KHAN OF FINLAND
KHAN OF FINLAND
(*1965, Frankfurt am Main) Can “Khan” Oral is a musician, DJ, producer, performance artist and label operator of Turkish-Finnish descent. In 1982 he founded the punk band MUT ZUM SCHLAG. At the end of the 1980s, Khan began producing electronic music, followed by Acid Hip-Hop and House, the latter with his brother Cem. 1992–2002 he lived in New York City, organized downtown art events and the notorious Queer Party KILLER in the legendary club SAVE THE ROBOTS. He operates three record labels and the record shop TEMPLE RECORDS and produces and performs with a great many artists.
In Berlin he puts on monthly parties in the trendy techno-club BERGHAIN. In 2009 he founded the project KHAN OF FINLAND with Mark Boombastik and Boris Bergmann. He received the QUARTZ Award for electronic music (Paris) in the category Best Song. In January 2021 he performed at the digital opening of the exhibition TIEFSCHWARZ (Deep Black) in the StadtPalais – Museum für Stuttgart.
ANNETTE HAUSCHILD
(*1969, Gießen) she studied from 1991–1993 at Lette Verein, Berlin, in the field of photo design. Member of OSTKREUZ since 1996. 2003–2004 masterclass with Arno Fischer, at the Photo School of Photography on Schiffbauerdamm, Berlin. 2011 VG Photo Art Scholarship. 2012 Grenzgänger Scholarship of the Robert Bosch Foundation. 2014 group exhibition HOMELAND? EASTERN EUROPE IN CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, Kunstforum Ostdeutsche Galerie, Regensburg. 2015 solo exhibition HIT THE ROAD JACK, Hellerau – European Centre of the Arts, Dresden. 2018 publication of LAST DAYS OF DISCO by Hatje Cantz, Berlin.