GUGUOU

The Istanbul-based collective Ha Za Vu Zu crafted their artistic mode of expression through situational aesthetics and performative gesture, often incorporating music among many elements. The collective has since spawned another grouping, Guguou, where music plays the lead role. Guguou was founded after Günes Terkol was invited to the Sao Paulo Biennale in 2017. Terkol was already performing with Güçlü Öztekin, and for the performance in Sao Paulo, they were joined by Oguz Erdin on acoustic/electronic drums and sound processing. The three have been collaborating for the last four years at their home studio. Guguou draws on the forms, techniques and the strategies of experimental pop music. They utilize electronic tools to manipulate sound and vocals, experimenting with, or stretching popular forms, as well as processed sounds, low technology, electro acoustics, repetition and highly rhythmic music, accompanied by short and simple idiosyncratic vocalism. While the lyrics derive from every day encounters, meticulously rehearsed music performances are born from collective improvisations. 'Pas Matri' is the product of this interdisciplinary nature of their practice, of their range across an array of different mediums.