Artist
Katherina Zakravsky (AT)
Katherina Zakravsky
Katherina Zakravsky is a cultural theorist, performance artist, dramatic adviser, based in Vienna.
Her work include: a thesis on Immanuel Kant’s theory of the University (1999); research and publications on Giorgio Agamben’s political theory of bare life; publishing on dance and performance since 1989, Frankfurt: "Revolver" 2006; "Homo Sacer and the Consequences. Two remarks on Holocaust commemoration and 'bare life" in contemporary art”, Documenta Magazines und Frakcija 42/2007, http://magazines.documenta.de/; "Porn Chic im Web 2.0 Zeitalter", Katalog zur Ausstellung The Porn Identity, Kunsthalle Wien 2009; porn and performance studies; "I Do. Some considerations on performativity and agency", in: Martina Hochmuth, Krassimira Kruschkova, Georg Schöllhammer (Eds.) It takes place when it doesn´t.
Performance work: 1999-2004 solo series "Faun Montages", since 2003 collaboration with Chris Haring and LIQUID LOFT; since 2007 PATHOSBÜRO (with Daniel Aschwanden u.a.)
Since 1995 she is teaching Philosophy, Science Fiction studies and Multimedia Theory at several institutions in Austria and was researching for theory at the Jan van Eyck Academy, Maastricht (NL) in 2001/2002.
Photo: © Katherina Zakravsky