The ctrl_alt_del sound-art festival, organized by NOMAD, will take place between September 2007 and April 2008. The festival consists of the Opening Concert, Performance Series (live), Workshops, Panels, Presentations, Open Call, Field Studies / Workshops, Exhibition, Radio Programmes, Publication and CD release. The project’s start is concurrent with the 10th International Istanbul Biennial in September 2007, and will address the theme of “remote orienteering” throughout 8 months.

Apart from its connection with navigational systems, “remote orienteering” also involves positioning oneself within interconnected social and political realities along with issues of control.

The development team consists of Basak Senova (TR), Eran Sachs (DE/IL), Erhan Muratoglu (TR), Emre Erkal (TR), Paul Devens (NL), and Can Karadogan (TR).

ctrl_alt_del was the first sound art festival realized in Turkey, in September 2003. It was a collaboration between NOMAD, Marres, Hedah, and Istanbul Technical University Center for Advanced Musical Studies (MIAM). All through the month of September 2003, several events were realized in two cities, Istanbul and Maastricht: (i) an introductory presentation, a CD launch, performances by two artists from the Netherlands and Turkey in Marres (Maastricht); (ii) a panel and workshop series at Istanbul Technical University, Faculty of Architecture and MIAM; (iii) a series of performances in Babylon, Istanbul during the opening of the 8th International Istanbul Biennial; (iv) a panel, and performance series at Marres; (v) an exhibition at Marres; (vi) an audio CD which was distributed in Europe through Lowlands, and the international distribution of the CD-ROM was carried out by NOMAD. ctrl_alt_del aimed at introducing Turkey to sound-art via sound-art’s pioneering names, together with panels and workshops. More then 30 people from 16 different countries contributed to the project in 2003.

In 2005, ctrl_alt_del took place in the “positionings” section of the 9th International Istanbul Biennial.