XAVA MIKOSCH, GREWING UP IN VIENNA AND NORTHERN SWEDEN IS A FILMDIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND HAIRDRESSER CURRENTLY BASED IN STOCKHOLM.
THEY FINISHED THEIR DIPLOMA IN DIGITAL ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS IN VIENNA IN 2021.
WHILE STUDYING DIGITAL ART, THEY ALSO FINISHED A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN AFRICAN POLITICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA AND AT PARIS VII APPROACHING DECOLONIAL PERFORMATIVE STRATEGIES.
IN MANY OF THEIR RECENT WORKS THEY COMBINE VIDEO PROJECTIONS AND SOUND WITH PERFORMANCE AND/ OR INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS.
COMING FROM THE DIGITAL ARTS, USING TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIAS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS TO EXPRESS THE CONTENTS THEY EXPLORE, WHILE DEEPENING THEIR OWN PERFORMATIVE PRACTICE THROUGH A VARIETY OF WORKSHOPS , PERFORMANCES AND CLASSES IN VIENNA, PORTO, SINGAPORE AND STOCKHOLM.
IN SUMMER 2023 THEY WERE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DANCEWEB PROGRAM AT THE IMPULSTANZ FESTIVAL VIENNA AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR FIRST SOLO PROJECT CENTERED AROUND TRANS*FUTURISTIC TOOLS IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE.
IS A FILMDIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND HAIRDRESSER BASED IN STOCKHOLM. THEY FINISHED THEIR DIPLOMA IN DIGITAL ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS IN VIENNA IN 2021. WHILE STUDYING DIGITAL ART, THEY ALSO FINISHED A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN AFRICAN POLITICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA AND AT PARIS VII APPROACHING DECOLONIAL PERFORMATIVE STRATEGIES.
IN MANY OF THEIR RECENT WORKS THEY COMBINE VIDEO PROJECTIONS AND SOUND WITH PERFORMANCE AND/ OR INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS.
COMING FROM THE DIGITAL ARTS, USING TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIAS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS TO EXPRESS THE CONTENTS THEY EXPLORE, WHILE DEEPENING THEIR OWN PERFORMATIVE PRACTICE THROUGH A VARIETY OF WORKSHOPS , PERFORMANCES AND CLASSES IN VIENNA, PORTO, SINGAPORE AND STOCKHOLM.
IN SUMMER 2023 THEY WERE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DANCEWEB PROGRAM AT THE IMPULSTANZ FESTIVAL VIENNA AND ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON THEIR FIRST SOLO PROJECT CENTERED AROUND TRANS*FUTURISTIC TOOLS IN THE FIELD OF CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE.

TOGETHER WITH JULIA POLZER, XAVA MIKOSCH IS PART OF THEIR COLLECTIVE MAL HANS MAL FRANZ