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Nohlab is a studio, producing interdisciplinary experiences around art, design and technology.

Nohlab is a studio founded and directed by two experienced creative partners: Deniz Kader & Candaş Şişman

The studio was born at the end of 2011 as a result of highly collaborative experience these two motion and visual artists had in the past. Both are encharged of carrying a unique and distinctive art & concept direction in their projects, focused in the areas of art direction, motion design, projection mapping, audio-visual performance and new media for art & culture and advertisement industry. They are motivated by pushing the boundaries in design and visual communication. NOHlab has received several awards, among which are an Honorary Mention from Prix ARS Electronica Computer Animation/Film/VFX and Best Prize in Sound Design from Roma Viedram Video Festival. They have participated in many exhibitions and festivals such as TED X, ARS Electronica, Genius Loci Weimar and OFFF. NOHlab has commissioned by clients and institutions such as Chanel, Pink Floyd, Target Scriabin Museum, Audi, Istanbul 2010 Agency, Ankara State Polyphonic Choir, OFFF Festival, EA Theatre, Blackberry, Turkcell, Joyce Gallery, Lunchmeat Festival and Nike.

05/10/2026

Nohlab’s installation KONTACT at Salt Online Galata, Istanbul, was on view from June 2 to September 30, 2026. Thanks to everyone who experienced it!

Built from Garanti BBVA’s 80-year archive, the work explored new ways of perceiving and engaging with archival data through a spatial audiovisual experience.

The work approaches the archive not as a chronological record of a company, but as a record of its shifting forms of contact with society and culture over the years. Visual, textual, and auditory data from Garanti BBVA’s 80-year archive were processed through artificial intelligence-based analytical methods, then transformed into a multilayered memory environment.

Thousands of archival materials were reclassified through semantic relationships, textual content, color, composition, and motion data, and reconstructed as a semantic map — forming the basis of a spatial experience structured across four screen surfaces around the concepts of memory, analysis, narrative, contact, and transformation.

The AI-driven installation offers a sensory experience interweaving data visualization, motion graphics, and spatial sound design.

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Direction & Design Nohlab
Commissioned by Salt Online Garanti BBVA
Creative Coding & Visual Production Çağatay Güçlü
Music & Sound Design Gökalp Kanatsız
Archival Research & Data Support Salt Online
Exhibition Design PATTU
Photography Barış Elif
Special Thanks Deniz Ova Canan Erbil Derya Ergüç Lorans Tanatar Baruh Izzeddin çalışlar Özde Karadağ Pinar Akkurt

TouchDesigner

30/09/2026

Today is the final day of Nohlab’s KONTACT at Salt Online Galata, Istanbul, as part of the exhibition 80 Yıl Ekseninde Garanti BBVA. Built from Garanti BBVA’s 80-year archive, the work explores memory, analysis, narrative, and transformation through a spatial experience.

KONTACT, 2026 Four-channel video and sound installation, 5’36”

The work approaches the archive not as the chronological record of a company, but as a record of its shifting forms of contact with society and culture over the years. Visual, textual, and auditory data from Garanti BBVA’s 80-year archive were processed through artificial intelligence-based analytical methods, then transformed into a multilayered memory environment.

Thousands of archival materials were reclassified through semantic relationships, textual content, color, composition, and motion data, and reconstructed as a semantic map — forming the basis of a spatial experience structured across four screen surfaces around the concepts of memory, analysis, narrative, contact, and transformation.

The AI-driven installation offers a sensory experience interweaving data visualization, motion graphics, and spatial sound design. The work explores ways of perceiving archival data and engaging with it in new forms.

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Direction & Design
NOHLAB

Commissioned by
SALT Salt Online
Garanti BBVA Garanti BBVA

Creative Coding & Visual Production
Çağatay Güçlü Çağatay Güçlü

Music & Sound Design
Gökalp Kanatsız Gökalp Kanatsız

Archival Research & Data Support
SALT

Exhibition Design
PATTU PATTU

Photography
Flufoto Barış Elif

Special Thanks
Deniz Ova, Canan Erbil, Eray Özcan, Derya Açar Ergüç, Sinem Ayşe Gülmez Saydam, Mehtap Kuru, Lorans Tanatar Baruh, İzzeddin Çalışlar, Özde Karadağ, Pınar Akkurt
Deniz Ova Derya Ergüç Lorans Tanatar Baruh Izzeddin çalışlar Özde Karadağ Pinar Akkurt

TouchDesigner

24/09/2026

Nohlab’s immersive experience JOURNEY will have its Austrian premiere at Mozarteum University Salzburg & Innsbruck’s new in Salzburg, starting today and running through September 26, 2026.

