Announcing: „Coexistence in a Post-Petro-Plasticene“ – A New Vision for Sustainable Futures

We are excited to introduce a groundbreaking work that reimagines the built environment, shifting focus from merely minimizing environmental impact to fostering true coexistence with ecosystems. This new work explores the interaction between human activity and environmental microplastics as a catalyst for envisioning sustainable futures that create positive and restorative […]

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Empty 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 […]

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Finalist 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 […]

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Premiere 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 […]

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Residency at Queen Elisabeth Music Chapel / 5th July Waterloo

Since last year, Kat has been collaborating with bass Andrew Munn and pianist Jacob Greenberg on postWinterreise, a recomposition of Schubert’s Winterreise, a duet between Schubert’s Winterreise and an evolving soundscape of our changing climate, ecology, and society. Kat and Andrew are currently taking part in a two week residency […]

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LASER Talk: Environmental Justice for Non-human Species / 2nd July Brussels

Environmental justice extends beyond human concerns, encompassing the intricate lives of non-human species that share our planet. In this LASER Talk at Gluon in Brussels, Kat will present how her art engages with switching subjectivities in order to shine a lens on how human shaping of landscapes changes their habitability for […]

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Finalist for Falling Walls‘ Art & Science Award

Two of Kat’s artworks have been selected as finalists for the 2024 Falling Walls Art & Science Award. The chosen artworks are Stranger to the Trees and Circular Records, in collaboration with Fara Peluso. The winning artworks will be announced prior to Falling Walls in November in Berlin, Germany. See […]

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How to Touch a Dragonfly nominated for J+ Art Awards

Thank you J+ Art Awards and the prize judges for nominating How to Touch a Dragonfly. It’s an honour to be considered for this inaugural ecology focussed art award. How To Touch a Dragonfly presents a reinterpretation of a dragonfly’s experience through sound and animation within a dome structure modeled […]

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