language (as a technology that) re-/animates (dis-/jointed) cartographies
We are breathing beings, but breathing usually does not require any thought. Yet our feelings and memories have a strong impact on our respiratory system – and vice versa. How can we tune into this process that makes air flow through our body? For (porously) anchored in the peripheries of time, Monika Dorniak draws from her interdisciplinary background in performance, psychology, and biochemical practice-based research. The work invites the listener to join a micro-air-travel in which the boundaries between the inside and the outside of our bodies become permeable. The sound score is dedicated to the alliance of the human with the ›more-than-human‹ and was developed in collaboration with sound artist Monty Callaghan.
A first version was jointly practiced during the CollActive Materials co-design workshop »Breathing in, Breathing out. Practices of Air« in Spring 2023, and debuted as part of CollActive Materials exhibition in Autumn 2023.
About Monika Dorniak
Monika Gabriela Dorniak is a German-Polish artist with an interdisciplinary background in choreography, psychology and design, who often merges media – specifically performance, (textile) sculpture and multimedia. In her practice-based research she is exploring the structures of the Self through a multifaceted analysis of body, mind and environment, by taking into consideration the regressive history of the domination of nature, and social power structures.
Her auto-biographical research on intergenerational trauma, migration and belonging is carried forward within her ongoing collaborations with scientists and diverse communities as part of socially engaged commissions, such as Refugee Week London (2021-2022).
As an artist she has presented her works at international institutions, such as National Gallery Vilnius (2023), Drugo More (2022), Uferstudios Berlin (2021), Kommunale Galerie Bärenzwinger (2019), Tate Exchange at Tate Modern London (2017 & 2018), Arts Catalyst (2016), Foreign Affairs Festival at Berliner Festspiele (2014), and as guest lecturer at SOAS University of London (2022), Garage Museum in Moscow (2019), Al-Quds Bard College (2018), and Chelsea College (2017). Dorniak holds a Master Degree in Art and Science (Department Fine Art) from the Central Saint Martins in London (2017).
language (as a technology that) re-/animates (dis-/jointed) cartographies
We are breathing beings, but breathing usually does not require any thought. Yet our feelings and memories have a strong impact on our respiratory system – and vice versa. How can we tune into this process that makes air flow through our body? For (porously) anchored in the peripheries of time, Monika Dorniak draws from her interdisciplinary background in performance, psychology, and biochemical practice-based research. The work invites the listener to join a micro-air-travel in which the boundaries between the inside and the outside of our bodies become permeable. The sound score is dedicated to the alliance of the human with the ›more-than-human‹ and was developed in collaboration with sound artist Monty Callaghan.
A first version was jointly practiced during the CollActive Materials co-design workshop »Breathing in, Breathing out. Practices of Air« in Spring 2023, and debuted as part of CollActive Materials exhibition in Autumn 2023.
About Monika Dorniak
Monika Gabriela Dorniak is a German-Polish artist with an interdisciplinary background in choreography, psychology and design, who often merges media – specifically performance, (textile) sculpture and multimedia. In her practice-based research she is exploring the structures of the Self through a multifaceted analysis of body, mind and environment, by taking into consideration the regressive history of the domination of nature, and social power structures.
Her auto-biographical research on intergenerational trauma, migration and belonging is carried forward within her ongoing collaborations with scientists and diverse communities as part of socially engaged commissions, such as Refugee Week London (2021-2022).
As an artist she has presented her works at international institutions, such as National Gallery Vilnius (2023), Drugo More (2022), Uferstudios Berlin (2021), Kommunale Galerie Bärenzwinger (2019), Tate Exchange at Tate Modern London (2017 & 2018), Arts Catalyst (2016), Foreign Affairs Festival at Berliner Festspiele (2014), and as guest lecturer at SOAS University of London (2022), Garage Museum in Moscow (2019), Al-Quds Bard College (2018), and Chelsea College (2017). Dorniak holds a Master Degree in Art and Science (Department Fine Art) from the Central Saint Martins in London (2017).