Kat’s new artwork is a hot topic! Kat and the team have been researching a site at Solaseado in Jeolla Province in Korea where a new data centre will be built. Today it was announced that the data centre built at this site will be function as the National AI […]
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Premiere ~~ Not Breaking ~~ This Wave Drowns Hate ~~ at Galway International Art Festival
~~ Not Breaking ~~~~ This Wave Drowns Hate ~~ Presented by ADAPT Research Centre & Beta FestivalProduced by Culture Works DATE & TIME14–27 July, 11am–6pm Late opening to 8pm Thursday–Saturday VENUEBailey Allen Hall, University of Galway More Information at Galway International Arts Festival
Read MoreStranger to the Trees and Ouroboros selected as a winners of the Falling Walls Art & Science Award
The artwork Stranger to the Trees addresses the urgent, ubiquitous and pervasive issue of microplastic in the environment. Recent discoveries show that microplastics are found in high concentrations in the human brain and sex organs, as well as in the air and on top of mountains. But what does microplastic […]
Read MoreFinalist for Lumen Prize Immersive Interactive
We are delighted to share that How to Touch a Dragonfly has been selected as a finalist for the Lumen Prize 2024 in the category Immersive Interactive. How to Touch a Dragonfly is an immersive installation. The 4 m dome-shaped screen is constructed of 2100 hexagonal paper and LED pixels […]
Read MorePremiere of Empty Fields performance at Kiaf during Frieze Seoul
Empty Fields is a sound+movement performance by Kat Austen that roams the exhibition halls of the Korea International Art Fair, Kiaf, inviting fair-goers to encounter multi-dimensional territories of sound. The artist becomes a cyborg traveller carrying hybrid human-nature-digital ecologies through the air fair, their body a fully autonomous and mobile […]
Read MoreFeature in Marie Claire Italy
Known for her experimental and deeply moving climate music, Kat’s work has been covered in a Marie Claire Italy feature “Tutto suona, quali sono i rumori che ci fanno bene” (All sounds, what are the noises that are good for us?” Article at Marie Claire Italy (pdf) (Italian language)
Read MoreStranger to the Trees in the Index Biennale @gnrtion
9th May – 17th August 2024gnrationpraça conde de agrolongo n° 1234700-312 braga, portugal Stranger to the Trees will be exhibited at gnration in the context of the Index Biennale of Art and Technology. More information at gnration More information on Index Biennale of Art and Technology More information about Stranger […]
Read MoreThe Matter of the Soul at Leaky Earth, Technische Sammlung Dresden
Kat will headline the Leaky Earth programme at Technische Sammlung Dresden with The Matter of the Soul | Symphony. For this special performance, Kat has invited Korean media artist Dongjoo Seo to perform live visuals drawing on explorations of mining landscapes and transformation of bodies. The evening begins with screenings […]
Read MoreExploring Airborne Microplastics: Participatory Artistic Research workshop
Meeting point in the courtyard of the Museum Pankow: Kultur- und Bildungszentrum Sebastian Haffner HofPrenzlauer Allee 227/22810405 Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg Saturday 7th May17:30-20:00 Microplastics are tiny particles of plastic found everywhere across the planet. The majority of plastic in the environment today is made from petrochemicals. Released into the environment continuously […]
Read MoreDouble Exhibition and Performance Großer Wasserspeicher, Berlin
We are delighted to announce the double exhibition of Stranger to the Trees and This Land is Not Mine at the Großer Wasserspeicher, Berlin, alongside a live performance of This Land is Not Mine album and new workshop. Exhibition Information 22nd April 2022 – 8th May 2022Großer WasserspeicherBelforter Straße, 10405 Berlin Exhibition […]
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