIonen und ErInnerungsfetzen / RejectIon EpIsodes And Fragments Of Memory”. Camera AustrIa, InternatIonal. No. 92, pp. 31–38. ISBN 3-900508-59-3 ISSN 1015-1915
• Senova, Basak. 2005. “HatIce Güleryüz. 4 Imge”. Sanat DünyamIz. YapI KredI YayInlarI. No. 95, pp. 120–123. ISSN 1300-2740-95
• Muratoğlu, Erhan and Basak Senova. 2004. “YenIden Kurulan GerçeklIk, YanIlsama ve Yalan – Sabreen Stüdyo: “Arshawat” ve “Çocuğun sahItlIğI” ÜzerIne” (The Re-created RealIty, the IllusIon and the LIe – On Sabreen StudIo: “Arshawat”, and “ChIld TestImony”), Bant DergIsI. No. 4, pp. 26–27 ISSN 1305-0672
• Senova, Basak. 2004. “IstatIstIklal HIkayesI”. XXI MImarlIk TasarIm ve Kent DergIsI. No. 26, pp. 44. ISSN 1303-9598
• Senova, Basak. 2003. “8th InternatIonal Istanbul BIennIal: PoetIc JustIce. When Poetry and JustIce are Processed as Subjects of a Set of ExperIments”. Camera AustrIa, InternatIonal. No.84, pp. 113–114 ISBN 3-900508-48-8 ISSN 1015-1915
• Senova, Basak. 2003. “8th InternatIonal Istanbul BIennIal DossIer: Knut Asdam, Xurban.net, MarjetIca Potrc, Natasa PetresIn, ErgIn Cavusoglu”. XXI MImarlIk TasarIm ve Kent DergIsI. No 16 pp.62–77. ISSN 1303-9598
• Senova, Basak. 2003.

“Of artIst InItIatIves, artIst-run-spaces & other non-for-profIt organIzatIons: NOMAD”.
”Power DIve: IntervIew wIth Knut Asdam”
“GlassIghts, The Apartment Project, Istanbul”
The HTV 50, pp. 23, 24, 25.

• Senova, Basak. 2003. “RevolutIons On Request”. Trendsetter MagazIne. Issue 5, vol. 2, pp. 68–71.
• Senova, Basak. 2003.

“8th InternatIonal Istanbul BIennIal”
“AnnIka Larsson”
“KIm Boem”
“AtIlla Csorgo”
“An IntervIew wIth Cevdet Erek and Emre Erkal”
PIcus: Kültür Sanat ve EdebIyat DergIsI. No. 2, pp. 100–103

• Senova, Basak. 2003. “2/5 BZ”. Trendsetter MagazIne. Issue 4, vol 2, pp. 80–81.
• Senova, Basak. 2003. “The absolute mode of guIdIng processes: ManIfesta 4 and Documenta 11” “Yönlenme/yönlendIrIlme süreçlerI: ManIfesta 4 ve Documenta 11”

“Hazed by the Steam Punk DrIve: Paul Devens”
“Steam Punk Ile Puslanmak: Paul Devens”
“But, Is It an exhIbItIon? A short IntervIew wIth Suzanne van de Ven, curator of Cargo SerIes / Ama bu bIr sergI mI? Kargo SerIsInIn küratörü Suzanne van de Ven Ile KIsa bIr SöylesI”
“Fluxus”“Notes On Fluxus / Fluxus ÜzerIne Notlar”
“40 years: Fluxus And The Consequences, 2002, WIesbaden / 40 yIl: Fluxus ve SonuçlarI 2002, WIesbaden”
“An IntervIew WIth René Block on 40 years: Fluxus And The Consequences / 40 YIl: Fluxus Ve SonuçlarI ÜzerIne René Block Ile SöylesI"
Art-Ist 6: Contemporary Art MagazIne, Istanbul.

• Muratoğlu, Erhan and Basak Senova. 2002. “Texts, DIalogues, Notes and Footnotes StalkIng the 7th InternatIonal Istanbul BIennIal / 7. UluslararasI Istanbul BIenalI’nIn ArdIndan Yol Alan MetInler, DIyaloglar, Notlar ve DIpnotlar”:

