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Janne Kummer (they/them, no pronouns) is a transdisciplinary artist in the field of performative and digital arts. JK's artistic practice is a continuous exploration of the politics of body representation, disidentification  and the transformative potential of art, both in analog and digital spaces. Their work aims to question existing power structures and create alternative realities beyond capitalist exploitation logic. JK's background as a martial artist (Muay Thai and K1) forms the foundation of their performative movement practice. JK is represented with numerous works in Germany and North America.

 

In close collaboration with HAU Berlin, JK has created notable works such as "XBPMMM - A Travelogue of Morphing" and "The House of Monstress Intelligenzia." As an esteemed participant in artistic-performative research, JK has been a Fellow in several prestigious programs and initiatives, including the "DiGiTal" program of the Berliner Chancengleichheitsprogramm, the "ATLAS Choreography Residency Impulstanz" in Vienna, and as an associate researcher at the "Berlin Open Lab." They are alum of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation and a former Fellow at the Academy for Theatre and Digitality, where they advanced their research on violence and self-empowerment.

 

They regularly conduct seminars, workshops, and alternative teaching formats in academic, artistic, and community-organized contexts, including at UdK Berlin, LUCA University of the Arts, ZHDK Zurich, HfS and FU Berlin, New Fears Gallery, ZKM Karlsruhe, Re:publica, and HAU Berlin. Additionally, they organize a queer community workshop series on martial arts, intimicy and trauma work as well as on power dynamics, Self-defense and Playfighting  at their Berlin studio and New Fears Gallery Kreuzberg. 

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WORKSHOPS

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MUAY THAI BASIC/ Self Defense

The undisciplined Fighters Workshop

How to:  queer-feminist AI

 

 

SEMINARS

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Non-linear Narrations - Storytelling for the post-digital Age
Cyber/Techno/Datafeminism - from early 90s until now
New Collaborations - Approaches to New Materialism and Post-humanism
Never Home Alone - praxis based Intra-action with other-than-human Agents