A. Tolga Balci

A. Tolga Balci

drei Oger

All Monsters Are HumanDas Groteske in uns Eine Kooperation im Rahmen des steirischen herbst ’26Sept-Oct ’26Schaumbad, Graz Ich habe die Masken aus Kinderspielzeug und ausrangierten Instrumententeilen hergestellt. Dabei habe ich Freude daran gefunden und mich instinktiv dazu hingezogen gefühlt, diese…

Samson’s Donkey

Werkschau 2026: Die neue TraditionSchaumbad, Graz SculptureMaterial: polyurethane Samsons Stolz wird ihm zum Verhängnis werden.Mythen sind lebendig und wirksam, wenn man sie zu deuten weiß. —Samson’s pride will prove to be his undoing.Myths are alive and potent if one knows…

One of the Lowly

I composed a soundtrack of Özgür Demirci’s One of the lowly Full HD Video – Color – Sound – 15’18” – 2024 Shown at 7th Mardin Biennial 2026 Text for the work by Özgür DemirciC. G. Jung, who works on…

Shards of Heavy Hard

Shards of Heavy HardVigeland Museum Oslo, Norway Sound piece 60′for installation and a dance piece that covers many rooms and halls of Vigeland Museum I took the responsibility to create a sound piece for Apichaya Wanthiang’s Shards of Heavy Hard…

You have been weighed and lost

MARIBOR PEKARNA 4.2026 You Have Been Weighed and Lostduration: 7:19multichannel sound,Cardboard homeless shelter with books from former Yugoslavia The sound installation by Tolga BALCI assembles an ephemera of sound created by membranes and objects that are amplified by coils and…

January 2567

Co-development of sound conceptSound design and compositionof the Installation of Apichaya Wanthiang Installation at Artipelag2026, Stockholm, Sweden text by Apichaya Wanthiang January 2567 encompasses installation, video, sound and painting. A central video work is projected on an installation of textiles…

das große Goethewort

das große Goethewort oder Sei gesegnet ohne endethe great Goethe quote or Be blessed without end How is it to be a comedian during tyranny? During the the third Reich, so far comedy was well promoted form in theatres and…

On the Threshold

On the threshold An der Schwelle or perhaps stuck on the threshold after all? Do we go through threshold phases or, as banal as it can be, do we experience day and night with their full meaning? Do “I” wake…

Slow Flow, Rotate

Slow Flow, Rotate, 2024. An immersive installation consisting of 12 Agar (red algae) sheets stretched on 12 steel frames, a 30-minute soundtrack and light sequence played in a loop. Dimensions variable. After the Sun—Forecasts from the NorthFriday, April 26, 2024–Monday,…

Painfull Trills & Disconsolate Beats

I participated with a new sculpture to Surfer the group exhibition. Beside showing anew work, I also worked together with the whole team to construct and re-assemble process. The “SURFER” exhibition brings together 32 artistic positions from the Schaumbad studios.…