Experience

HBKsaar

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Academic Researcher

  • Apr 2008 - Present

  - Advising student projects related to media art, animation and interactive art. - Research and publications on media art, art and science. - Organizing and curating media art exhibitions. - Open source software, such as Blender 3D, Krita, Processing ... - Structuring curriculum for media art and design. - Interdisciplinary project coordination between computer science and media art faculties. - Project management, writing applications for third party funding. - Advising student projects related to media art, animation and interactive art. - Research and publications on media art, art and science. - Organizing and curating media art exhibitions. - Open source software, such as Blender 3D, Krita, Processing ... - Structuring curriculum for media art and design. - Interdisciplinary project coordination between computer science and media art faculties. - Project management, writing applications for third party funding.



Visual Artist

• Europe

• Visual Artist

  • Sep 1997 - Present

  Akbal’s artistic research focuses on “Dreams as a Medium of Art”. He assumes the dream as an artistic activity. The reconstruction of dream reality in waking reality -in other words, the veridical transfer of dream elements and content into waking reality- is the main body of this practical and experiential research. His dream research is presented in internationally prestigious scientific conferences like the Regional Conference of International Association for the Study of Dreams 2012 in University of Bern, on th International Forum on Psychomotoric, Performance and Interaction 2012 in Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and Conference on Norbert Wiener in 21st Century of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) 2014 in Boston, USA. Akbal’s artistic works are presented in many exhibitions and festivals like Max Ophuels Film Festival 2004 in Saarbruecken, in State Art Exhibitions of Saarland 2008 and 2013, in National Theater of Bucharest 2007, in Beijing Bienale 2010, in Amber Art and Technology Festival 2012 in Istanbul, 2012 in Kunstmuseum Stuttgart and 2013 in Prix d’Art Robert Schuman. Akbal won 2008 the luxemburgian Videoart Prize Octobre Rouge Mention Speciale. Show less



Experimental Media Lab

• Saarbrücken Area, Germany

• Lead Project Manager

  • Oct 2012 - Present



Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences

• Research Services
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Academic Researcher

  • Mar 2016 - Dec 2019

  Design and implementation of virtual reality experiments in cognitive science Department Neurology, Group Villringer. Design and implementation of virtual reality experiments in cognitive science Department Neurology, Group Villringer.



Technomania:Opening up Technologies

• Amsterdam, Istanbul, Saarbruecken

• Founder

  • Jun 2013 - Dec 2014