Başak Günak

At EMS 8-11 October 2025

Photo by Deniz Akseloglu

Başak Günak (IPA [bɑ: ʃ/ ɑk  ‘/gyˈ: nɑ̟k /] ) is a sound artist and composer also internationally known as AH! KOSMOS in the field of electronic music.

Her work includes sound art, performance, sound installation, composition for contemporary dance & theater.

Günak pursues her sound experimentations as a sound artist, composing soundscapes for theater, contemporary dance, film and visual art projects, and realising site-specific performances. Her works have been featured worldwide in art institutions, such as Sharjah Biennial 16, The Barbican, Gropius Bau, Berlin State Museums, Rotterdamse Schouwburg, Royal Theater Carré, Kunstmuseum Basel, Prague Quadrennial and Istanbul International Theatre Festival. 

In 2020, she presented her work THE WELL, a piece for 11 speakers and performance in ARTER Istanbul. In 2023, she created the sound installation ‘distant hollow(s) like you’ for brass and speakers in 2023 in the ancient Çinili Hammam.

She has performed at numerous venues and festivals including The Barbican (UK), Sónar Barcelona, Berlin CTM Festival, Berliner Festspiele, Venice Electro Festival, Tokyo Electronic Music of Arts Festival, ZKM Karlsruhe and ARENA Theater Festival Nuremberg. 

Since 2017, she has been curating FUU Records releasing the audio and visual works of artists.

She has been invited to residencies in INA GRM (Paris), Callie’s Berlin, Elektronmusikstudion Stockholm, HELLERAU Center For European Arts, Bijloke Academy and to Dutch National Opera, aming others.