SUNDAY, JUNE 7, 4-8pm Itaewondong 193-1, Die Synthese Cafe, Seoul, South Korea A KAFFEEKLATSCH is a gathering of people over KAFFEE (coffee) to exchange the latest KLATSCH (gossip). The German word KLATSCH originated from people gathering in the olden days to do laundry and to talk about, well, everything. KLATSCH! […]
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THIRST/For Knowledge | distilled at the Third Presence
Performative Reading Programme: Dates and Times:23rd March 2026 – 11:00-12:0024th March 2026 – 15:00-16:00Address: 46 Bongeunsa-ro 114-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul Kat will present a performative reading from the book THIRST/For Knowledge, with sounds from her field recording archive documenting the changing landscape at the site of the forthcoming Korean National AI […]
Read MoreTHIRST/For Knowledge Site Breaking News
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 […]
Read MorePremiere ~~ 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 […]
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