Katharina Haverich

Contact Data

Web: http://www.katharinahaverich.de

Description

Katharina Haverich works at the intersection of media and theatre under the influence of dreams. As a conceptual performance artist, she stages dream-based sequences in digital and physical spheres.

Katharina is a founding member of Virtual Club of Dangerous Women and unreal.theater as well as co-founder of neo.NEULAND and Radikale Töchter. Among others, she worked with Zentrum für Politische Schönheit, Emilio García Wehbi & Maricel Álvarez, Christopher Hotti Böhm, Martin Nachbar and internil. Her shows were presented at Chicago Virtual Art Museum, Acker Stadt Palast Keller, fleetinsel Rundgang, Keller Mareschstr 15, Vollgutlager and Spreehalle as part of Berlin Art Week Connect and re:publica. Notable collaborations include presentations at Münchner Kammerspiele, fft, Teatro El Milagro (Mexico-City), Theaterdiscounter, HAU, Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas (Buenos Aires) and Akademie der Künste Berlin.

Katharina gives talks and facilitates workshops in social virtual reality (VR) to explore the possibilities of avatarian co-presence. Together with diverse groups of participants (Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Technologie Stiftung, Prater.Digital, young adults from Saxony) she experiments in different settings with the use of social VR.

Katharina Haverich trained with The Wooster Group, Tania Bruguera and Nevin Aladag. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Professional Practice from Coventry University (England) and an M.A. in Theatre Studies from Freie Universität in Berlin. Katharina Haverich lives in Berlin.