Artist and Designer Desiree Kabis lives and works in Karlsruhe and Berlin, Germany.
The artist's works lie at the intersection of media art and graphic design, combining generative image production, narrative and material quality. Their speculative scenarios engage with themes of cultural and social displacement in the form of projections, spatial installations, sculpture and performance.
EDUCATION + WORK EXPERIENCE
2020 Graduation, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Diploma in communication design and media art,
„Electric Animal“, installation, 2-channel-video and book
2018 Internship at HLZ Heine/Lenz/Zizka studio for graphic design, Frankfurt
2017 Exchange semester, Kyushu University, Institute of Design, Fukuoka, Japan, supported with a PROMOS scholarship
2015 Pre-Diploma, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, in communication design and media art
„orbit and stellar“, experimental typeface design with projections
2012-13 Internship and work at Lorch Fotostudio Landau
2012 General higher education entrance qualification (A-levels)
COMING UP
2025 Jan-May CULT. Dialogue and exchange on cultural heritage and media arts, Creative Cities Karlsruhe and Modena, Italy
EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS + PROJECTS
2024 Aug "Ancient Connections", soundwalk, Media Art is Here programme, Nymphengarten Karlsruhe
2024 Mar "DON QUIXOTE", video work, Theater Bremen
2024 Jan "Die Plejadin", ceramic sculpture, Mitgliederausstellung Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe
2023
2023 Nov "My name is Samanea saman", Gardens of Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
2023 Nov "My name is Samanea saman", Casa de Mono, Cali, Colombia
2023 Nov "Noor Inayat Khan", Video installation, SPIELART Munich
2023 Oct "Das Grüne Erinnern", Performance and Installation, Orgelfabrik Durlach
2023 Sept "KOSTKA", Zeitmaul Theater Bochum
2023 Aug "to clean a body", performance with Lucía Diegó and Farzane Vaziritabar, Friedrichsplatz Karlsruhe
2023 Jul "The Eastern Gate", CITY SELF OTHER, 1001Perspektiven Raum, Karlsruhe
2023 Jul "Gait", Ton im Raum Ausstellung, Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe
2023 Mar "SHARED SPACES - ARCHITEKTUREN KOLLEKTIVER HINGABE" with Messy Archive Group, LAF Pforzheim
2022
2022 Nov "KOSTKA", atelier automatique Bochum, Märkisches Museum Witten
2022 Jul Rundgang, with Messy Archive Group, HfG Karlsruhe
2022 Jul "All that you touch Changes You", video screening, 20-rOundbaOut-22, Kinemathek Karlsruhe
2022 May "The Feminist Anarchists: Kathy Acker (unplugged)", with Messy Archive Group at HABIBI KIOSK, Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich
2022 May "All that you touch Changes You", ßpace Karlsruhe
2022 Jan-Apr Momentography of a Failure [Translocal], Rosa-Luxemburg-Stifung, Berlin
2022 Jan-Feb „Electric Animal: Reflection“, exhibition space Laube, Karlsruhe
2021
2021 Nov-22 Feb Restart Projektionstriennale Lichtsicht 7 in Bad Rothenfelde, „Circular Transmigration“ and „Electric Animal“
2021 Sept "The Feminist Anarchists: Kathy Acker", short film, schwere reiter, München
2021 Jul "Messy Archive: Rundgang", public intervention mit der Messy Archive Group, atelier automatique, Bochum
2021 Apr Ecotopia - Lichtblicke und Projektionen, Leerstand als Freiraum, Pforzheim, „Electric Animal“
2020-21 Dec-Feb graduation.studio, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Stretching Life / Finite Heights, „Electric Animal“
2020 Feb „Electric Animal“, Book release, diploma show, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe
2019 Feb „Sorry, My Phone Died“, ZKM Karlsruhe, part of “Open Codes: DADATADA – Dada is Nada: What is Data?”
2018 Feb „Cortex“, experimental game „Making Games“, gamelab, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe
2017 Jul Chikara no Kashika, Visualizing Power, Kyushu University Satellite, Fukuoka, Japan „sound wave“
2017 Jun Essences of Media Art, Sound Studio, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, „Upside Down Room – Mikami Seiko“
2017 Jun „nami“, prints, „WAVE Exhibition“, Aalto x Kyushu, START-UP CAFE, 1F Fukuoka Growth Next, Fukuoka, Japan, organised by KID NEXT, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
2016 Jun You Hang Up, No You Hang Up!, ßpace, Karlsruhe „M-C-Q“
GRANTS / PRIZES / RESIDENCIES
2023 City to City Residency at Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
2023 City to City Residency at ZKM Karlsruhe
2023 Culture moves Europe, mobility grant of the European Commission for an exchange with Queer Collective
2022 Residency at HABIBI KIOSK, Münchner Kammerspiele Munich with Messy Archive Group
2022 Work Grant Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
2022 Residency at Impossible Library, Hamburg with Messy Archive Group
2021 Residency at atelier automatique, Bochum with Messy Archive Group
2021 Work Grant Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
2017 PROMOS scholarship for studies at Kyushu University, Faculty of Design
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Messy History Report #2, Messy Archive Group
2022 Momentography of a Failure [Translocal]
2022 Electric Animal: Reflection, Intonation-Sourcing-Bundling-Naming
2020 Electric Animal, self published
2020 Messy History Report, Messy Archive Group
2019 Questions? Looking for answers in the middle of somewhere, Spector Books
2017 Slanted Magazine Special Edition: Portugal
2017 hack-museums-gARTen, orange press
Artist and Designer Desiree Kabis lives and works in Karlsruhe and Berlin, Germany.