The presentation takes place as part of Staging Realities, a three-day festival for immersive arts and digital narratives, marking the opening of the new X-Reality Lab with support from Ars Electronica.

Nohlab’s award-winning immersive experience JOURNEY tells the story of photons, primary elements of light, from the moment they approach the eye until the brain reconstructs them into perceivable forms.

Direction & Design: Nohlab
Visual Artists: Nohlab Enes Özenbaş Fehmican Gözüm Tiber Ergür Fuat Değirmenci
Sound Artists: Gökalp Kanatsız Zelig Sound
Commissioned by: Culturespaces

23/06/2026

Nohlab’s new installation is now on view at Salt Online Galata, Istanbul, as part of the exhibition 80 Yıl Ekseninde Garanti BBVA — until September 30. Built from Garanti BBVA’s 80-year archive, the work explores memory, analysis, narrative, and transformation through a spatial experience.

KONTACT, 2026
Four-channel video and sound installation, 5’36”

The work approaches the archive not as the chronological record of a company, but as a record of its shifting forms of contact with society and culture over the years. Visual, textual, and auditory data from Garanti BBVA’s 80-year archive were processed through artificial intelligence-based analytical methods, then transformed into a multilayered memory environment.

Thousands of archival materials were reclassified through semantic relationships, textual content, color, composition, and motion data, and reconstructed as a semantic map — forming the basis of a spatial experience structured across four screen surfaces around the concepts of memory, analysis, narrative, contact, and transformation.

The AI-driven installation offers a sensory experience interweaving data visualization, motion graphics, and spatial sound design. The work explores ways of perceiving archival data and engaging with it in new forms.

KONTACT is on view at SALT Galata, Istanbul until September 30

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Direction & Design
NOHLAB

Commissioned by
SALT Salt Online
Garanti BBVA Garanti BBVA

Creative Coding & Visual Production
Çağatay Güçlü Çağatay Güçlü

Music & Sound Design
Gökalp Kanatsız Gökalp Kanatsız

Archival Research & Data Support
SALT

Exhibition Design
PATTU PATTU

Photography
Flufoto Barış Elif

Special Thanks
Deniz Ova, Canan Erbil, Eray Özcan, Derya Açar Ergüç, Sinem Ayşe Gülmez Saydam, Mehtap Kuru, Lorans Tanatar Baruh, İzzeddin Çalışlar, Özde Karadağ, Pınar Akkurt
Deniz Ova Canan Erbil Derya Ergüç Lorans Tanatar Baruh Izzeddin çalışlar Özde Karadağ Pinar Akkurt

TouchDesigner

12/06/2026

Nohlab’s new installation is now on view at Salt Online Galata, Istanbul, as part of the exhibition 80 Yıl Ekseninde Garanti BBVA — until September 30. Built from Garanti BBVA’s 80-year archive, the work explores memory, analysis, narrative, and transformation through a spatial experience.

KONTACT, 2026
Four-channel video and sound installation, 5’36”

The work reads the archive not as the chronology of a company, but as a record of its shifting forms of contact with society, culture, and everyday life over the years.
Visual, textual, and auditory data from Garanti BBVA’s 80-year archive were processed through artificial intelligence and transformed into a multilayered memory environment.

Thousands of archival materials were analyzed and reclassified according to color, composition, typography, motion, and semantic relationships, forming the basis of a spatial experience structured across four screen surfaces. Combining AI-driven methodologies with data visualization, motion design, real-time analytical systems, and spatial sound, the installation offers new ways of engaging with archival knowledge.

