ANNETTE HAUSCHILD
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.
OXANA CHI
is a dancer, choreographer, filmmaker and trendsetter of German-Nigerian background who lives in New York and Berlin. She studied, among other things, contemporary dance, classical ballet and Tai Chi in the USA, Indonesia, Taiwan and France. In pieces like NEFERET ITI, I STEP ON AIR, or KILLJOY, she takes a stand against racism, exclusion and human rights violations. She is co-curator for dance at the International Human Rights Festival and was awarded in 2018 by the online dance magazine THE DANCE ENTHUSIAST’S A-Z OF PEOPLE WHO POWER THE DANCE WORLD, in New York.
Oxana Chi’s dance piece THROUGH GARDENS is dedicated to the dancer Tatjana Barbakoff (1899–1944), who was murdered in Auschwitz. It served her and her personal and professional partner Layla Zami as the basis for their documentary-fiction film DANCING THROUGH GARDENS, 2014. The work has inspired many biopics and films, which are based partly on reality and partly on fiction. In 2016 Oxana Chi was honoured for her many-layered and social-critical cinematic work as AMBASSADOR OF PEACE & FILMMAKER OF INSPIRATION by the International Documentary and Short Film Festival (DOSHIMA), Jakarta, in 2016. The film also tells the history of encounter and solidarity among artists from the 1920s to the present.
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.
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.