Light, sound and interaction as instruments for listening to hidden systems, microbial, electromagnetic, human.
Cagdas Cecen is a Vienna based media artist and curator working at the intersection of light, sound, and interactive systems. Trained in physics before completing his diploma in Media Art / Digital Arts at the Universitat fur angewandte Kunst Wien (class of Ruth Schnell), he builds installations that render invisible phenomena perceptible: laser encoded sound travelling through microbial ecosystems, artificial light translated into hearing, satellite dishes haunted by uncensored machine narratives.
His work has been shown internationally, including at the Biennale Sessions of La Biennale di Venezia and Ars Electronica Festival, and recognised by the Media Architecture Biennale Awards: winner of the Spatial Media Art Student Award (Ghostbox, 2023) and finalist of the Transmedial Media Architecture Award (The Cellular Fidelity, 2023). He is founder and board member of Kultur und Kunstverein FABRIKRAUM and of the media art collective B.A.D., and Artistic Director and Curator of ECHOLOT at Das LOT, Vienna.
Field scanner used in performance — on the homepage you drag the same tool over the central artwork to “listen” before opening a project channel (only in desktop version).
Exhibitions
2026
Enlightening Stories : AFTERGLOWArs Electronica Festival 2026