KONTACT is on view at SALT Galata, Istanbul until September 30

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Direction & Design
NOHLAB

Commissioned by
SALT & Garanti BBVA Salt Online & Garanti BBVA

Creative Coding & Visual Production
Çağatay Güçlü Çağatay Güçlü

Music & Sound Design
Gökalp Kanatsız Gökalp Kanatsız

Archival Research & Data Support
SALT

Exhibition Design
PATTU PATTU

Photography
Flufoto Barış Elif
Çağatay Güçlü (Cover photo)

Special Thanks
Deniz Ova, Canan Erbil, Eray Özcan, Derya Açar Ergüç, Sinem Ayşe Gülmez Saydam, Mehtap Kuru, Lorans Tanatar Baruh, İzzeddin Çalışlar, Özde Karadağ, Pınar Akkurt
Deniz Ova Canan Erbil Derya Ergüç Lorans Tanatar Baruh Izzeddin çalışlar Özde Karadağ Pinar Akkurt

08/05/2026

In the third section of the ’s FLOW Exhibition, visitors experienced TRACE at the opening of Turkey’s most iconic cultural centre, AKM from October 29 to November 14, 2021.

TRACE offers an interactive experience where people guide the sound and visuals representing the future with their body movements, leaving a trace to the future with their momentary acts.

At the end of the FLOW Exhibition, a concave structure made of LED towers offers an interactive experience area. The structure acts as both a mirror and a visual depending on the position of the visitor. This lets people guide the sound and visuals representing the future with their own body movements. Not only do they symbolically contact the future, but also they leave a Trace reaching out to the future with their momentary acts. The end of the experience emphasizes how AKM is an important Trace that will prevail in the FUTURE.

Direction & Design
NOHLAB

Commissioned by
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Production
TEC Travel Event Company

Interactive Visual & System Design / Creative Coding
DECOL .tv

Music & Interactive Sound Design
Gökalp Kanatsız

Technical Production
Solid Technical Solutions

Technical Support
Mirhan Kıvanç Özdemir

Photography
Flufoto

Thanks to
Murat Tabanlıoğlu .tabanlioglu
Uğur Salkım

24/04/2026

In 2021, MOMENT was part of ’s solo experiential exhibition ‘FLOW’ held at from October 29 to November 14.

Bringing light-sound-motion-space together, the installation weaves AKM’s place in Turkey’s cultural memory, its current rejuvenation, and our collective future into an immersive experience in 3 parts.

In the second section of the FLOW Exhibition, visitors have the chance to experience the MOMENT they are in as they pass through twin LED tower corridors. A spatial choreography, shaped by contemporary expressions in sound — light — space, merges with visuals inspired by the iconic façade of AKM to create a hybrid experience. It invites people to fully immerse themselves in the present moment, bridging the past and the future.

Direction & Design

Commissioned by
Republic of Turkey Ministry of Culture and Tourism

Production
TEC Travel Event Company

Visuals
Nohlab
Arktk Berkut

Music and Sound Design
Gökalp Kanatsız
Ilgın İçözü

Technical Production
Solid Technical Solutions

Technical Support
Mirhan Kıvanç Özdemir

Videographer Jonathan Mascaro .mascaro

Photography
Flufoto
 Model
Birce Kirkova
Pupa Loren
Çağdaş Şişman

Thanks to
Murat Tabanlıoğlu .tabanlioglu
Uğur Salkım

21/04/2026

’s immersive experience EVERYTHING premieres today at .space Videnie Sofia | Immersive and Digital Art Space and will be on view until July 21.

Video: Excerpt from Everything, Scene 1.

Nohlab’s immersive experience EVERYTHING, observes everything as it is, questions all this existence and suggests new possibilities in three parts. Through the eyes of a candid narrator, who follows the storyline in sync with us, visuals & sound follow a narrative where science, philosophy and metaphysics converge.

We observe the familiar elements that construct our everyday lives, and realise how the vast system of existence enveloping us is prone to many questions. In the end, there might be numerous things we can neither perceive nor think about with our limited capabilities, but embracing how much we don’t know might lead us to accept being in a constant state of transformation and probabilities.

Direction, Design & Concept
Nohlab

Originally Commissioned by
Culturespaces Digital

Visual Artists
Tiber Ergür
Alex Le Guillou
Fehmican Gözüm
VOID

Sound Artists
Gökalp Kanatsız
Ilgın İçözü

Narrator (EN)
Melissa Lara Clissold

Script
Prof. Ebru Yetişkin
Nohlab
u29dc
Erkan Esenoğlu

Conceptual Research
Assoc. Prof. Ebru Yetişkin
Candaş Şişman [Nohlab]

Technical Content Direction
Fehmican Gözüm

Address

Istanbul

Website

http://www.nohlab.com/

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