Kat will be showing part of her new work Stranger to the Trees in the Quarantine Exhibition organised Kontejner (EMAP/EMARE) for Ars Electronica 2020. Join the live stream from 11am – 11:30 CET on Friday 11th September 2020
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Noise Maps panel discussion
Kat will be one of the international experts discussing with ethnomusicologist Ilaria Sartori and the team from Bit Lab Cat “What is Noise?”. Join the discussion and ask your questions on 9th September 2020 between 5pm and 5:30 pm CET online.
Read MoreFellow of the Royal Society of Arts
Kat Austen is now a fellow of The Royal Society of Arts, joining a global cohort of influential thinkers addressing urgent contemporary issues, including Tim Berners-Lee, Alex James and Benson Taylor. Find out more about the history of the FRSA programme.
Read MoreKunstradio Wien – The Beetles’ Harvest Supper
May 17th 202011 pm on Kunstradio Wien Tune in at 11pm on Sunday 17th May to A Garden in the Air: Datscha Radio broadcast. Performance recordings of The Beetles’ Harvest Supper will be a part of a sound collage by Gabi Schaffner of Datscha Radio prepared for Kunstradio Wien.
Read MoreThe Matter of the Soul | Symphony Part I
In case you missed the radio show featuring the first part of The Matter of the Soul | Symphony on May the 5th 2020 on p-node radio hosted by Klio Krahewska you can now download and listen to the playlist (archive Tuesday, 5/07, 18h, Klio).
Read MoreFellowship at IASS Potsdam
Kat is now an artist fellow at IASS Potsdam – Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies. In the next year she will focus on the project This Land is Not Mine which focusses on the region of Lausatia, where Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic meet, the home of the Sorbian […]
Read MoreWorkshop Microplastics and Coexistence | Nana MacLean and Kat Austen
@Art Laboratory Berlin Wednesday 22nd of April 2020 Kat will team up once again with Nana MacLean to lead a discussion workshop organised by Art Laboratory Berlin is raising the question if it is possible to have a constructive approach to coexistence with microplastic? You can join the workshop on […]
Read MoreBacterial Consciousness
If you missed the radio show on April 18th 2020, 5 pm at Cashmere Radio organised by PlusX and Cammack Lindsey you can now listen to the pieces in the archive. Bacterial Consciousness is a collective musical composition exploring the idea of and imagining a ‘human/cyanobacteria’ symbiosis OR In form […]
Read MoreStudiotopia – Call for Applications
Are you a scientist interested in working within an artist’s practice? Studio Austen is taking part in the Studiotopia Scientist in Residence programme, sponsored by Ars Electronica. Scientists are invited to apply to collaborate with Kat on projects themed around environment, embodiment and democratisation of knowledge-making. Deadline for applications 31st […]
Read More// POSTPONED // FROM THE COASTLINE: In-between Plastic Environments
During April 9th and May 6th 2020 the exhibtion ‘FROM THE COASTLINE: In-between Plastic Environments’ organised by Ocean.Now! will take place at Haus der Statistik, Berlin – The work Coral Empathy Device will be on display. More info
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