Hi — I am Alican Aktürk,
Creative Technologist &
Interaction Designer
based in London.

01
Agency
Forensic Architecture

Role
Technical Lead
Designer

For our contribution to the 2019 Whitney Biennial at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art, we developed a machine learning and computer vision workflow to identify tear gas grenades in digital images.

Developing upon previous research, we used ‘synthetic’ images generated from 3D software to train machine learning classifiers. This led to the construction of a pragmatic end-to-end workflow that we hope can also be useful for other open source human rights monitoring and research in general.

Tech
Platform Design
3D Modeling
Texturing
Photogrammetry
TOOLS
Unreal Engine
Autodesk Maya
Substance Designer
RealityCapture
02
Agency
Forensic Architecture
Role
Technical Lead
Designer
TOOLS
Unreal Engine
Autodesk Maya
Substance Designer

For our contribution to the 2019 Whitney Biennial at New York’s Whitney Museum of American Art, we developed a machine learning and computer vision workflow to identify tear gas grenades in digital images.

Developing upon previous research, we used ‘synthetic’ images generated from 3D software to train machine learning classifiers. This led to the construction of a pragmatic end-to-end workflow that we hope can also be useful for other open source human rights monitoring and research in general.

Agency
Forensic Architecture

Role
Technical Lead
Designer

Witness testimony and evidence can become combined and entangled, considering methods from immersive reconstruction to architectural simulation, in which memory is enhanced and recomposed.

We construct precise and navigable digital environments of various crime sites, and ask wittnesses to reconstruct their experience on screen and in VR.

Tech
Platform Design
3D Modeling
Photogrammetry
TOOLS
Unreal Engine
Blender
Reality Capture
03
Agency
Forensic Architecture

Role
Developer

By bringing together publicly-available information about the progress of the fire within the tower and around its exterior, Forensic Architecture is building a powerful and freely-available resource by which the community and members of the public may explore and better understand the events of the night of the fire.

Tech
Platform Design
Data Visualization
TOOLS
TouchDesigner
Cinema 4D
04

Race and Forest

2019
Agency
INTERPRT

Role
Technical Design

Together with Biennale Warszawa, INTERPRT, environmental crimes investigation project, will reconstruct case no. 1307/7150 using archival and visual research and undertake new spatial analysis of the Rzuchowski Forest.

Tech
LIDAR Analysis
Photogrammetry
Data Visualization
TOOLS
Recap Pro
Reality Capture
TouchDesigner
05
WORK
Personal

Role
Owner

Developed around a spy recruitment theme, the game challenges visitors to stare at the screen for 30 seconds without blinking. Throughout the countdown random intimidating messages appear, together with recorded clips from previous failed attempts, in order to test the subject’s confidence.

This game installation is designed as a part of the Play! exhibition at the Hatcham Building, Goldsmiths.

Tech
Physical Interaction
Game Design
Computer Vision
TOOLS
Python
TouchDesigner
OpenCV
06
CLIENT
n11 Digital

Role
Creative Lead
Developer

A few months after the release of Samsung Gear VR headsets, I developed a mobile Virtual Reality game for the Turkish online retail brand n11.com.

This is a one minute long challenge in which players control the “Cargo Spaceship” with their head movements, trying to acquire as many packages as they can. It is published on Google Play and displayed at trade fairs and marketing events throughout the year.

Tech
Game Design
Mobile VR
TOOLS
Unity3D
Autodesk Maya
07

Turkcell Data 360°

2017
AGENCY
Headroom Digital
Role
Creative Lead

This 360° video project was commissioned by Turkcell, the leading telecommunications operator of Turkey.

In this 3 minute long experience the spectators are guided inside the ultra high technology data centers of Turkcell with carefully controlled camera movements and time-lapse shots.

TOOLS
Autopano Video
After Effects
Tech
360 Video
Stitching & Post
08
Agency
Kompüter

Role
Creative Lead

This 360° video project was commissioned by Toyota for the launching campaign of 4x4 Hi-Lux 2017 Edition. It takes the viewers into a journey through the different terrains in some of the most famous sights of Turkey.

We used a Freedom 360 rig with 6 GoPro cameras. The rig was mounted on many unique angles inside and out, each with a specific reason to display information related to the features of the car.

TOOLS
Autopano Video
After Effects
Tech
360 Video
Stitching & Post
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Alican
Aktürk
09

Photography Work

2011 / 2018