About

Burak Korkmaz Schwichow,

Information Designer & Audiovisual Artist

born in 1984, in Istanbul, currently based in Münster/Seville

I’m Burak Korkmaz Schwichow, an information designer and transdisciplinary artist working across data visualisation, sound, and critical ecologies. My practice combines scientific data, sonic composition, and speculative cartographies to explore ecological collapse, environmental governance, and the Anthropocene through visual and auditory narratives.

Since 2012, I have worked independently as a designer and researcher, developing analogue and digital data visualisations for institutions including the European Union, WWF France, and various environmental ministries. I hold an M.A. in Information and Communication Design from Hochschule Düsseldorf, where I created a data-driven analysis of the Gezi Park Protests in Turkey (2013).

My work Scientific Misconduct (2019), addressing publication bias and fraud in biomedicine, was presented at the Design Biennial BIO 26 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. In 2022, I co-created Guadiana in Four Movements, an audiovisual piece based on data sonification of climate change scenarios in the Guadiana Estuary, shown at the Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival and Display Gallery, Prague.

Recent projects include Echoes of the Pyrocene (2024, NAHR Italy / ARPA Lombardia), exploring fire ecologies and industrial ignition; Balearización (2024, Casa Planas / Goethe-Institut Barcelona), on tourism and climate stress in Mallorca; and Hidden Incidents of Euthanasia (2024, HKUST Hong Kong), on interspecies toxicity and veterinary ethics.

My works have been exhibited internationally, including at BIO 26, HKUST, the Smithsonian Institution, and the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza (as part of TBA21–Academy’s Organismo programme). I currently divide my time between Seville and Münster, collaborating with European cultural and scientific institutions on projects that bridge art, data, and ecological research.

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About

Burak Korkmaz Schwichow,

Information Designer & Audiovisual Artist

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