Sculpture

Wing/nets

2024

Wing/netsA solo show by Kat Austen30th November – 20th DecemberOksang Factory, Seoul Exhibition Opening Hours: Wednesdays 13:00-21:00, Thursdays-Saturdays 13:00-19:00 Free Admission Performance EveningDate: Sunday, December 15, 2024Time: 18:00–20:00 (Admission starts at 17:30)Performers: Jiyun Song (Daegeum), Jeonghyeon Joo (Haegeum), Kat Austen(Electronics), Nikolai Shreiber (Synthesizer), Rachel Epperly (Vocal)Tickets: 15,000 KRW / 20,000 KRW (Booking link) Location DetailsB113, B1F, Songpa […]

Stranger to the Trees

2021

Stranger to the Trees realises in hybrid artistic form the new materiality of forests in the time of ubiquitous human-made plastic pollution. The multimedia installation explores the interaction between microplastics and trees as carbon sinks. How do trees and microplastics coexist in forests, capturing carbon in the time of the […]

The Matter of the Soul

2018

The Matter of the Soul is a multi-sensory installation incorporating sound, light, video and sculpture, which prompts viewers to contemplate the profound impact of climate change on the Arctic region. Evoking human empathy with the process of dispersal in the Arctic, the artwork centres around an experimental music symphony composed […]

This Land is Not Mine

2022

This Land is Not Mine is a 20-channel video installation with interactive sound explores the changing identity of the region of Lusatia, situated at the border of Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic. Lusatia is the home of the Sorbian minority group. As as brown coal mining in the region is phased out, […]

Ouroboros

2022

Ouroboros by Kat Austen and Fara Peluso is a multi-media installation that combines soft robotics, video, music, bioplastic and sculpture to explore circular modalities of human relationships to resources, consumption and materials. It is an outcome of the Circular Records STARTS Residency Repairing the Present at Ars Electronica, through which Austen and Peluso […]

Time to Break Down

2022

(Echoes of the Palaeoplasticene) Time to Break Down (Echoes of the Palaeoplasticene) is an installation of a soundscape with 3D printed PLA mushrooms in the exhibition space and surrounds. The PLA mushrooms are situated in a speculative past, inspired by the scientific method of taphonomy, which looks at how bodies […]

How to Touch a Dragonfly

2023

How to Touch a Dragonfly is an immersive installation that brings visitors into the world of dragonflies amidst the climate and biodiversity crises. Experience an ultra-low-resolution environment of sound and moving images, inspired by the unique structure of dragonflies‘ eyes, composed of thousands of hexagonal lenses. This 4-meter dome, designed […]