Mümün Kesar - unTold.

Artist: Mümün Kesar
Title: unTold.

This work is a part of a personal research title “contraDICTIONS”.

Under this term, I am looking for a contradictory process that leads not only to a design outcome, but also to a particular experience. The relationship between object and subject blends and a direct communication of the two sides is created.  What I am exploring in this context are multidimensional design languages that are emerging through the advent of contemporary design tools and methods. And unTold is one of the case studies that came up during the research process.

unTold stands for spatial fragmentations guided by emotional interpretations that can lead to uncanny and deeply familiar experiences. Empathetic spaces that allow people not only to participate in a physical experience, but also to create it in a spiritually stimulating way.

A main indicator of this work is not only the space it is in or creates, but also time, or rather, temporal variations....

What is a variation or what does it enable the designer to do?

When the design emerges from a simulation, the final product chosen, whatever the framework, is still a part of the whole, made up of numerous variations. Just as a person's memory works when we want to remember something, a moment, a piece/object, that specific thing is also a part of a whole sequence of our life. And based on given and chosen parameters, we choose that specific thing and remember it. It is the reason why we remember this "thing", because all the other experiences that lead to this moment, that allow us to remember it, make it valuable. This is why time/simulation-based design is also very interesting to me, because the object itself has a "past" and a "future", and based on certain parameters, I want to freeze it at a certain point and bring it to the “present".

Mümün Keser is an architect and speculative computational designer based in Innsbruck, Austria. His interests lie in data-driven design techniques and experimental investigations. In his works he places himself in the bridge between real and virtual and tries to intertwine these two opposing areas. His most recent works are mainly concerned with bringing media into architectural expression and creating fully immersive and adaptive hyperspaces based on the user. During his studies and career he had the opportunity to work in many different projects and learn different softwares. He also held workshops in various fields such as architectural design, computational design, storytelling and visualization.

Mümün Kesar