Cevdet Erek is a Turkish visual artist, percussionist, and Associate Professor from Istanbul, born in 1974. Erek performed as the drummer for the progressive rock band Nekropsi beginning in the early 1990s and contributed to their debut album, Mi Kubbesi (1996). His professional work combines sound, rhythm, and architecture, for which he received the Nam June Paik Award in 2012. In 2017, Erek released his first solo album, Davul, and represented Turkey at the 57th Venice Biennale with the installation ÇIN. His contributions to cinema include the sound and music direction for the film Sivas (2014) and the music co-design for Abluka / Frenzy (2015). Both films received the Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival. Erek also designed sound installations for Orhan Pamuk’s Museum of Innocence in 2011. He serves as an Associate Professor in the Music Technology Department at Istanbul Technical University.