“New Age Myth And The Theme Of Mutual ExIstence: MattI Suuronen, DavId Noonan SImon Trevaks and MotohIko OdanI / Gelecek MItI ve BIrlIkte Varolus TemasI: MattI Suuronen, DavId Noonan, SImon Trevaks, and MotohIko OdanI”
“Suspense/ThrIller/Pornography: Mutant Beauty: ChrIs CunnIngham / GerIlIm/Korku/PornografI: Mutant GüzellIk: ChrIs CunnIngham”
“Ann Lee’s Dream LIfe: Shells And Ghosts: PhIllIpe Parreno, PIerre Huyghe, DomInIque Gonzalez-Foerster / Ann Lee’nIn Düs YasamI: Kabuklar Ve Hayaletler: PhIllIpe Parreno, PIerre Huyghe, DomInIque Gonzalez-Foerster” “The Alchemy Of Sleep : Ma LIumIng”
“Uyku’nun Simyası: Ma LIumIng”
“LeavIng The Body: A Short IntervIew WIth Ma LIumIng On HIs Performances”
“BedenInI BIrakmak / Ma LIumIng’le PerformanslarI ÜzerIne KIsa bIr SöylesI” “PerceptIon Borrowed: Jan Fabre / Ödünç AlgI: Jan Fabre”
“Short Notes FusIng Into The Footnotes / DIpnotlara KarIsan KIsa Notlar:
Maja BajevIc, FrancIs Alÿs, Rachel BerwIck, RIhtIm, Fuat sahInler, Murat sahInler, Ahmet Soysal, KIm Young JIn, Joyce HInterberg, Carsten NIcolaI”
Art-Ist 5: Contemporary Art MagazIne. pp.132–145

• Senova, Basak. 2002. “Ron Mueck” and “JemIma StehlI”. Art-Ist 5: Contemporary Art MagazIne. pp. 88–95, 110–112
• Senova, Basak. 2001. “A ClandestIne Door: 7th InternatIonal Istanbul BIennIal, 2001 / Una Porta ClandestIna: VII BIennal InternacIonal d’Istanbul / Una Puerto ClandestIna: Istanbul BIennIal, 2001”. Barcelona Art Report 4, ExperIencIes, pp. 24–26, 51–53, 73–74
• Senova, Basak. 2001.

“Mekan AlgIsI, Oyun Kurgusu ve Sunny LIn/ The perceptIon of Space, ConstructIon of the Play and Sunny LIn”
“Sonsbeek 9: LocusFocus, ArnheIm and Translucent LucIdIty: Ebru Özseçen”
“7. UluslararasI Istanbul BIenalI: Gelecek Olusum IcIn Egodan KaçIs /7th InternatIonal Istanbul BIennIal: Fugue from Ego for the Next Emergence”
Domus, m MagazIne of ArchItecture, DesIgn, Art and CommunIcatIon. no.13, pp. 32–34, 35–36 , 154–157.

• Senova, Basak. 2001. “YadsImanIn SaçmalIğI ÜzerIne/ The PoIntless Act of DenIal” on “Trans Sexual Express Barcelona 2001: A ClassIc for the ThIrd MIllennIum”. Domus, m MagazIne of ArchItecture, DesIgn, Art and CommunIcatIon. no.12, pp. 34–39.
• Muratoğlu, Erhan and Basak Senova. 2000. “sImdIkI Zamanda SIfIrlanan Coğrafya: GreenwIch’ten Internet’e / Geography that annIhIlated In the Present TIme: From GreenwIch to Internet”. MavIology, WInter, no: 13 pp. 30.
• Senova, Basak. 2000. “PencerenIn DIğer Yüzü/The Other SIde of the WIndow”. Domus, m MagazIne of ArchItecture, DesIgn, Art and CommunIcatIon, 2000 pp. 169–170.
• Senova, Basak. 2000. “BIlIm kurgu: Mekan ve Insan öngörülerI/ScIence fIctIon: PrevIsIons about space and human” and “KaçIsIn sIkIstIrdIgI arayuz: Cyberpunk /The Interface where escape Is trapped: Cyberpunk”. Domus, m MagazIne of ArchItecture, DesIgn, Art and CommunIcatIon “m, tema/ m, theme”. pp.96–98
• Özkal, Özlem and Basak Senova. 2000. “Düs-Uzam_ TeknolojI_Dönüsen Beden: Protez / Dream dImensIon_Technology_The Transformed Body: ProsthesIs”. Domus, m MagazIne of ArchItecture, DesIgn, Art and CommunIcatIon. pp. 172–174.
• Muratoğlu, Erhan and Basak Senova. 1998. “WInter DepressIon + connecthIng” DerIn Uyumak

–on HuseyIn B. AlptekIn’s exhIbItIon. Arredamento DecoratIon. No. 100, pp. 36–38.

