Speakers

Anne Hofstra is an artist and artistic researcher. After studying literature, she worked for a long time as a concept developer for art projects at the intersection of art and biology. She is particularly interested in the relationship between human and non-human entities and tries to understand and grow this relationship through embodied research. Anne Hofstra tries to understand and develop human and non-human relationships. Her goal is to go beyond her anthropocentric worldview and grow towards an ecocentric perspective. Through embodied research she tries to practice these ecocentric perspectives. Last year she created the theatrical performance “Chicken,” in which she attempted to create a theatrical performance for chickens. During a two-month residency, she lived among chickens to conduct research. The result was a performance for chickens, where the chickens in the audience and the people on stage were allowed to watch. She is currently working on a project about how we can use AI to become the voice of nature, and is researching the perception of time in human and non- human species.

Ghita Skali (1992, Casablanca) is an artist based in Amsterdam. She studied in France, first at Villa Arson, Nice then at the post-graduate program of the Fine Art School in Lyon. She was a De Ateliers (Amsterdam) participant between 2018 and 2020. She has a multidisciplinary practice which encompasses installations, videos and interventions. She uses odd news, rumors and historical facts to disrupt institutional power structures. Her work blends humour and critics with outcomes that penetrate channels which go beyond the exhibition space, as alternative trade of goods, (il)legal documents, and things you take home. Skali has recently exhibited at Kunsthal extra City (Antwerp), Palais de Tokyo (Paris) and at the Stedelijk Museum (Amsterdam).