KIA KALI
Bio
Artist Statement
I combine audiovisual media, the sensed body and ceremonial elements to create experiences of self-exploration. My works range from video series and performance pieces to immersive installations where I interact with visitors. I invite participants to slow down and tune into their present experience, immersing in worlds that are surreal, mystical and perhaps magical.
My videos interweave my moving body with textures of nature and symbolic objects. I use visual effects to create a dreamlike language and evoke a sensory journey. I often incorporate interactive elements, such as guiding words in videos, written instructions in installations, or dialogue during live performances. Through a synergy of figures, colors, language and ideas, I aspire to give form to the poetic essence of our inner dimensions.
My work seeks to challenge traditional hierarchies of perception and experiment with new forms of connecting and interacting with our sensory awareness and psyche. I invite people to participate, come in closer contact with themselves and experience their own bodies, thoughts, dreams and desires.
CV
Education
2019
Master of Fine Arts (MFA) – Film & Video Art – University of Fine Arts of Hamburg (HFBK), Germany
2014
Bachelor of Arts (BA) – Theater, Dance, Film – Dickinson College, USA
2013
Media Arts (study program) – Bremen Universität, Germany
2012
Performance Arts (study program) – University of Hyderabad, India
Exhibitions
2024
POLY:LUX (Installation) – Curated by Helene Bosecker, Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2023
Liminal (Video Installation) – Pleiades Art Night – Praise Studio, Berlin Neukölln
Retune – Austral International Performance Art Festival – Centro Cultural Paco Urondo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Soma: Chest of Mirrors & Immersion II (Video Installation&Perf.) – Sunü Arts, Science and Mindfulness at Schloss Schönow
Djinn (Interactive Installation) – Monopol Berlin (during Berlin Art Week)
2022
Limbo (Direction, Dramaturgy, Performance & Installations) – Monopol, Berlin
Temple of Transmutation (Immersive Installation with Performance) – Kiez Burn Arts and Culture – Alt Telin, Germany
Silencio (Video & AR Installations) – SOLO Exhibition – ORi Galerie, Berlin
Alive (Solo Show: AR Video Installations) – Kiez Con – Monopol, Berlin
Holy Fluff (Video Installations) – Supermarket Independent Art Fair – Stockholm, Sweden
Autopilot (Video Installations and Performance) – Curated by Kim Dotty Hachmann – Inselgalerie – Berlin
2021
Aloneness (Solo Show: Immersive Installations) – Flutgraben e.V., Berlin
The Coven (Immersive Video Installation) – Kiez Burn Arts and Culture – Alt Telin, DE
2020
Dream Temple (Immersive Installation) – Dream World Order, P. Berg, Berlin
2019
The Waiting Room (Immersive Installation) – Dream World via Transiträume, Berlin
Weaving (Installation) – Solo Exhibit: Body IQ Festival – Somatische Akademie Berlin
Bath in Your Soma (Video Installations) – Absolventenaustellung, HFBK Hamburg
2014
InFlow (Video installation) – Dickinson Media Center, Carlisle, USA
Microcosm (Video Installation) – Meditation Center, Carlisle, PA, USA
Incite Me (Installation) – Exhibition in Public Space, Carlisle, PA, USA
2011
Bring to Life (Video) – Althouse, Dickinson College, Carlisle, USA
Performances
2023
Primordial – Feel Festival, Germany
Dream Spa (Performance, Direction) – with Dream World Collective – Fourplay and Paradise Garage Parties
Primordial – Kiez Burn Arts and Culture, Germany
Nexus (Performance, Direction) – with Dream World Collective – Melt Festival, Germany
Fire Blessing (including installation with Alex Kaos for Karmanoia) – Mahalla Berlin
Fire Blessing – Monopol Open Studios
Fire Blessing – with Entourage – Fusion Festival
2022
Spaces for Silence – Solo Exhibit: ORi Galerie, Berlin
Angel of Death (Performance and Installation in Limbo) – with Dream World – Monopol, Berlin, Germany
Chest of Mirrors – Monopol Berlin
Chest of Mirrors – Inselgalerie Berlin