• Muratoğlu, Erhan and Basak Senova. 1998. “Retro ParlIyor: EndustrI TasarIm UrunlerI” (Retro Is ShInnIng: IndustrIal DesIgn Products). MavIology. No.8, pp. 16–17.
• Senova, Basak. 1997. “YesIlcam MelodramInda Bastan Çikarma” (Seduction in Yesilcam Melodrama). 25.Kare: Sinema Kültür Dergisi. no. 20, pp. 25–32.
• Senova, Basak. 1996. “İkilemin Kaliciliği: Maskesini Kay(d)irmak” (Permanancy of Duality: Unmasking the Mask) Arredamento Decoration. December, pp. 50–51
• Senova, Basak. 1996. “Zamanla Mekan Arasinda Sessiz Bir Devinim” (Silent Action Between Time and Space -on Erdag Aksel's work “Bu Sergi” (This Exhibition). Hürriyet Gösteri. No. 192, pp. 72–73
• Senova, Basak. 1996. “Missing Persons and Lost Bearings” on the play “A Fantasy on Missing with One Piano and Four Player” performed by Nesrin Kazankaya, Mahir Günsiray, Özden Çiftci, Ayse Günsiray. Turkish Probe. pp. 30
• Senova, Basak. 1996. “Sirk sehri Terk Ediyor” (Circus is Leaving The Town) -on Zeki Muren and Turkish Popular Culture. Arredamento Decoration. pp.74–75.
• Senova, Basak. 1995. “Rosemary Trockel. Isi. 3 Duvara Dair Gunduz Dusu/ Rosemary Trockel. Her Work. Daydreaming About 3 Walls”. Fourth International Istanbul Bulletin 3, p. 8.
• Senova, Basak. 1995. “Dördüncü İstanbul Bienali Üzerine/ On the Fourth International Istanbul Biennial” -interview with Vasif Kortun. Fourth International Istanbul Bulletin 2, p. 4-5.
• Senova, Basak. 1995. “Savas Alani: Selim Birsel ile Söylesi/Battlefield” -interview with Selim Birsel. Fourth International Istanbul Bulletin 1, p. 6.
• Senova, Basak. 1995. “Kaygan Zemin/Sabit Düzlem: Neville Brody” (Shifting Ground/Stable Plane: Neville Brody). Arredamento Decoration. October, pp. 75.
• Özkal, Özlem and Basak Senova. 1995. “38. paralel: Beuys Tartismasi ve 'Merkezkaç'“ -on Beuys, Fourth International Istanbul Biennial and Rene Block. Express. No. 88, pp. 14.
• Senova, Basak. 1995. “Sophie Calle” (the preface and the translation of Marcia Tanner's essay: “The Woman of Mystery”). Anons-Plastik Sanatlar Dergisi, No. 51-52, pp. 16–18.
• Özkal, Özlem and Basak Senova. 1995. “Gerçeğin Kurgusu, Kurgunun Gerçeği- Yeni Bir Realite Show: Acil Servis”. (Fiction of Reality, Reality of Fiction-A New Reality Show: Acil Servis). Express, NO. 64, pp. 11.
• Senova, Basak. 1995. “Elestirinin Elestirisi: sizofreniyi Yadsimak” (Critique of Critiques: Denying Schizophrenia. Express. No. 60, pp. 18.
• Senova, Basak. 1994. “O* Zone” (cyberzone) with Cyberzone Groupp. -on cyber culture. Arredamento Decoration, July–August, pp. 98–107.

Items in Encyclopedia

• Senova, Basak. 2008. “Bienal”. Eczacibasi Sanat Ansiklopedisi: Resim, Heykel, Mimarlik, Tasarim, Arkeoloji, Fotoğraf. No 1. A-F , Yem Yayin, Istanbul. pp. 222 ISBN: 978-9944-757-09-6 (All/Takim) ISBN: 978-9944-757-10-2 (Vol.1)
• Senova, Basak. 2008. “Küratör”. Eczacibasi Sanat Ansiklopedisi: Resim, Heykel, Mimarlik, Tasarim, Arkeoloji, Fotoğraf. No 3. G-N , Yem Yayin, Istanbul. pp. 925–926 ISBN: 978-9944-757-09-6 (All/Takim) ISBN: 978-9944-757-11-9 (Vol.2)

Other

• Senova, Basak. 2003. “Activating an Adrenalin Node”. The Role of the Curator. MOGADISHI, Mogapress. ISBN 87-989720-0-6
• Senova, Basak. 2003. “The Alchemy of Memory through Formulas for Identity: On ‘Kidnapping Europe: Turning Dreams and Shifting Harbours’ by Christina Clar and Peter Jap Lim”. Home and Away. Ed. Max Presneill. Raid Projects, Los Angeles. pp.17–18
• Senova, Basak. 2003. Sancho Silva –Shortcut (with CTP de Appel 2002), Stichting Kunst en Openbare Ruimte (SKOR), Amsterdam.
• Senova, Basak. 1999. Series of press bulletins for the 6th. International Istanbul Biennial.

Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts. (approximately 40 articles)

External links

• NOMAD
• Senova on NOMAD