The artist's works lie at the intersection of media art and graphic design, combining generative image production, narrative and material quality. Their speculative scenarios engage with themes of cultural and social displacement in the form of projections, spatial installations, sculpture and performance.
EDUCATION + WORK EXPERIENCE
2020 Graduation, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Diploma in communication design and media art,
„Electric Animal“, installation, 2-channel-video and book
2018 Internship at HLZ Heine/Lenz/Zizka studio for graphic design, Frankfurt
2017 Exchange semester, Kyushu University, Institute of Design, Fukuoka, Japan, supported with a PROMOS scholarship
2015 Pre-Diploma, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, in communication design and media art
„orbit and stellar“, experimental typeface design with projections
2012-13 Internship and work at Lorch Fotostudio Landau
2012 General higher education entrance qualification (A-levels)
COMING UP
2025 Jan-May CULT. Dialogue and exchange on cultural heritage and media arts, Creative Cities Karlsruhe and Modena, Italy
EXHIBITIONS, SCREENINGS + PROJECTS
2024 Aug "Ancient Connections", soundwalk, Media Art is Here programme, Nymphengarten Karlsruhe
2024 Mar "DON QUIXOTE", video work, Theater Bremen
2024 Jan "Die Plejadin", ceramic sculpture, Mitgliederausstellung Badischer Kunstverein Karlsruhe
2023
2023 Nov "My name is Samanea saman", Gardens of Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
2023 Nov "My name is Samanea saman", Casa de Mono, Cali, Colombia
2023 Nov "Noor Inayat Khan", Video installation, SPIELART Munich
2023 Oct "Das Grüne Erinnern", Performance and Installation, Orgelfabrik Durlach
2023 Sept "KOSTKA", Zeitmaul Theater Bochum
2023 Aug "to clean a body", performance with Lucía Diegó and Farzane Vaziritabar, Friedrichsplatz Karlsruhe
2023 Jul "The Eastern Gate", CITY SELF OTHER, 1001Perspektiven Raum, Karlsruhe
2023 Jul "Gait", Ton im Raum Ausstellung, Majolika Manufaktur Karlsruhe
2023 Mar "SHARED SPACES - ARCHITEKTUREN KOLLEKTIVER HINGABE" with Messy Archive Group, LAF Pforzheim
2022
2022 Nov "KOSTKA", atelier automatique Bochum, Märkisches Museum Witten
2022 Jul Rundgang, with Messy Archive Group, HfG Karlsruhe
2022 Jul "All that you touch Changes You", video screening, 20-rOundbaOut-22, Kinemathek Karlsruhe
2022 May "The Feminist Anarchists: Kathy Acker (unplugged)", with Messy Archive Group at HABIBI KIOSK, Münchner Kammerspiele, Munich
2022 May "All that you touch Changes You", ßpace Karlsruhe
2022 Jan-Apr Momentography of a Failure [Translocal], Rosa-Luxemburg-Stifung, Berlin
2022 Jan-Feb „Electric Animal: Reflection“, exhibition space Laube, Karlsruhe
2021
2021 Nov-22 Feb Restart Projektionstriennale Lichtsicht 7 in Bad Rothenfelde, „Circular Transmigration“ and „Electric Animal“
2021 Sept "The Feminist Anarchists: Kathy Acker", short film, schwere reiter, München
2021 Jul "Messy Archive: Rundgang", public intervention mit der Messy Archive Group, atelier automatique, Bochum
2021 Apr Ecotopia - Lichtblicke und Projektionen, Leerstand als Freiraum, Pforzheim, „Electric Animal“
2020-21 Dec-Feb graduation.studio, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe, Stretching Life / Finite Heights, „Electric Animal“
2020 Feb „Electric Animal“, Book release, diploma show, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe
2019 Feb „Sorry, My Phone Died“, ZKM Karlsruhe, part of “Open Codes: DADATADA – Dada is Nada: What is Data?”
2018 Feb „Cortex“, experimental game „Making Games“, gamelab, University of Arts and Design Karlsruhe
2017 Jul Chikara no Kashika, Visualizing Power, Kyushu University Satellite, Fukuoka, Japan „sound wave“
2017 Jun Essences of Media Art, Sound Studio, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan, „Upside Down Room – Mikami Seiko“
2017 Jun „nami“, prints, „WAVE Exhibition“, Aalto x Kyushu, START-UP CAFE, 1F Fukuoka Growth Next, Fukuoka, Japan, organised by KID NEXT, Faculty of Design, Kyushu University
2016 Jun You Hang Up, No You Hang Up!, ßpace, Karlsruhe „M-C-Q“
GRANTS / PRIZES / RESIDENCIES
2023 City to City Residency at Museo La Tertulia, Cali, Colombia
2023 City to City Residency at ZKM Karlsruhe
2023 Culture moves Europe, mobility grant of the European Commission for an exchange with Queer Collective
2022 Residency at HABIBI KIOSK, Münchner Kammerspiele Munich with Messy Archive Group
2022 Work Grant Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
2022 Residency at Impossible Library, Hamburg with Messy Archive Group
2021 Residency at atelier automatique, Bochum with Messy Archive Group
2021 Work Grant Ministry of Science, Research and the Arts Baden-Württemberg
2017 PROMOS scholarship for studies at Kyushu University, Faculty of Design
PUBLICATIONS
2022 Messy History Report #2, Messy Archive Group
2022 Momentography of a Failure [Translocal]
2022 Electric Animal: Reflection, Intonation-Sourcing-Bundling-Naming
2020 Electric Animal, self published
2020 Messy History Report, Messy Archive Group
2019 Questions? Looking for answers in the middle of somewhere, Spector Books
2017 Slanted Magazine Special Edition: Portugal
2017 hack-museums-gARTen, orange press
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