Chest of Mirrors – InfoZentrale for 48h NK, BerlinFire Blessing – Red Bull Event
Gold – diverse events, e.g.: Birgit und Bier, Renate, Badeschiff, Paradise Garage, Fourplay and Private Events Berlin
The Portal – with Dream World Collective at End of Nations Festival – Monopol, Berlin
Augurium (inc. videos & Installation)– with Dream World Collective – CTM / Transmediale Festival – Silent Green, Berlin
2021
Blue (Interactive Performance) – MOBCoin Arts and Culture – Berlin
2020
Luma – with Dream World Collective for Dream World Order, Prenzlauer Berg, Berlin
Dreaming of Flight – Metamorphosize, Online Arts Event
2019
Dream Inductions at The Waiting Room – with Dream World Collective via Transiträume, Ostkreuz, Berlin
2018
Breathing (Video and Performance) – Solo – Curated by Ingo Reuleke – SINCE_Somatics in Creation, SAB Berlin
2013
Return (Theater Direction) – Cubiculo Theater, Carlisle, PA, USA
2009
Sailor’s Dreams (Performance) – Osvaldo Peluffo, Buenos Aires, Argentina
2008
Silence is Sexy (Performance, Dramaturgy) – Helena Nesis Studio, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Prizes, Grants and Scholarships
2023
Project Art Up (POLY:LUX) – LoK Berlin – Bezirk Friedrichshain – Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa
2022
Project Grant (Focus, Retune) – Neustart Kultur / Stiftung Kunstfonds
Project Grant (Temple of Transmutation) – Kiez Burn, Arts and Culture Event
Project Grant (Alive) – Kiez Burn, Arts and Culture Event
2021
Project Grant (Aloneness) – Dezentrale Kulturarbeit, Bezirk Treptow Köpenick
Project Art Up (Autopilot) – LoK Berlin – Bezirk Friedrichshain, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Europa
Project Grant (The Coven) – Kiez Burn, Arts and Culture Event
2019
Project Grant (Bath in Your Soma) – HFBK Hamburg
2013
Global Prize Winner – Art Contest – Center for Global Study and Engagement, DC
John Patton Memorial Prize – Dickinson College
2012
GAIN Scholarship – CIEE
Junior Class Sophister Prize – Dickinson College
2011
Delaplaine McDaniel Prize – Dickinson College
2010-14
Global Campus Scholarship – Dickinson College
DEUTSCH
Bio
Artist Statement
Ich konzipiere Räume, um Selbstwahrnehmung zu erforschen. Mein Thema ist der Zustand, der entstehen kann, wenn Entschleunigung unsere Sinne schärft und wir uns auf die eigene Wahrnehmung einlassen.
In meiner Kunst suche ich nach meditativen Zuständen, die das Licht auf sensorische und mentale Landschaften, Reflexionen und Sehnsüchte richten und dadurch zu neuen Erfahrungen führen – sowohl physisch als auch geistig.
Meine Arbeit reicht von Videos bis zu immersiven Installationen, in denen ich performe und mit den Besucher*innen interagiere. Meine Werke laden Menschen ein, zu sich selbst zu kommen und ihren eigenen Körper, ihre Gedanken, Träume und Wünsche zu erleben.
ESPAÑOL
Bio
Artist Statement
Combino medios audiovisuales, percepción corporal y elementos ceremoniales para facilitar experiencias de autoexploración. Mi obra abarca series de video, performances e instalaciones inmersivas, en las cuales interactúo con los visitantes. Me centro en invitar a los participantes a hacer una pausa y adentrarse en una experiencia de sus sentidos, sumergiéndose en mundos poéticos, místicos y quizá mágicos.
En mis vídeos entrelazo mi cuerpo en movimiento con texturas de la naturaleza y objetos simbólicos. Utilizo efectos visuales para crear un lenguaje onírico y evocar un viaje sensorial. A menudo incorporo elementos interactivos, como palabras-guía en los vídeos, instrucciones escritas en las instalaciones o diálogos durante las performances en vivo. Mediante una sinergia de figuras, colores, palabras e ideas, aspiro a dar forma a la esencia poética de nuestras dimensiones interiores.
Mis obras buscan desafiar las jerarquías tradicionales de percepción y experimentar con nuevas formas de conectar e interactuar con nuestra conciencia sensorial y nuestra psiquis. Invito a las personas a participar, a conectarse consigo mismas y a experimentar sus propios cuerpos, pensamientos, sueños y deseos.