As part of performance collective re#sister Korea, Kat one of the performers at the forthcoming closing Gathering of the Doosang Gallery’s day(s) programme: DCW 2025 Public: day(s), co-curated by Soojeong PARK, Jihee Jun, and Han Munhee(amo), will come to a close with a “Gathering” on Saturday, April 4, 2026. Throughout its course, day(s) has […]
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Death and Resurrection at INSCAPE: NONSCENDENCE
Kat will present her new live set, Death and Resurrection, at INSCAPE: NONSCENDENCE. Death and Resurrection is a 30 minute live solo performance by Kat Austen. The performance draws on shamanic rituals and cutting edge technologies to interrogate humanity’s and the ecosystem’s evolving relationship with artificial intelligence. Invitation OnlyINSCAPE: NONSCENDENCE […]
Read MorePremiere ~~ Not Breaking ~~ This Wave Drowns Hate ~~ at Love Tomorrow, Tomorrowland Festival
Premiere of ~~ Not Breaking ~~ ~~ This Wave Drowns Hate ~~ Love Tomorrow, 24th July 2025 at 13:45, Atmosphere Stage, Tomorrowland Festival More at Love Tomorrow
Read MorePerformance: Tuning with Suan Seol at Space Cell, Seoul
On the occasion of Suan Seol’s screening of three film works, Kat and Suan prepared a new performance sound + video work responding to the loss/preservation of traditional farming methods in Korea. The performance took place at Space Cell, a film-focussed space in Seoul, Korea.
Read MoreDevelopment residency: postWinterreise
For 3 weeks in January, Kat was in residency at the Gärtnerhaus, Berlin, further developing postWinterreise with Andrew Munn. postWinterreise is a journey into ecological transformation. Composed at the dawn of the industrial revolution, Franz Schubert’s Winterreise traces a narrative of individual loss in winter. In a time when winter […]
Read MoreEmpty Fields Performance and talks at JUST Data Week
Kat is delighted to be joining JUST Data Week in Linköping Sweden. Run by Music Tech Fest, the week in Linköping explores ways to make data more Just, Unbiased , Safe and Transparent, a joint venture with the Industry Commons Foundation. As part of the programme, Kat will present a […]
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 MoreSwamps & Stars: Planetary Listening Cassette Release Performance at Spore / 19th July Berlin
Planetary Listening presents an evening of performances, and the release of Swamps & Stars cassette at Spore Initiative, Berlin. Join Planetary Listening for an evening celebrating the Swamps & Stars cassette launch. Realised through 2023, Swamps & Stars events brought together artists and researchers from Berlin and beyond to explore the vibrations between swampy […]
Read MoreSolo Show This Land is Not Mine at Cinémathèque
The 20 channel video installation This Land is Not Mine will be exhibited as a solo show at the new gallery of Cinémathèque in Leipzig. A complementary programme of events is planned under the name Łuža throughout the month of November, starting with the This Land is Not Mine | […]
Read MoreThe Matter of the Soul | Symphony at Silbersalz Festival
Kat will perform the full The Matter of the Soul | Symphony at this year’s Silbersalz Festival. The performance is realised in co-operation with Cinémathèque Leipzig, where Kat will perform and present the installation of This Land is Not Mine in November. Info and Tickets for Silbersalz Performance
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