Date: 10 September 2024
Time: 19:00
Place: DOCK 11 / DOCKdigital, SAAL 4
Kastanienallee 79, 10435 Berlin
free entry
The REALTIME AFFAIRS event series is a regular meet-up for artists, designers and interested audiences who are passionate about audiovisual performances and immersive experiences. The aim is to present formats on the interdisciplinary border of performing arts, gaming and media art. The format initiated by DOCK 11/DOCKdigital, in collaboration with the Berlin University of the Arts, is intended to function as a regular meeting point, hosting discussion formats, try-out presentations and panels. Our goal is to create a vibrant space for sharing ideas, supporting each other and exploring novel approaches.
We’re excited to invite you to our upcoming REALTIME AFFAIRS event on September 10th at @dock_digital_berlin, where we’ll dive into the world of curating and leading digital performances and events. This session will explore the connections between nature, organic life, and the artificial world, focusing on how these themes can be brought to life through digital art, theatre and performances. We’ll discuss topics like eco-grief, gender, the body, and the afterlife, and consider how digitalization shapes our culture and society. Together, we’ll explore creative ways to curate digital and hybrid productions that engage audiences and create meaningful experiences online and on stage. Join us for an evening of conversation and connection — SEE YOU!
Guests:
Harshini J. Karunaratne (they/she) is a Sri Lankan-Peruvian digital visual artist and curator working at the intersections of film, theatre and technology. Rooted in a practice of artistic research and performance, their work explores themes of eco-grief, gender, the body and afterlife.
Harshini pursued their undergraduate education at New York University Abu Dhabi, graduating in 2018 with a B.A. (Hons) in Film & New Media and Theater. They have performed and exhibited work around the world, including in Germany, UK, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, at FILE Festival in Sao Paulo, Black Rock City's Burning Man, Art Dubai, and at Athens Digital Arts Festival. Harshini moved to Berlin in 2021 to pursue their Masters in New Media Design. Harshini is currently a lecturer at UE Germany and at SRH Berlin University of Applied Sciences, specializing in media theory and performance studies.
Harshini is also the co-founder and lead curator for MANIFEST:IO, the symposium for new media and electronic art that launched in Berlin in February 2023. MANIFEST:IO aims to provide an egalitarian space for artists and researchers to share their works, and contribute to meaningful discourse in the field of new media that highlights perspectives from artists from the Global South.
Website: https://www.harshinijk.xyz/
Peggy Schoenegge is an independent curator, writer, speaker and project manager at peer to space as well as head of board of the media art association in Berlin. Her work deals with the conditions and challenges of digitalization and its effects on our everyday life, society and culture. Specifically, she addresses gender, performance, and artificial intelligence by curating digital art, internet art and art with new media such as VR or AR in both physical and virtual exhibition spaces. She gives lectures and participates in panel discussions internationally at conferences and events. Currently she teaches at the University of Applied Sciences Darmstadt in expanded reality.
Lisa Ahrens is a dramaturge and production manager specializing in the intersection of performing and digital arts. After earning a master's degree in dramaturgy from HMT Leipzig, she worked as a program assistant at HAU Hebbel am Ufer. Various freelance positions as a dramaturge and production manager took her to venues such as Ballhaus Ost and the University of Ghana. Since January 2023, she has been a full-time Creative Producer for the digital stage HAU4 at HAU Hebbel am Ufer, where she is responsible for the organization, coordination, and conceptualization of digital and hybrid productions. HAU4 combines queer-feminist utopian research with getting to know and trying out digital tools in a playful way.
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As we’re self-organizing, there will be a bar available for purchasing drinks to support our future events. Please note that Saal 4 is hard accessible for people with disabilities. If you need any assistance or support, feel free to reach out to us via private message.