We are delighted to share the documentation video from Kat’s performance premiere of Empty Fields in Invisible Transitions at Kiaf onSITE in September. Watch the documentation video here. More about Empty Fields. Many thanks to Jay Jaehoon Bang and Daechul Jeong for their work on this documentation.
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Empty Fields performance at opening of Ail Hwang’s exhibition
Kat is delighted to be performing a site-specific iteration of Empty Fields for Ail Hwang’s exhibition Restoration. 4pm on 18th October Blanck Gallery, 28 Dokseondang-ro, HannamSeoul Responding to Hwang’s work, Empty Fields | Restoration draws on field recordings gathered by the artists in the neighbouring Bogwangdong area of Seoul, the […]
WeiterlesenAnnouncing: „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 […]
WeiterlesenEmpty 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 […]
WeiterlesenStranger 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 […]
WeiterlesenFinalist 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 […]
WeiterlesenPremiere 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 […]
WeiterlesenSwamps & 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 […]
WeiterlesenResidency 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 […]
WeiterlesenLASER 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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