CURRENT RESEARCH
since 2020 ø electromagnetic fields, subliminal interconnection
since 2017 ø somatic impact of vibrations
PAST and ONGOING RESEARCH
2018, January - March ø PERMADEATH sol[e]menace ø invited Artist / Artist in Residency of Justin Watson ø Utah Museum of Modern Art,
Salt Lake City, UT/USA
Soft-wired DNA / inherited stress and trauma
Sculpture Audio Tour, Collaboration with Harry Cloud, Paul Roessler and Danny Wang
2017-2019 ø Collaboration with Climate Music Project, Kinetech Arts, Composer Richard Festinger and Visual Artist Ian Winters ø
San Francisco, CA/USA
data development of carbon emissions, amount of human lands and population increase since 1880
2017, March 1-31 ø Artist in Residency @ The Leonardo ø Salt Lake City/UT
cultural impact of military inventions
2016, JULY 5-9 ø Performance Studies International Conference ø Melbourne/Australia
screendance and environmental activism
2015, AUGUST 28 - SEPTEMBER 1 ø Performance Studies International Conference ø Aomori/Japan
"Beyond Contamination" was part of the PSi's Fluid States conference marathon. I was part of the workgroup corporeality and presented a performative research text "Save your own skin: Is terror a kind of contamination?", which is the foundation of a new solo work.
> Video Documentary of the Conference
2014, JULY 4-11 ø Performance Studies International Conference ø Shanghai Theater Academy/China
As part of the roundtable 'Corporeal Nationalisms: Performance in Service of the State' co-curated by Emily Wilcox and Dr. Katherine Mezur I presented "Artistic Success in the Third Reich – Conviction, Political Naiveté, Compromise or Calculation?" discussing the sociopolitical and artistic circumstances of Laban's work and philosophy.
2011 - 2013 ø MFA University of Utah ø Salt Lake City/UT
Cutaneous sensory system, haptic perception, somatic aspects of the peripheral and central nervous system, artificial skin, biomaterials and bionics
cultural understanding of skin
cultural impact of military technology
epigenetic
fascia
Integration of theoretical and studio research
1998-2001 ø London Contemporary Dance School/The Place ø London/UK
Inherited guilt, stress and trauma
Integration of theoretical and studio research
1995-1996 ø Berufsakademie/Sozialwesen [Vocational Academy/Social Work] ø Stuttgart/Germany
Qualitative investigation of life circumstances of refugee families and their children from former Yugoslavia (especially Kosovo) in Germany
since 1991 ø climate change