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MY ARTISTIC PRACTICE CAN BE DESCRIBED AS CONCEPTUAL, INSTALLATIVE AND PERFORMATIVE WITH A MULTIMEDIA APPROACH, DRIVEN BY AN INTEREST IN THE INTERSECTIONS BETWEEN MEDIA. I AM PARTICULARLY DRAWN TO THE IDEA OF AN INTERFACE BETWEEN ART, STAGE SPACE, POLITICS, SOCIETY, AND SCIENCE AND PRIMARILY CREATE CONCEPTUAL WORKS. THESE ADDRESS THEMES OF SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, THE STRUCTURAL CONCEPT OF FAMILY, INTERSECTIONAL MECHANISMS OF DISCRIMINATION, AND STUDIES OF BODY AND SPACE – APPROACHING SPACE AS A CONCEPT THAT CAN EXIST BOTH IN TRADITIONAL STAGE CONTEXTS AND IN SOCIAL SPACES OF INTERACTION. MY ARTISTIC PRACTICE PROVIDES A MEANS TO GIVE MY PERSONAL AND POLITICAL VIEWS SPACE, TO SHARE THEM THROUGH COLLECTIVE AND PUBLIC PROCESSES, AND TO CREATE SPACES FOR MUTUAL LEARNING AND GROWTH.

Kaya Leonie Pilsner is an interdisciplinary artist and social scientist that lives and works in Leipzig. She currently studies media art in the Class for Installation and Space, lead by Joachim Blank and Yana Zschiedrich. Kaya co-leads the art space citycity, located at Frommannstraße 6 in 04317 Leipzig, as part of a new artistic center in Leipzig East. citycity is based on the first floor, between linoleum and wooden veneer.

 

© photo by Dominique Wollniok

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@malinkaya_____  /// kpilsner@hgb-leipzig.de

@___citycity /// info@citycity.space