Mert Gençer is a multidisciplinary artist, composer, sound designer, and an audio engineer with bachelor’s and master’s degrees in music. He began his career in the new media field, working with spatial augmented reality and projection mapping, and contributed to projects such as Conquest of Istanbul (2016), recognized as the world’s largest 3D mapping show. iMapp Bucharest’s Theta (2017), the 22nd World Petroleum Congress (2017), and the Saudi National Day Celebration (2018). Alongside his commercial works for clients including Adidas, Samsung, Vodafone, KPN, and WWF, he has steadily developed his personal artistic practice under the alter ego lowkolos.
Through lowkolos, Gençer explores experimental electronic music and audiovisual storytelling, drawing inspiration from ‘Musique Concrète‘, electroacoustic music, contemporary jazz, and non-formulaic composition methods. To date, he has released three albums and two EPs, and presented his work at festivals such as Uncloud (NL), ACSEE (CHN), and Mix Festival (TR), receiving recognition including first prize at ACSEE (Datong/Shanxi) for the video mapping project Magnetic Field. His live audiovisual performances are celebrated for their seamless integration of live electronics, generative visuals, intricate sound design, innovative scenography, and conceptual depth.
As both a solo artist and collaborator, he is committed to experimenting with sound, space, and visuals in ways that open new perspectives for audiences.