Born (1992) in NewDelhi, India & based in Linz, Austria since 2015 Jaskaran Anand is a director, performance-artist, choreographer, researcher and a pedagogue. He completed his bachelor’s degree in computer science from University of Delhi, India, and obtained a second combined degree in Dance Performance & Pedagogy from Anton Bruckner University, Linz, Austria. His research is invested in deconstructing the concept of Self.Self : fascinated by the nature of spirituality, the psychological & neuroscientific understanding of the self & socio-political society. In his interdisciplinary works, he uses various artistic media, always focusing on the human body, which reflects the above-mentioned themes.
Since 2016, he is combining his artistic practices & informatics education. His work has been shown across Austria, New Zealand & India while developing projects aiming the diversification of the art & cultural scene of the city of Linz. He has deeply invested himself in the research of his ongoing art, science & cultural projects,: L-INKED, A New Day, Hibernating Further and MachinedHuman!.
He also leads movement body-mind oriented improvisation workshops: “Transcending Ego(s)”, “City Swarming: a dance marathon” and “Playful Bodies”. Since 2012, he is engaged in the European & Indian contemporary dance & performance art world as a dancer, performer/collaborator. www.jaskarananand.com
Kathrine Hardman is an alumnus of DXArts at the University of Washington, Seattle, a performer, a writer, a dry media artist, a technophile, a transgender lesbian woman, an E-Textiles practitioner, and, as a combination of all these things, a multimedia artist. Her primary interests are in queering art, in experimental interactive sculpture, and in performance. Sexuality, and physical contact with her works are consistent themes of her practice, which has included the creation of hair-based instruments, hacked vibrators, and massive bio-reactive tentacle sculptures as a statement on the complex relationships surrounding the tight structure of femininity. Gender ain't easy, but nothing worthwhile is.
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