Anan Fries
Switzerland
Diploma in Cultural Studies
Universität Hildesheim
Diploma in Cultural Studies
Universität Hildesheim
Anan Fries (they/them) is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Berlin and Basel who works at the intersection of digital and performing arts. They use immersive technologies to create phygital experiences that offer thought provoking perspectives. They create performances, installations, and video works influenced by Posthuman and Xenofeminist discourse. Their practice explores themes of transformation, reproduction, and the entanglements between "nature" and technology.
Their VR-essay on posthuman pregnant bodies, [POSTHUMAN WOMBS], was presented at IDFA DocLab Amsterdam, DOK Leipzig, GIFF Geneva, Konsthall C Stockholm and HEK Basel among other places. Fries was awarded the 3rd prize of the VR Art Prize in 2023. Their phygital funeral for an extinct bird, R.I.P. - Resurrect in Peace, was presented at Berlin Art Week and at Next Level Festival in 2024. In 2025 their new work "Ecto Bag" will be presented at Somerset House in London and at Exhibit Gallery of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. They are a transmediale residency fellow of 2025. Photo by Ryan Molnar
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Anan Fries
Cultural Studies
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