Noé Duboutay
Noé Duboutay (he/they) performs, writes, and creates installations and objects. His practice draws on historical and fictional narratives, borrowing imagery and language from different eras and translating those researches and personal experiences into text, objects, and performances. Noé Duboutay approaches queer historiography not in the sense of a definitive account, but as a speculative, embodied […]
Hoda Afshar
From an early age, Hoda Afshar was fascinated by theater—a space where reality can be reimagined and connected to the power of imagination. This sensibility continues to inform her artistic practice, which navigates the intersections of representation, truth, and performativity. Her focus is not on theatrical effects, but on a radical visual language that critically […]
Miriam Kilali
Miriam Kilali’s artistic work explores different aspects of human knowledge and asks how it can be transported across different systems. From philosophical, scientific and religious forms of communication to technological instruments, her artistic work spans different ideas of knowledge acquisition and transfer.
Safiya Yon & hn. lyonga
Safiya Yon is a social practice artist and mental health counselor. Her work combines narrative therapy and collective care to transform (neo-)colonial pain and trauma. hn. lyonga, a Black, queer artist and writer, explores storytelling as a means of communication and migration. His practice focuses on intergenerational narratives and the histories of marginalized communities. Together, […]
LABA Berlin
Mar’a’yeh: Entropy With Entropy, LABA Berlin and the Deutsche Islam Akademie continue their collaborative project Mar’a’yeh, an interfaith and intercultural residency hosted at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. Rooted in LABA’s concept of a cultural laboratory, Mar’a’yeh creates a space for artistic experimentation, critical inquiry, and mutual learning. The title Marayeh (مرايه), the derives from the Levantine Arabic […]
Andreas Brunner
Andreas Brunner’s artistic practice is dedicated to a constant revising of concepts that manifest across a spectrum of different media. These concepts and fields of interest often gravitate around speculative cultural development and its dynamics and systems of meaning creation. His work examines how these dynamics can recount existence, how they influence the perception of […]
Dante Buu
Dante Buu’s works reflect love, disobedience, intimacy and freedom. In his artistic practice as a performance artist, he uses his body and its emotional and physical transformations as the main medium. His extensive durational performances take the form of sculptures, installations, drawings, photography, prose poetry and hand-embroidery. Through his performative-embroidery works, he not only preserves […]
Valinia Svoronou
Valinia Svoronou’s approach aligns with artistic research, where art serves as a methodology for knowledge production. Her artistic practice navigates the intersections of history, technology, and storytelling, exploring cultural and technological moments with both personal and collective sensitivity. Through text, moving images, apps, prints, and sculptures, she constructs layered narratives that challenge dominant histories, offering […]
Lukhar
Lukhar was born in Myanmar and has been actively involved in the arts since 2006. His work explores the complexities of both individual and collective identity crises within the broader context of Myanmar’s political and social upheaval. Lukhar often grapples with escaping the painful memories of his childhood, the burden of historical trauma, and the […]
Sarah Fox
Sarah Fox’s multimedia narratives and characters emerge from embodied experiences of femme-read subjects and gendered bodies. Her stories of life, loss, sex, and love are carried by archetypal hybrid beings that subvert and expand normative notions of femininity. Drawing from folklore, religion, film, pop culture, erotic art, and literature, the artist reveals feminist counter-narratives—figures who […]